Post-Reformation Digital Library

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The Post-Reformation Digital Library (PRDL) is a database of digitized books from the early modern era. The collected titles are directly linked to full-text versions of the works in question. The bibliography was initially inclined toward Protestant writers from the Reformation and immediate Post-Reformation era (the later sometimes characterized as the age of Protestant Scholasticism). In its current development the project is moving toward being a comprehensive database of early modern theology and philosophy and also includes late medieval and patristic works printed in the early modern period.

The database is housed at the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, a joint undertaking of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary.

As bibliographical projects such as VD 16, VD 17, and English Short Title Catalogue, have a more narrow national or regional focus, meta-bibliographical tools such as PRDL and Early Modern Thought Online play a vital role in facilitating scholarship in the rapidly changing technological landscape.

References

• Reformation Library Expands its Reach. Christian Reformed Church.
• Webbibliotheek met theologisch werk gelanceerd. (Dutch). Reformatorisch Dagblad.
• Online archive opens the Reformers' works at U.S. seminary. The Presbyterian Outlook.

See also

• List of digital library projects
• Digital curation
• Category:Digital libraries
• Category:Geographic region-oriented digital libraries

External links

• Post-Reformation Digital Library