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Iter Gateway to the Renaissance and Middle Ages ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY

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Description: Covers all literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Contains citations for journal articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies from the full runs of 730 scholarly journal titles published since 1842, as well as citations for monographs, and material published in monographs and collections of essays. The site also includes:

  • Iter Italicum - a finding list of Renaissance humanistic manuscripts found in libraries and collections all over the world, produced by Paul Oskar Krisetller.
  • International Directory of Scholars - a comprehensive directory of contact information, and information on the research and teaching careers of scholars around the world.
  • Milton Bibliography - online edition of John T. Shawcross's Milton: A Bibliography for the Years 1624-1700 (Revised) and for the years 1701-1799, bringing together all manuscripts and editions of Milton's works and all studies and critical statements concerning Milton's life and works, all allusions and quotations, and all significant imitations during the years 1624-1799.
  • Early Theatre - full text (volume 1 (1998) to the present) published semi-annually in the spring and fall by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at Victoria University in the University of Toronto.
  • REED Newsletter - contains the full run of Records of Early English Drama Newsletter (1976-1997).
  • Renaissance Quarterly - contains preprints of RQ Reviews
  • Renaissance and Reformation - search, view, and print the full-text of the journal from volume 24, no. 1 (2000).
  • Baptisteria Sacra - index offerong detailed descriptions of fonts from the early Christian period to the 17th century.
  • Medici Archive Project - currently describes 200 volumes of documents in the Medici Granducal Archive (Archivio Mediceo del Principato), with document records for approximately 10,000 letters and biographical records for approximately 11,000 people.
  • Aestimatio - provides critical, timely assessments of books published in the history of what was called science from antiquity up to the early modern period in cultures ranging from Spain to India, and from Africa to northern Europe.
  • The Electronic Capito Project - provides the text of letters from and to Wolfgang Capito which are either unpublished or have been published before 1850 and are therefore difficult to access.


Coverage: 400-1700

Subject(s)
European Studies
History, Genealogy & Archives
Literature & Language
Religion & Philosophy
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Other Related Links:
Catalonian Manuscripts
Renaissance Editions (in English, 1477-1799)

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