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Bibliotheca Teubneriana

The Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latinae (BTL) provides online access to the standard editions (editions maiores) of the Bibliotheca scriptorum Romanorum Teubneriana. The database includes classical Latin literature in almost its entirety for the period up to the second century, together with the important non-Christian authors from the second century through to the Carolingian Renaissance, and the complete corpus of texts of the 'Grammatici Latini' and 'Servius Grammaticus.' The Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina is the central reference database for Latin literature from the Roman Republic to the Imperial Period and Late Antiquity.... Read more about Bibliotheca Teubneriana

Xin min shuo

This database allows searching of the text of a collection of essays by Liang Qichao published between 1902 and 1905. System requirements: Windows and Internet Explorer; requires a Chinese environment supporting Big 5 code and an input method for Chinese traditional characters.... Read more about Xin min shuo

Encyclopedia of Ancient History

Online version of a 13-volume reference work, with 5000 entries ranging from 250-5000 words, written and edited by an internationally diverse team of editors and contributors. Its content spans the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE and covers the entire ancient Mediterranean world including the Near East and Egypt. The online version features regular revisions and new entries.

Lettres Pontificales = Papal Letters Online

Searchable registers of papal letters from the 13th- and 14th-century popes, based on Registres et lettres des Papes du XIIIe siècle (32 vols.; Rome, 1883- ) and Registres et lettres des Papes du XIVe siècle (48 vols.; Rome, 1899- ). These letters provide information on many aspects of medieval society, such as church institutions, politics, government and finance, and religious, intellectual, and artistic life. Includes citations and a brief description of the contents, but no full-text. Search (or Browse) by Pope, date, letter type, place of promulgation and many other criteria.

Oxford Dictionary of Popes

This papal Who's Who presents biographical accounts in chronological order of all the officially recognized popes from St Peter to John Paul II, whose entry has now been expanded and brought up to date. Providing a continuous history of the papacy, it also includes their irregularly elected rivals, the so-called antipopes, and discusses the tradition that there had been a female pope.

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