The website of the academic-led ARC Humanities Press provides useful bibliographies on medieval history. While the bibliography “Hagiography” is currently not available, there are several other extensive bibliographies on themes which are related to hagiography like “Theology and Spirituality”, “Medieval Liturgy”, “Sermons and Homilies” etc. The bibliographies are up-to-date (2020). Additionally, the ARC has a blog, twitter and Facebook page where their new publications are discussed.
Schlagwort-Archive: Late Middle Ages
Peregrinations
Peregrinations. Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture is a journal focusing on the art and architecture of the Middle Ages. The journal was founded in 2002, is published periodically and is especially concerned with medieval visual culture. Many articles explore the works of art created for the cults of saints who were venerated in various regional centers. Conveniently, the journal is open-access and available online.
Last Updated: 2021
Arbeitskreis für hagiographische Fragen
The Arbeitskreis für hagiographische Fragen was founded in 1994 and since then has been dedicated to interdisciplinary and international exchange on hagiographic research. While the focus of the working group lies on hagiographic texts and hagiographic discourse, it also deals with questions of religiosity, piety and sacredness. The website of the working group provides information on current events and programmes, reports and information on the publication of past conferences.
Mirabile Web
The Italian website MIRABILE provides a database of hagiographical source material in Latin, Italian and German languages in cooperation with some other projects. The website itself is available in Italian and English. The search query offers several options to refine the search, especially in terms of manuscripts. Additionally, there are search proposals to guide and help your research.
Thesaurus der Heiligen
The Thesaurus der Heiligen is part of the “Geschichtsquellen des deutschen Mittelalters“, which provides central information on medieval sources from the German territory. Thus, its focus lies on German saints and lists 296 entries. The entries include information on the opus in which the respective saint is mentioned and – if the author is known – on the author of these opuses. The site provides a useful overview of the handwritten tradition of the works and does also provide links to digitised manuscripts (if available), information on editions, translations and studies of author and/or opus.
Dictionary of Catholic Theology
A French website concerning saints linking to digitised editions and entries of the „Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique“ (grouped by type: doctors of the church, church fathers, mystics, century).
Hagiographie et Histoire (Haghis)
HagHis: Hagiographie et Histoire: atelier français de recherches sur l’hagiographie médiévale is a French blog and research group on hagiography in the Middle Ages. The blog no longer seems to be active (last post as of march 2019). However, it still is a useful resource as it aims to inform on conferences and colloquiums concerned with hagiography. Furthermore, it provides other resources (such as bibliographies, useful links and online resources). The research group used to meet periodically.
Hagiografía Hispánica
This is the virtual library Miguel de Cervantes. They have a section on Spanish hagiography and include free access to sources, editions, bibliographies and research and also offer a collection of interesting links. Additionally, all the catalogues can be searched. They also provide access to two other catalogues: The Hagiografia castellana and the Hagiografia catalana. The catalogues follow the same structure as the Spanish hagiography catalogue. They are also active on various social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Youtube (links below).
Himanis
This project is not immediately connected to saints. Nevertheless, it is an excellent digital resource for hagiographic research because the actual manuscripts are searchable, for example for the term “saint”. The goal of Himanis is to digitise, transcribe and index medieval manuscripts and thus make them accessible to scholars. Currently, they are indexing the Trésor des Chartes registers. The registers “keep record of the charters, grants and privileges given by the king of France and were produced directly by the French royal chancery. Dating from 1302 to 1483, they contain ca. 68,000 charters and documents”. Make sure to read the instructions on search options before beginning your research.
Franciscan Authors (13th -18th century)
A continually growing catalogue listing Franciscan authors who lived between the 13th and 18th century. In addition to biographical information on the life and work of the respective authors, the entries comprise information on manuscripts and editions of the author’s works as well as literature on the author and/or their works. The site is structured rather conveniently: you will be able to either research a particular author by the help of an alphabetical list or to browse via the categories “Vitae Miracula” and “Order Provinces”. Moreover, the authors of the website, namely Bert Roest and Maarten van der Heijden, also provide a small compilation of virtual publications and bibliographies on medieval and Franciscan preaching, medieval exegesis, Franciscan historiography and Franciscan travel and missionary works, all of which were last updated between 2017 and 2019. Additionally, the site lists a wide range of handy research resources, which are arranged bibliographically and can therefore be easily accessed for your own advanced research.
Make sure that you use the current website as the old version is still online, but is no longer updated.