Downloading the XML

The raw files of the Corpus of Middle English are available for free downloading, with no restrictions on use or reuse. This freedom does not extend to the MED and Bibliography; copyright in those is held by the Regents of the University of Michigan, so the raw XML of those resources is generally not available for public download, though exceptions can be made for specific projects or collabortions, on request.

• Those wishing to download the entire 'Corpus' are directed to the file named CME-all.zip. It can be found
  • via the the U-M institutional account at Dropbox.com
  • (backup 1) via a personal account at DropBox.com
  • (backup 2) via a personal account at Box.com
  The actual zip file is the same in each case. The xml files were last updated in May of 2026, when they were re-formatted to validate under a common schema, and provided with at least minimal TEI-like bibliographic headers. Many inconsistencies remain.

• Those wishing to download individual files will find a linked list of them on this site. Click on the xml file name (in the 'Raw XML' column) to view and download individual books. The files should display adequately (not beautifully) in most browsers, since they invoke a simple CSS style sheet.