This site focuses on general reference tools–dictionaries, directories, and data–needed by working medievalists and available online. It is not meant to be a portal for everything medieval on the Web. In particular, it omits the many sites with discursive information on medieval topics. Those sites are well catalogued in several other medieval portals, in particular ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies and Netserf: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources.

This site also does not list the many offline reference sources for medievalists.  Many of the sites that are listed already contain such bibliographies. You may also try starting with What Every Medievalist Should Know by James W. Marchand of the U. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Medieval Studies, a comprehensive list of reference works and bibliographies, off- and on-line, from John Rawlings of Stanford U. Additionally, I have tried to avoid listing subscription-only services in order to make the links on this site as accessible as possible.  (I've made a few exceptions for exceptionally useful items.)

As with all such sites, this one is as much a work in progress as the Web itself. It reflects my background, linguistic training (Latin, German, French) and interests in Western European history, i.e., specialists may find less here on Byzantium, literature, and the arts than they desire. I will add content as time and ability permit. Finally, I take the Middle Ages to be roughly 400-1500, but have added a few sites that venture beyond these dates when I thought they would be helpful. If there are additional sites you believe should be listed, please . (I retain final editorial control, however.)

Why "Dragmaticon"? I like William of Conches; the domain name was available; it has a certain ring to it. I hope you find this site useful. Enjoy.