Patristic Links
A History of Monastic Spirituality
A nearly book-length course of study on early monastic spirituality by Fr. Luc Brésard of Citeaux. It includes a selection of primary texts and review questions.
Biographisch-Bibliographischen Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
Comprehensive in scope, this encyclopedia includes many entries on both early Christian authors and contemporary German theologians, church historians, and biblical scholars.
Byzantium Byzantine Studies of the Internet
First stop for all things Byzantine on the Internet. Includes brief intro to the field and links to news, academic and teaching resources, texts, images and sounds. Maintained by Paul Halsall.
Byzantine and Medieval Studies Links
A very comprehensive list with many annotations.
Byzantine Studies Discussion Forum (BYZANS-L)
Information on subscribing to the Byzantine Studies listserv.
Byzantine and Orthodox Studies at Beaver College
Byzance: A Byzantine History Page
A very well put together page by Edward Choh in Singapore. Dedicated to Byzantine studies, it covers general history, religion, military issues, architecture, and geography.
ByzNet Byzantine Studies on the Net
Byzantine Site by Tommaso Braccini [in Italian]
Centre for Early Christian Studies
Located at Australian Catholic University.
Christian History Institute
The Christian History Institute is a non-profit organization promoting the study of church history. Online they have “91 issues of Glimpses, a bulletin insert on church history.
Church Rodent
Rich Tatum’s Glossary of Christian History ChurchRodent is a product of the site author’s Church History class project for which he wrote a paragraph on every index entry for Bruce Shelley’s Christian History in Plain Language.
Classical Text Editor (CTE)
Information and free Download Demo-version for at present the best PC Windows program for the production of critical editions.
Centre of D’Etudes Gregory of Nazianzus
Homepage of a research group of the catholic University of lion with well organized Gregory of Nazianzus bibliography and an extensive data base of Gregory’s writings.
De Imperatonibus Romanis
An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Dumbarton Oaks
A Harvard satellite, DO hosts a center for Byzantine Studies.
Ecclesiastica History List (ECCHST-L)
“ECCHST-L is an electronic discussion list for topics in the History of Christianity intended primarily for scholars and students in that field, but open to all with an interest in the subject matter.
Focus on Byantine Civilization
Part of a quick overview of world cultures.
Greek Theology Website
This website has many resources for the study of Greek religion and theology.
Gregory of Nyssa
(French site) also The Gregory of Nyssa Homepage.
Heidelberger
Extensive data base, procures approx. 35,000 entries from Dieter Hagedorn, which all published and dated Greek papyri of Egypt chronologically specifies, at present.
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
Provides information on the library collection as well as images, music and links to related resources. They also have microfilm collections of medieval European and Eastern Christian manuscripts.
IDEO L ‘Institut Dominicain D’Etudes Orientales du Caire
The Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo, a significant center for Coptic and Arab Christian studies.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Byzantium
A very full list of “selected sources” pertaining to Byzantium.
Late Byzanitium
Highly recommended page by Steven Reinart at Rutgers University.
Levantia: Byzantine Medieval Near Eastern Social History
Libanios
The history of the fourth century (French site)
Liddell and Scott Greek Lexicon
The full text of the large Liddell/Scott with the additional ability to do word searches.
New Advent: The Catholic Encyclopedia
This is an online version of the old Catholic Encyclopedia (New York, 1907-12), which contains many articles on early Christian topics.
ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
A larger project of which the Internet Medieval Sourcebook is a part.
Patristique.org
a French site, devoted to information on the Fathers of the Church, maintained by a Augustin of the Assumption, Luc Fritz.
Rome and Romania, 27 BCE to 1453 CE
A useful site which combines a dynasty by dynasty chronology with a series of historical maps showing the ebb and flow of Byzantine power.
Roger Pearse
A great online site for copies of ancient texts out of copyright, and a wonderful site for the study of Tertullian.
Romiosini Homepage
A general Byzantine site with an effort to create a hyperlinked history of the Byzantine Empire.
Romanity Romanism Romiosini
Site presenting the theories of John Romanides.
Suda Online Byzantine Lexicography
Suzetta’s Christian Legends and Symbols
The author provides a great deal of information on Christian symbols and features a different animal of the bestiary every week.
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
Information to a standardize data for editions of scholarly texts.
The Ecole Initiative
The Ecole Initiative is a “Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History,” extending up to the Reformation.
The Gnostic Society Library (Ecclesia Gnostica)
This archive has the Nag Hammadi Library and other gnostic and related texts online.
The Greek Christian Writers of the First Centuries (GCS)
Overview of publications in this research group.