The Internet Medieval Sourcebook (IMS) is part of the Internet History Sourcebook project, which aims at providing digital versions of public domain original source texts and can be used as an online textbook. The sub-catalogue for hagiography lists the sources by era and geographical origin (for example “Celtic Saints”, “Byzantine Saints” etc.). Additionally, they provide sources for pilgrimage in Western Europe and about the contemporary critical handling of the cult of saints. While most of the sources are dedicated to one saint, the IMS also gives access to important hagiographical collections like the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine or the work of Symeon Metaphrastes. The user – and that’s of the greatest benefit – can search the catalogue as well as the full text. However, the search procedure is split into different search engines. Reading the introduction to the search procedure is recommended. Not all of the links are still working but it still is an excellent resource for students and scholars! Paul Halsall and the large number of contributors included Latin and vernacular hagiographic texts and even some translations which makes the IMS a truly valuable source!
Schlagwort-Archiv: Late Middle Ages
Pinakes – Textes et manuscrits grecs
The French website Pinakes – Textes et manuscrits grecs aims at compiling information on all Greek texts up to the 16th century based on archive and library catalogues. Pinakes has about 200000 entries based on 13000 texts of which there are a total of 40000 manuscripts. There are two search options: you can either search for a specific manuscript or conduct a more general research (author, work, century, country). Also, you can search for specific saints as Pinakes also provides the digitised manuscripts of the Greek hagiographic manuscripts of the Société des Bollandistes (BHGms, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca manuscripta). They also link to useful resources and further catalogues. The website is updated regularly.
Documenta Catholica Omnia
The website Documenta Catholica Omnia. Omnium paparum, conciliorum, ss. Partum, doctorum scriptorumque ecclesiae qui ab aevo apostolico ad usque Benedicti XVI tempora floruerunt is concerned with making Latin editions of Christian documents available online. The website is also in Latin. It provides a multitude of PDF-files and links to online versions of the respective editions. They include liturgy, papal documents, patristic texts, and much more.
Hagiography Society
The Hagiography Society was founded in 1990 and is the largest Anglo-American network for all historical research on saints and sanctity. The society aims to establish worldwide networking and communication. Its main focus lies on the medieval era, but does also welcome researchers from all eras and disciplines. Additionally, the websites provides information about the society’s own award, the “The Hagiography Society Book Prize” which they have been awarding annually since 2017; their own book series called “Sanctity in Global Perspective” and plans for the major medieval conferences in the United States and Great Britain (Kalamazoo, Leeds). The website has a useful online bibliography (currently unavailable) and a small selection of links (not annotated). The website also has a members only area, which includes a newsletter, additional accesses and other perks.
Studies on Christian Hagiography
Studies on Christian Hagiography is a blog dedicated to the study of Christian hagiography. It mainly collects conference programmes, calls for papers and links to sources on Christian hagiography up to 2016. The entries are grouped by topics: the column on the right lists a call for participation, the aforementioned topics and the blog’s archive. The website might be useful if you want to have an overview of the topics which were discussed among scholars of hagiography between 2009 and 2016, although the entries differ in length and quantity of information. Some parts of the menu are in Greek which make it difficult to use for people who cannot read the Greek alphabet.
A Clerk of Oxford
A Clerk of Oxford is a blog mainly about the literature of medieval England from the 11th century onwards. Since 2008, Dr. Eleanor Parker, a scholar of Medieval English literature from Oxford University, blogs about a variety of topics related to her main research interest – the Danish Conquest of 1016 – in medieval historical writing. In doing so, she also blogs about legends of English saints and religious poetry in Old and Middle English. While the blog is not necessarily intended for academics, it might still be a useful resource for hagiographic research as Dr. Parker’s aim is to provide sources and translations which are not already available online. In order to navigate you might browse the posts via the label “saints”. She is also active on Twitter, where she posts about all things Medieval and scholarship.
Viking Society Web Publications
The Viking Society for Northern Research makes all their publications since 1983 available online for free! They offer their excellent research for everyone to read: Facsimiles, primary sources, research articles and their annual journal, the Saga-Book, on medieval Scandinavian and Northern Research, including research on saints from that region.
Author: Anthony Faulkes
Last Updated: 2021
Link: http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/, also check out the Website of the Viking Society for Northern Research
AISSCA: Associazione Italiana per lo Studio della Santità dei Culti e dell’Agiografia
This is the website of the Italian Association for the study of sanctity, cults and hagiography. They share information on their organisation, their members as well as upcoming events they are holding. Moreover, the section „Biblioteca agiografica“ continuously presents the latest publications from the hagiographic research field by recommendation of the society’s members. Also, they give information on their own publication series Sanctorum. Although the website is in Italian, some passages are also in English. They also link to their Youtube channel.
Centro Studi San Giovanni da Capestrano
This is the website of the Italian research centre for John of Capistrano. It mainly provides information on the life and work of John of Capistrano but also about past events and the research centre itself. Additionally, there are also some links to websites related to the subject.The website is in Italian.
Last Updated: 2020
CatholicSaints.Info
A site that collects information on “15,771 saints, beati, venerables and feasts“ and provides a vast amount of information for hagiographic research. Among the key benefits of this site is the extensive amount of search options: your research is not limited to the name or feast day of a saint but there are plenty of other options available: you will be able to browse the site via categories such as occupation, life status, gender, type of death, characteristics of the respective saint (e.g. disability) and the pope who beatified or canonised a saint. Additionally, there are several lists of saints (organised by alphabet, patronage groups, calendar etc.). The length and the content of the entries vary, although there are similarities in the structure of the entries (memorial, profile, born, died, canonation, representation and additional information such as books and other internet sources). However, it must be mentioned that the project is the work – in his own words – of an amateur hagiographer: the site does not provide access to its sources and while the site features a great collection of downloadable ebooks, the scientific value of these books has to be examined before using them for academic research – the same goes for the entries of the main site.
Nevertheless, the value of this site lies in the extensive amount of its entries and the very useful research categories. This way, the site is able to accommodate researchers with different interests.