Medieval Italy


* Labyrinth Library Italian Bookcase

Italian Culture Resources

The Decameron Web
A web of Boccaccio's life and works developed at Brown University.

Boccaccio, Richard Hooker's course materials
Introduction to Boccaccio and The Decameron, "The Death," from The Decameron, and "Ser Ciapelletto," from The Decameron

Renaissance Dante Exhibition
Collaborative Online Project of U. Notre Dame Library and the Newberry Library, Chicago.

Florence: Online Catasto of 1427
A World Wide Web searchable version of tax data for the city of Florence in 1427-29, based on David Herlihy and Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Principal Investigators, Census and Property Survey of Florentine Dominions in the Province of Tuscany, 1427-1480.

Sandro Botticelli Image directory

History of medieval Italy at end of the Western Roman Empire (~4th century)
Includes links to information on different Italian regions

Italian manuscripts
Images and descriptions of bibles, missals, lectionaries, graduals, antiphonals and psalters from a great selection of medieval western Europe manuscripts; Images of vellum leaves of Italian religious medieval manuscripts as well as from Livy's history of Rome.

Medieval Churches
Images and short descriptions of medieval churches (facades as well as interior) in Italy as well as in other countries of Western Europe

Torrione Castle
Includes images, descriptions, and history of the medieval complex of the Torrione Castle

Vatican Library Exhibit: Rome Reborn
One of the best World Wide Web projects, hosted by Sunsite, UNC.

General Internet Resources: Italy and Italian Language

Italian Resources on the Internet

Italian Language Resources in the WWW Virtual Library

Italian Lessons via the Web: Lessons by Lucio Chiappetti

Universities in Italy

Image credit: top image from the Della Catena Map of Florence, ca. 1471-82.


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