Previous Featured Medieval Digital Humanities Projects

This webpage includes details of digital humanities projects in medieval studies that have been featured by "Medieval People." Please do get in touch if you have any suggestions for future featured projects!

Digital Sigillography Resource

The Digital Sigillography Resource (DIGISIG) enables scholars and members of the public to search sigillographic datasets. Scholars, archivists, archaeologists and museum curators have recorded tens of thousands of British seals. Those records are now indispensable information sources for scholars—but they are heterogenous in both form and content, and dispersed across many different reference works. To assist researchers to perform searches that span multiple repositories’ holdings, the Digisig project assembles those records and standardizes their information. DIGISIG fosters the study of seals, particularly from Medieval Europe, by radically enhancing access to this important cultural legacy. Based at Saint Louis University’s Center for Digital Humanities, DIGISIG is eager to expand its partnerships with additional researchers and institutions. For news and updates, follow John McEwan on Twitter.

Medieval Londoners

The "Medieval Londoners Project" provides curated guides to resources about medieval London and its people, as well as a searchable digital prosopography for  residents of London, Southwark and Westminster between c. 1100 and 1520.  These features highlight the Project’s pedagogical interests, as do the syllabi, instructions for digital projects and opportunities for digital training it offers.

People of Medieval Scotland

"People of Medieval Scotland" is a digital factoid prosopography with data on over 22,500 people and institutions in the kingdom of Scotland between the years 1093 and 1371, drawn from over 9,000 documents. PoMS provides exhaustive coverage of charters, letters and similar sources dealing with people, possessions and privileges within Scotland between 1093 and 1314, with further coverage of all royal charters from 1314 to 1371. PoMS has been groundbreaking in its extensive integration of social network analysis, including over 100 interactive sociograms. Users can also search and display results using maps.

The Revised Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani Database

"The Revised Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani Database" is a digitized database of sources available for the study of the crusader states and related regions (ca.1095–ca.1292). Among other resources, it contains summaries and part translations of relevant documents such as charters and letters, as well as an extensive glossary of terms and a bibliography. It is both an excellent teaching and research tool for those working on prosopography and the crusades to the Holy Land during the Middle Ages. The project is ongoing, and a “Future” tab offers information for planned new directions.