Index pages on History & Medieval History

Open Directory Project (http://dmoz.org/):History and Medieval History

The Open Directory project is a cooperative volunteer project of 'indexing'/subject classifying the web. Each category is edited by volunteer subject experts. Includes sections on national history, living history and recreation/re-enactment as well.

About.com  (http://www.about.com/): Medieval History

Each About.com section has its own 'guide' editor. While not all-inclusive, Abouit.com sites highlight really interesting sites, and include articles about the topic and commentary on the sites.

There's a email newsletter if you want to keep up with changes to the site. The Site Map is another good feature.

Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com): Medieval History

Yahoo is the most well known index site on the web. It includes descriptive tags for many sites. It's getting a bit crowded, though, and the featured pages vary wildly in topics and quality. If you want the most educational, specific stuff, you can sift it out of here, but it's too dense for a quick browse.

Articles on researching history:

• The Future of the Past: History Sources on the Internet, by Kenneth B. Fink. (Originally published in Searcher magazine)

General overview of resources for a wide variety of historical periods/subjects. Not specific to medieval.
• Basic Research Tools for Medieval History, by Karen L. Green. (posted on Mediev-l mailing list)

Concentrates on specific scholarly resources