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Using the Library’s Catalogs
CATNYP is the online catalog of The New York Public Library’s research collections. It
is easily accessible via the World Wide Web at http://catnyp.nypl.org. For general
instructions on using CATNYP, please consult Using the Library's
Online Catalog. The following information is specific to the subject
of Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
CATNYP allows searching by author, title, keyword, and subject. A keyword
search generally will yield the most comprehensive results, but a subject
search may be employed as a supplementary strategy. When searching in CATNYP,
the reader is advised to employ the Library of Congress subject headings, www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco
Because of the cross-disciplinary nature of this field, there are many subject
headings that can be used. Some of the most salient terms, which may be
employed as keyword or subject searches, are:
Middle Ages
Middle Ages History
Civilization Medieval
Medievalism
Art, Medieval
Cities and Towns, Medieval
Cookery, Medieval
Devotio Moderna
Drama, Medieval
Literature, Medieval
Women – History – Middle Ages
Feudalism
Chivalry
Crusades
Decorative Arts, Medieval
Knightsand Knighthood
Gardens, Medieval
Philosophy, Medieval
Renaissance
Architecture, Renaissance
Art, Renaissance
Decorative Arts, Renaissance
Ethics, Renaissance
European Fiction – Renaissance
Gardens, Renaissance
European Literature – Renaissance
Painting, Renaissance
Philosophy, Renaissance
To research the history of a country or region, it is recommended that the
words history and medieval period follow the geographic description. For
example, France – History – Medieval Period. In addition,
one can search by using the appropriate century, as in France – History – Thirteenth
Century. Finally, researchers interested in studying a given century
without a specific geographical reference, can employ the century in a simple
subject or keyword approach, as in Twelfth Century. Please note
the following examples which can be employed as subject or keyword searches:
Italy History Medieval Period
England History Fourteenth Century
Eleventh Century
In contrast to the more specific subject approach, a keyword search, which
links keywords from titles and/or subjects, will generally retrieve more
items, though many of them may not be relevant. A researcher on English church
history, for example, can employ the keyword search of Anglo-Saxon and church to
bring up titles in that area. Those seeking information on women in Renaissance
Italy might employ a keyword search such as women and Renaissance and Italy;
a narrower approach might utilize women and Renaissance and Florence. When
performing a keyword search, it is essential to use the conjunction "and" between
each term:
Anglo-Saxon and church
Women and Renaissance and Italy
Women and Renaissance and Florence
The results of a keyword search will also provide the appropriate subject
headings for each title; the researcher can then perform a subject search,
if desired.
The Dictionary Catalog contains materials acquired prior to 1972; although
the vast majority of these entries are now in CATNYP, it is recommended that
the Dictionary Catalog be consulted for those items which are not found in
the electronic catalog. The Dictionary Catalog is arranged primarily by
author and subject, with title listings generally limited to works of fiction;
please ask a librarian for assistance in determining the appropriate subject
headings employed in this resource.
In the bibliography which follows, the call numbers for most items refer
to the Rose Main Reading Room, the principal reading room for the Library;
the linked floor plan supplies a guide to the location of these call numbers.
Encyclopedias | Dictionaries | Atlases | Handbooks
and Guides
Encyclopedias
Medieval
Broughton, Bradford B. Dictionary
of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: Concepts and Terms (Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1986) *R-RMRR CR4505 .B76
Broughton, Bradford B. Dictionary
of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: People, Places, and Events (Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1988) *R-RMRR CR4505 .B76.
Dictionary of the
Middle Ages, edited by
Joseph R. Strayer, (New York: Scribner, 1982-1989), 13 vols.
*R-RMRR D114 .D5. Substantive articles with bibliographies;
index is in the last volume.
Encyclopedia of
Medieval Literature, edited by Robert Lambdin and
Laura Lambdin (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000) *R-RMRR
PN669 .E53.
Encyclopedia of
the Middle Ages, edited
by Andre Vauchez et al. (Cambridge, Eng.: J. Clarke, 2000; Paris: Cerf,
2000), 2 vols. *R-RMRR CB351 .D5413. This
is also available electronically.
