A.  General Chaucer Sites

• METRO Chaucer (Harvard Middle English Teaching Resources Online)

The Geoffrey Chaucer Website (Harvard University)

• Chaucer MetaPage (a good way to find reliable materials related to Chaucer)

• geoffreychaucer.org: An Annotated Guide to Online Resources (David Wilson-Okamura, Macalester College)

• The Chaucer Pedagogy Page (Daniel T. Kline, U Alaska, Anchorage)

B.  Bibliographies

• Studies in the Age of Chaucer (SAC)Annual Bibliography (New Easy to Use Web Interface)

• Online Bibliography of Yearbook of Langland Studies

• (also see bibliographies in general Chaucer sites above)

C.  Life and Times

• "The Life of Chaucer" and "A Brief Chronology of Chaucer’s Life and Times" (Harvard Chaucer Website)

D.  Electronic Texts

• Electronic Edition of General Prologue (Edwin Duncan)

• Middle English Compendium University of Michigan (includes Middle English Dictionary)

E.  Chaucer’s Language (also see Middle English Dictionary (MED) above)

• Chaucer's Language (Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar) (Harvard Chaucer Website)
• "Edwin Duncan’s Basic Chaucer Glossary"
• 2-page version of previous glossary in pdf format (David Wilson-Okamura)
• The Chaucer Metapage Audio Files Selections of Chaucer's Works Read Aloud (compiled Alan Baragona)
• "The Great Vowel Shift" (Harvard Chaucer Website)

F.  More Historical and Cultural Backgrounds

• The Lollard Society: Religion, Language, Literature
• Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
• Pilgrims and Pilgrimage (York University)
• Corsair: Pierpont Morgan Library (Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts)
• Medieval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church (Anne Marshall)
• "Was the Medieval Church Corrupt?" by Frans van Liere (short article in The ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies)
• "Courtly Love" (Harvard Chaucer Webpage)

G.  Miscellaneous Information

• The Catholic Encyclopedia (especially useful for medieval theology)
• Scene Outline of Chaucer's Troilus
• Michael Hanly, "Some Interesting and Essential Stuff"
• Four Humours
• Allegory
• Fourfold Allegorical Interpretation
• Two Kinds of Love
• Seven Liberal Arts
• Three Matters of Medieval Romance
H.  General Medieval Sites
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
• ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
• NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Sources

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