Provided below are some primary (texts originating from that time period) and secondary sources (texts that are written by scholars and are peer-reviewed) that can help push you into the right direction for research regarding the Middle Ages. Ranging from legal to religious sectors, these sources can be a starting point for research (or can be read for fun!)
- Primary Sources
Augustine. The City of God: Selections and Introduction by Hans Urs Von Balthasar. Edited by Hans Urs von Balthasar. Ignatius Press, 2021. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=30627466.
Gratian, Augustine. Thompson, James Gordley, and Katherine Christensen. The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20) with the Ordinary Gloss (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law, Volume 2). Catholic University of America Press, 1993. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=3135130.
Hall, G. D. G., ed. The Treatise on the Laws and Customs of the Realm of England Commonly Called Glanvill. Medieval Texts. Thomas Nelson and Sons LTD, 1965.
Nichols, Francis Morgan, ed. Britton: The French Text Carefully Revised, with an English Translation, Introduction and Notes. Clarendon Press, 1865. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002023468.
Schaff, Philip, ed. Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters. Vol. 10. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, II. 2009; Christian Classics Ethereal Library, n.d. Accessed February 1, 2026. https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf210/npnf210.i.html.
Schroeder, Joy A. The Book of Genesis. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=4859279.
- Secondary Sources
Brundage, James A. Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe. University of Chicago Press, 1987. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=432200.
Bynum, Caroline Walker. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. University of California Press, 1988. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=223849.
Gallick, Sarah. The Big Book of Women Saints. HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=29447644.
Harper, April, and Caroline Proctor. Medieval Sexuality: A Casebook. Taylor & Francis Group, 2007. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=325055.
Harvey, Katherine. The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Middle Ages. Reaktion Books, Limited, 2021. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=6725002.
Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari, and Raisa Tovio Maria. Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Moderm Europe. 1st Edition. Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Molekamp, Femke. Women and the Bible in Early Modern England: Religious Reading and Writing. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Tuten, Belle S. Daily Life of Women in Medieval Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2022. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=7069949.
Vaughan, Theresa. Women, Food, and Diet in the Middle Ages: Balancing the Humours. Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/acadia/detail.action?docID=6375241.
* Please note, some of these sources require an institution (university) subscription to their service in order to access – be advised that some links may not work due to this.
Dark Ages Digest 