Scholarly essays on people, events, themes, movements, and ideologies
of the medieval period.
The Encyclopedia
of the Middle Ages, edited
by Norman F. Cantor et al. (New York: Viking, 1999) *R-RMRR D114 .E53.
Favier, Jean. Dictionnaire
de la France médiévale (Paris: Fayard, 1993) *R-RMRR
DC60 .6 .F38.
Medieval Folklore:
An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs, (Santa
Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000), 2 vols. *R-RMRR GR35
.M43.
Renaissance
Dictionnaire de
la Renaissance (Paris: Encyclopaedia Universalis;
Albin Michel, 1998) JFD 00-6623.
Encyclopedia of
the Renaissance, Paul
F. Grendler, editor-in-chief (New York: Scribner’s, published
in association with the Renaissance Society of America, 1999), 6 vols., *R-RMRR CB361 .E52.
Detailed, scholarly articles on all aspects of the age of the
Renaissance.
Encyclopedia of
the Renaissance, Thomas
G. Bergin, consulting editor, and Jennifer Speake, general
editor (New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987) *R-RMRR
CB361 .B43
Brief entries on the Renaissance, with a particular focus on
personalities.
The Hutchinson
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance David Rundle, general
editor (Oxford: Helicon, 1999) *R-RMRR CB361
.H87x.
Short, concise articles on significant elements of the Renaissance.
Munkler, Herfried. Lexikon
der Renaissance (Munchen: Beck, 2000) JFD
02-585.
Dictionaries
Adams, Ian H. Agrarian
Landscape Terms: A Glossary for Historical Geography (London:
Institute of British Geographers, 1976) L-11 3172 no.
9.
Bonnassie, Pierre. Les
cinquante mots clefs de l’histoire médiévale (Toulouse:
Privat, 1981)
JFD 83-192.
Bosworth, Joseph. An
Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (London: Oxford University
Press, 1972) Reprint of the 1898 edition. *R-RMRR
PE279 .B5.
Brumble, H. David. Classical
Myths and Legends in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: A Dictionary of
Allegorical Meanings (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 1998) JFE 98-4789.
Dahmus, Joseph Henry. Dictionary
of Medieval Civilization (New York: Macmillan, 1984)
*R-RMRR CB351 .D24.
Dictionary of the
History of Ideas; Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas, edited
by Philip P. Wiener (New York: Scribner, 1973-1974), 5 vols. *R-RMRR CB5 .D52. Examine
the index in volume 5 under the Middle Ages for appropriate references;
included are such topics as individualism, perfectibility, syncretism,
and universe.
Gerhards, Agnès. Dictionnaire
historique des orders religieux (Paris: Fayard, 1998) JFE
98-12885.
Gerhards, Agnès. La
société médiévale (Paris: MA editions, 1986) JFC
88-1614.
LeGoff, Jacques. Dictionnaire
raisonné de l’Occident médiéval (Paris: Fayard, 1999) *R-RMRR CB351 .L414.
Lexikon de Mittelalters Bd.
1-9 in progress (Munchen; Zurich: Artemis-Verlag,
1977- ) JFM 80-36.
Oxford Dictionary
of Byzantium (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991),
3 vols.
*R-RMRR DF521 .O93 and *O-*OPN 92-14088.
Oxford English
Dictionary, 2nd ed. (Oxford:
Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), 20 vols. *R-RMRR PE1625.
O87. An indispensable tool for etymology, supplying spelling,
definition, usage, and changes in meaning for words. Also available
electronically.
Riché, Pierre. Dictionnaire
des Francs: les Carolingiens (Etrepilly: Bartillat, 1997) JFD
98-563.
Riché, Pierre. Dictionnaire
des Francs: les temps Mérovingiens (Etrepilly: Bartillat,
1996) JFD 97-287.
