The Great Norwich Hospital Online: a web-based guide to the medieval history and buildings of one of England's oldest hospitals

诺维奇的大医院(前身为圣贾尔斯医院)是唯一一家在修道院解体和新教改革中幸存下来的英国中世纪医院，其大部分结构和档案都完好无损。它建立于1249年，一直运作到现在(它现在为老年人提供庇护所)，并被列为诺里奇的12个‘伟大而美好’的遗产之一。然而，矛盾的是，通过卡罗尔·罗克利夫教授和她在UEA的研究学生的工作，这座非凡的机构更为中世纪历史学家所知，而不是为当地人或许多访问诺维奇的游客所知；该项目的目的是创建一个网站，扩大公众对一个具有突出国家重要性的地方的认识。现已完工，定于2008年2月7日在诺福克国家记录办公室正式推出，www.thegreathospital.co.uk为用户提供了一个方便使用的分区和中世纪建筑的布局和开发指南，并伴随着一系列再现15世纪医院及其奢华装饰的3D视频模型。医院的历史是为了非专科医生的利益而解释的，广泛的辅助视觉材料(地图、平面图、照片和图纸)有助于阐明医院在中世纪所起的作用。许多文件都是翻译的，还有原件的照片，供当地历史学家、研究人员和学生参考。还提供了到其他有用网站的网络链接和进一步阅读的建议。因此，该项目成功地提供了：-学校和大学各级教学材料-为诺威治游客提供的指南，该指南将补充诺维奇遗产和经济再生信托基金的工作，并将突出大医院作为城市历史的一部分的重要性-一个网站，将极大地帮助医院董事会向公共资金机构申请帮助保护和发展中世纪建筑-宣传大医院丰富的建筑和档案来源，并推动国际医院历史网络促进该项目的工作。

The Great Hospital (formerly St Giles's), Norwich, is unique in being the only English medieval hospital to survive the Dissolution of the monasteries and Protestant Reformation with the greater part of both its fabric and its archives intact. Founded in 1249, it has functioned without a break until the present day (it now offers sheltered accommodation to the elderly), and ranks as one of the twelve 'Great and Good' heritage sites of Norwich. Paradoxically, however, this remarkable institution is better known to medieval historians, through the work of Professor Carole Rawcliffe and her research students at UEA, than it is to local people or to the many tourists who visit Norwich; and the aim of this project has been to create a website which will widen public awareness of a place of outstanding national importance. Now complete, and due for an official launch at the Norfolk Country Record Office on 7 February 2008, www.thegreathospital.co.uk offers users an easily accessible guide to the layout and development of the precinct and medieval buildings, accompanied by a series of 3-D video models recreating the fifteenth-century hospital and its lavish décor. The hospital's history is explained for the benefit of the non-specialist, and a wide range of ancillary visual material (maps, plans, photographs and drawings) helps to elucidate the role played by hospitals in medieval times. A number of documents are presented in translation, along with photographs of the originals, for consultation by local historians, researchers and students. Web-links to other useful sites and suggestions for further reading have also been supplied. The project has thus succeeded in providing:- Material for teaching at various levels in schools and universities- A guide for the benefit of visitors to Norwich, which will complement the work of the Norwich Heritage and Economic Regeneration Trust and will highlight the Great Hospital's significance as a part of the city's history- A website which will greatly assist the Hospital Trustees in their applications to public funding bodies for help with the preservation and development of the medieval buildings- A means of publicising the rich architectural and archival sources of the Great Hospital, and of advancing the work of the International Network for the History of Hospitals which is promoting the project.