The principal locations for medieval studies in the Netherlands are the six universities associated in the Onderzoeksschool Medievistiek: Amsterdam (UvA and VU), Groningen (RUG), Leiden (UL), Nijmegen (RU) and Utrecht (UU). There are nonetheless a number of other institutions where the Middle Ages are being studied as well.
Medieval studies are organised differently in each university in the Netherlands. As a result, certain university sites permit, via one link, to gain access to all the information in our field; others offer many points of entry that are worth exploring. Most universities give access to annual reports of the publications of professors and researchers.
Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) – University of Amsterdam
Languages: Dutch, English
Vrije Universiteit te Amsterdam (VU) – Free University at Amsterdam
Languages: Dutch, English
This university and its site are organised in such a way that courses and research in medieval studies are scattered all over and it is not easy to find them.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) – State University of Groningen
Languages: Dutch, English
Universiteit Leiden (UL) - University of Leiden
Languages: Dutch, English
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (RU) - The Radboud University, Nijmegen
Languages: Dutch, English, German
Universiteit Utrecht (UU) - University of Utrecht
Language: Dutch, English
The medieval studies are clustered in the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, with a special focus on the early and central Middle Ages.
Erasmusuniversiteit Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Languages: Dutch, English
Universiteit Tilburg (UvT) – University of Tilburg
Language: Dutch, English
The Royal Academy of Sciences
Languages: Dutch, English
Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis
Langues: Dutch, English
Institute born in 2011 out of two pre-existing institutions, the Constantijn Huygens Instituut (dedicated to text editing and intellectual history) and the Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis (Institute for the history of the Netherlands; notably publishes editions of historical sources (of which many are available online, for example Latin and Dutch-language chronicles, and charters) and a historical guide to the Netherlands).
The Huygens Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis has created several specialised web pages and sites, including:
The Academy of Frisia
Languages: Dutch, Frisian
This institute is dependent on the Royal Academy of Sciences. It is devoted to the study of the history, culture and language of Frisia.
Institut P.J. Meertens
Languages: Dutch, English
Institute for research into, and documentation of, Dutch language and culture, from both ethnological and linguistic perspectives.
This institute is developping and hosting several databases, like :
Rijksbureau voor kunsthistorische documentatie (RKD)
Languages: Dutch, English
Institution for documentation in the field of art history, developping and hosting several databases :