Robert, Paul. Dictionnaire
alphabétique et analogique de la lingue française, 2nd ed. (Paris:
Dictionnaires Le Robert, 2001), 6 vols. *R-RMRR PC2625 .R552. (For
other editions, check CATNYP.) Historical and etymological dictionary
of the French language which includes the medieval and Renaissance eras.
Thesaurus linguae
Latinae (Lipsiae: In aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1900- ), in
progress
*R-RMRR PA2361 .T4. The most comprehensive
dictionary for the Latin language, similar in scope to “The
Oxford English Dictionary.” Useful for its coverage of Latin
vocabulary in the medieval period. Also available electronically.
Vocabulaire historique
du Moyen Âge: Occident, Byzance, Islam 3rd ed. (Paris:
La Boutique de l’histoire, 2000) JFE 01-7953.
Weijers, Olga. Dictionnaires
et répertoires au Moyen Âge: une étude de vocabulaire (Turnhout,
Belgium: Brepols, 1991) JFF 92-1711.
Atlases
Atlas of Medieval
Europe, 2nd ed.,
edited by Angus Mackay, Simon MacLean, and David Ditchburn. (London;
New York: Routledge, 2007) Map Div. 07-4172.
The Atlas of the
Crusades, edited
by Jonathan Riley-Smith (New York: Facts on File, 1991) Map
Div. 91-4709.
Atlas of the Renaissance (London:
Cassell, 1993) JFG 93-890.
Atlas of the World
in the Middle Ages (London: Longman, 1980) JFG
83-85.
Haywood, John. The
Cassell Atlas of the Medieval World, A.D. 600-1492 (London:
Cassell, 1998) Map Div. + 99-4403. b5657181
Hill, David. An
Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford:
Blackwell, 1981) Map Div. 83-384.
McKitterick, Rosamond. Times
Medieval World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) Map
Div. 05-827 and JFF 05-959.
Handbooks and Guides
Caenegem, R.C.van. Guide
to the Sources of Medieval History (Amsterdam;
New York: North-Holland Pub. Co., 1978) *R-RMRR D117 .C25.
This standard work includes sections on the typology of sources,
archives and libraries, reference works for the study of medieval
texts and bibliographies salient to the discipline .
Cambridge Companion
to Renaissance Humanism, edited
by Jill Kraye (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press,
1996) JFE 96-8230.
A collection of essays relating the advent of humanism with the
literature, scholarship, and thought of the Renaissance.
Cheney, C. R. Handbook
of Dates for Students of English History (London:
Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1945) JFD 94-6244.
A useful work which discusses the calendar, variations in the
beginning of the year, saints’ days, and legal chronology.
Davis, Charles Till, comp. Sources
of Medieval History (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1967),
2 vols. E-13 630. A selection of texts illuminating medieval
history and culture, with appropriate introductions.
Davis, R.H.C. Medieval
European History 395-1500, 2nd ed. (London:
The Historical Association, 1968) D-19 3858.
A succinct introduction to the field, with a superb, albeit
somewhat dated, bibliography arranged by subject and
geographical area.
Fletcher, Stella. The
Longman Companion to Renaissance Europe, 1390-1530 (Harlow,
England; New York: Longman, 2000) *R-RMRR D203 .F58.
Useful for its dynastic listings, chronologies, and description
of the systems of commerce and types of currencies.
Hampson, Robert T. Medii
aevi kalendarium; or Dates, charters, and customs of the middle ages;
with kalendars from the tenth to the fifteenth century; and an alphabetical
digest of obsolete names of days; forming a glossary of the dates of
the middle ages; with tables and other aids for ascertaining dates (London:
H.K. Causton, 1841), 2 vols. BTH.
A superb introduction to the questions of chronology and dating
in the Middle Ages, complemented by a thorough examination of holy
days and other observances and the ceremonies and customs attendant
upon them. Volume two provides a glossary of terms and concepts
(e.g., Lammas Day with an examination of its origins, meanings,
and events associated with that day).
