The MEMSLib team were delighted to see such a positive response to the new and improved look of our Medieval Languages pages, which we launched in January. We are also grateful for the constructive feedback we received, which we will work to incorporate as we continue working on a revised, user-optimised version of MEMSLib in 2022. With this in mind, we are happy to introduce you to the new look of our late-medieval literature resource pages.

The first thing you might well notice is the change of name; we now refer to Middle English Literature rather than Late-Medieval Literature. This change recognises that the late-medieval literature resources previously grouped together were predominantly in the English vernacular, and is also in-line with our commitment to expand the range and diversity of resources which MEMSLib offers. We are in the exciting process of compiling individual resource lists for late-medieval literature in further languages, beginning with French, German, and Iberian. As these lists grow, they will become complete pages, allowing for comparative literary and linguistic study.

For now, read on for a preview of our new-look Middle English literature resource pages - together with some further updates to MEMSLib, including the surprise launch of a completely new page...

It's Middle English Literature, but not like you've seen it before

Our literature resources have now been subdivided into a series of easily-accessible pages, which can all be reached from our Middle English Literature landing-page. These categories were previously anchors, so the location of your favourite resources should still be the same, but these individual sub-pages offer a clean, clear format to take you straight to the information you need.

Each of these pages also allows you to navigate between literature resources, either within or across pages.

Our new sub-page aesthetic

These new sub-pages each have navigation bars to help you browse our curated range of Middle English literature resources, and each links to our Medieval Literature forum, the place to be to pose your research questions a global network of scholars.

Our Middle English Full Text resources have also been grouped into more general text databases, such as TEAMS or Luminarium, and individual texts online, now organised by author. Need a specific online edition of The Book of Margery Kempe, or side-by-side transcriptions of The Book of the Duchess manuscripts? We've got you covered.

New page alert: Diplomatic studies

We are pressing ahead with our changes to MEMSLib, but it's still business as usual here as well. In case you missed it, we recently launched a new page for the study of Diplomatic, which can now be reached through our Manuscript Studies resources, guest edited by Dr David Rundle. This page guides you through the research of official documents, from key terminology, to charter databases, seals, and more.

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