Middle English Compendium (original) (raw)
The Middle English Compendium contains three Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a Bibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
Middle English Dictionary
- The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500. An invaluable resource for lexicographers, language scholars, and all scholars in medieval studies.
- Go to the Middle English Dictionary
Bibliography
- A description of the authors, works, manuscripts, and editions cited in the Dictionary, the Bibliography also defines the abbreviated forms under which those works are referred to, and provides cross-references to major reference sites to allow further study.
- Go to the Bibliography
Background image: The Ellesmere Manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, c. 1400-1405. Shown is the introduction to "The Knight's Tale."