Identifier sources
et citations, edited by Jacques Berlioz and others (Turnhout:
Brepols, 1994)
JFE 95-4929 A useful tool for determining sources in
medieval writings; arranged by subjects (e.g., liturgy, law,
literature, etc.) with extensive bibliographies and historical
explanations.
Labarte, Jules. Handbook
of the arts of the middle ages and renaissance as applied to the decoration
of furniture, arms, jewels, &c. (London:
J Murray, 1855). MNC (Labarte J., Handbook of the arts).
Meyer, Otto. Clavis
mediaevalis (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 1962) C-12
4079.
A handbook of significant terms and concepts for the student
of medieval history.
Medieval Studies:
An Introduction, edited
by James M. Powell, 2nd ed. (New York: Syracuse University
Press, 1992) JFE 96-13262.
Essays by scholars on different areas and topics of medieval
studies; extensive bibliographies included.
Pullan, Brian S., comp. Sources
for the History of Medieval Europe from the Mid-Eighth to the Mid-Thirteenth
Century (Oxford: Blackwell, 1966) JFD 95-7867 An
anthology of medieval documents and writings.
Storey, R.L. Chronology
of the Medieval World: 800 to 1491 (Oxford: Helicon,
1994) *R-RMRR D118 .S85.
Chronological arrangement of notable events, complemented by
contemporary developments in literature, philosophy, scholarship,
religion, and cognate areas.
Williams, Neville. Chronology
of the Expanding World, 1492 to 1762 (New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1994) JFF 01-271.
Arranged by year, this includes not only significant dates
but also notable trends in politics, science, literature, and the
arts.
Histories
General
Histories | Regional
and Specialized Histories
The Age of the
Renaissance, texts
by Nicolai Rubinstein and others, edited by Denys Hay (London:
Thames and Hudson, 1986) JFF 86-1270.
Scholarly essays on the rise of humanism, the spread of the Renaissance
outside Florence, art, scholarship, and cognate subjects.
The Cambridge Illustrated
History of the Middle Ages, edited
by Robert Fossier (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press,
1986-1997) *R-RMRR CB351 .M7813. Essays by scholars on
the significant developments in the medieval world.
Cantor, Norman F. The
Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition
of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization (New
York: HarperCollins, 1993)
*R-RMRR CB351 .C24.
An examination of the intellectual, political, and social life
of the Middle Ages.
Collins, Roger. Early
Medieval Europe 300-1000, 2nd ed. (Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Press; New York: St. Martin’s Press,
1999) *R-RMRR D121 .C65.
Daily Life in the
Late Middle Ages, edited
by Richard Britnell (Stroud: Sutton, 1998) *R-RMRR DA185 .D15.
Includes sections on religion, artisans and guilds, dress and
fashions, etc.
Davis, R.H.C. (Ralph Henry Carless) A
History of Medieval Europe, third ed. (Harlow, England; New
York: Pearson Longman, 2006) *R-RMRR D118 .D29.
Hale, John R. The
Civilization of Europe in the Renaissance (London:
HarperCollins, 1993) *R-RMRR CB367 .H35 1993b. An
examination of the motifs and themes of this period for the advanced
student.
Kerrigan, William. The
Idea of the Renaissance (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1989)
JFE 89-1720.
Commencing with a study of Burckhardt’s analysis of the Renaissance, this
work also examines the literature and philosophy of the period.
Mee, Charles L. The
Horizon Book of Daily Life in Renaissance Italy (New
York: American Heritage Pub. Co., 1975) JFF 76-626.
Discusses such topics as scholarship, art, religion, domestic
life, and the role of women.
The New Cambridge
Medieval History, edited
by Rosamond McKitterick, David Abulafia et al. (Cambridge; New York:
Cambridge University Press, 1995-2005), 7 vols. *R-RMRR D117 .N48. The
standard reference work in this discipline, covering the political, economic,
social, intellectual, cultural, and religious life of the medieval period.
