The Matrix

The Matrix, a research tool produced by Boston College, is designed as a portal and bibliography for research about women’s religious communities in medieval Europe. It focuses on individuals and groups, as well as on material culture and relationships between communities. Contributors to The Matrix have included such medievalist luminaries as Caroline Walker Bynum and Jeffrey Hamburger. The site also contains decorative images culled from the collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University.

The resource is freely available on the Web and does not require registration or subscription. At the time of writing, completed sections of the project...