Nicholas, David. The
Evolution of the Medieval World: Society, Government, and Thought in
Europe, 312-1500 (London; New York: Longman, 1992) *R-RMRR D117 .N5. A
study of the social and economic aspects of medieval civilization and
the links of same with the ideological, religious, political, and cultural
emphases of the period.
The Oxford Illustrated
History of Medieval Europe edited by George
Holmes (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2001) JFD 02-
23163. b7169741 Earlier edition (1988) under
*R-RMRR D102 .O94.
Painter, Sidney. A
History of the Middle Ages: 284-1500 (New York: Knopf,
1953) E-11 1407.
The Panorama of
the Renaissance, edited
by Margaret Aston (London: Thames and Hudson, 1996)
JFF 96-6731.
A profusely illustrated work analyzing the main themes of the
Renaissance; biographical dictionary, timelines, glossary, and bibliography
are included.
Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily
Life in Medieval Europe (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,
1999)
JFE 99-13782. Discusses material culture, the life
cycle, village and town life, and other subjects.
Southern, Richard W. The
Making of the Middle Ages (London; New York: Hutchinson’s
University Library, 1953) JFE 97-10482.
Wallace-Hadrill, J. M. (John Michael) The
Barbarian West, 400-1000, rev. ed. (Oxford; Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell,
1966) JFE 97-10960.
Regional and Specialized
Armstrong, Arthur H.
The
Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy (London:
Cambridge University Press, 1967)
*R-RMRR B171 .A79.
Bitel, Lisa M.,
Women
in Early Medieval Europe, 400-1100 (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2002)
JFD 03-436.
Cambridge
Companion to Medieval Philosophy, edited by Arthur S.
McGrade (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003)
*R-RMRR B720
.C36.
Cambridge
Companion to Medieval Women’s Writing ,
edited by Carolyn and Dinshaw and David Wallace (Cambridge; New
York: Cambridge University Press, 2003)
*R-RMRR PN682 .W6 C36.
Cambridge
Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, edited by James
Hankins (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007)
JFE
08-865.
The Cambridge
History of Later Medieval Philosophy: From the Rediscovery
of Aristotle to the Disintegration of Scholasticism, 1100-1600,
edited by Norman Kretzmann and others (Cambridge; New
York: Cambridge University Press, 1982) *R-RMRR B721 .C35.
The Cambridge
History of Medieval English Literature, edited
by David Wallace (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University
Press, 1999) *R-RMRR PR255 .C35.
The Cambridge
History of Medieval Political Thought, c. 350 – c. 1450, edited
by J.H. Burns (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University
Press, 1988) *R-RMRR JA82 .C27.
Cambridge
History of the Bible (Cambridge: University Press,
1963-1970), 3 vols.
*R-RMRR BS445 .C26. Volume 2 discusses
the Bible in the medieval period.
Chamberlin, Eric Russell. Everyday
Life in Renaissance Times (New York: Putnam,
1969) JFD 73-2342.
Cohen, Elizabeth Storr. Daily
Life in Renaissance Italy (Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 2001)
JFE 01-15832.
Coleman, Janet. A
History of Political Thought: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance (Malden,
Mass.; Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000) *R-RMRR JA81 .C615.
A Companion
to Medieval English Literature and Culture, c1350– c.1500, edited
by Peter Brown (Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2007) *R-RMRR PR255 .C653.
Copleston, Frederick Charles. A
History of Medieval Philosophy (London:
Methuen, 1972)
*R-RMRR B721 .C57 b1070759 and JFD
72-8838.
Copenhaven, Brian P. Renaissance
Philosophy (Oxford; New York: Oxford University
Press, 1992)
JFD 01-14648.Arranged according to the master
schools of Renaissance philosophy, this study examines all the
major philosophers of the period.
The Crusades:
An Encyclopedia, edited by Alan V. Murray (Santa
Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2006), 4 vols. *R-RMRR D155 .C78.
Daly, Lowrie. The
Medieval University, 1200-1400 (New York:
Sheed and Ward, 1961) D-13 7705.
A discussion of the medieval universities, their students, faculty,
organization, and curricula
Dronke, Peter. Women
Writers of the Middle Ages (Cambridge; New York:
Cambridge University Press, 1984) JFE 85-3697. A
critical and historical study offemale writers from Perpetua
to Marguerite Porete.
Dyer, Christopher. Everyday
Life in Medieval England (London; Rio Grande,
Ohio: Hambledon Press, 1994) JFE 96-8410.
Fossier, Robert. L’histoire économique
et sociale du Moyen Age occidental: questions, sources, documents
commentés (Turnhout: Brepols, 1999) JFE
01-15205.
Gilson, Etienne. History
of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages (New
York: Random House, 1955) *R-RMRR B72 .G48.
Gilson, Etienne. The
Spirit of Medieval Philosophy (New York:
Scribner’s, 1940) *R-RMRR B721 .G433 1936a b5183182 and JFD
70-646.
Haverkamp, Alfred. Medieval
Germany, 1056-1273, 2nd ed. (Oxford;
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992) JFD 92-2206. b2359763 Earlier
edition (1988) under *R-RMRR DD126 .H3813.
Hunter Blair, Peter.
An
Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England , 3
rd ed. (Cambridge;
New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003)
*R-RMRR DA152.2 .H86.
Lawrence, Clifford H.
Medieval
Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 3
rd ed. (New
York: Longman, 2001)
JFE 01-4782. An examination
of the monastic life, including analyses of the desert fathers, the Benedictine life,
the Cluniac and Cistercian movements, female religious, and the rise of the friars.
Lewis, C. S.
The
Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Cambridge:
University Press, 1964)
D-15 3037.
Literature
of the French and Occitan Middle Ages: Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries ,
edited by Deborah Sinnreich-Levi and Ian S. Laurie (Detroit: Gale
Group, 1999)
*R-RMRR PN451 .D53 1978 vol. 208. This
is a volume within
The Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Lucas-Dubreton, Jean. Daily
Life in Florence in the Time of the Medici (New
York: Macmillan, 1961)
D-13 4288.
Manchester, William R. A
World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance (London:
Macmillan, 1993) JFD 94-25425.
A popular examination of the metamorphosis of medieval Europe
into Renaissance Europe
Marenbon, John.
Medieval
Philosophy: An Historical and Philosophical Introduction (London;
New York: Routledge, 2007)
JFE 07-1968.
Marques, Antonio Henrique R. de Oliveira. Daily
Life in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages (Madison:
University of Wisconsin Press, 1971) JFE 72-73.
Medieval
England: An Encyclopedia, edited by Paul E. Szarmach
et al. (New York; London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998) JFF
99-1350.
Medieval
English Literature, 2nd ed., edited
by J.B. Trapp et al. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002) JFE 03-3723.
Medieval
France: An Encyclopedia, edited
by William Kibler et al. (New York: Garland Pub., 1995)
*R-RMRR DC33.2 .M44 and JFF 07-922 and JMF
97-293.
Medieval
Germany: An Encyclopedia, edited
by John M. Jeep (New York: Garland Pub., 2001)
*R-RMRR DD157 .M43.
Medieval
Iberia: An Encyclopedia, edited
by E. Michael Gerli et al. (New York: Routledge, 2003)
*R-RMRR DP99 .M33.
Medieval
Ireland: An Encyclopedia, edited
by Sean Duffy et al. (New York: Routledge, 2005)
*R-RMRR DA933 .M43.
Medieval
Italy: An Encyclopedia, edited by
Christopher Kleinhenz (New York: Routledge, 2004), 2 vols., *R-RMRR DG443 .M43.
Medieval
Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, edited
by Phillip Pulsiano (New York: Garland, 1992)
*R-RMRR DL30 .M43.
Medieval
Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, edited
by Thomas F. Glick et al. (New York: Routledge, 2005) *R-RMRR Q124.97 .M43.
Nauert, Charles G. Humanism
and the Culture of Renaissance Europe (Cambridge;
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995) JFE 95-18168. A
comprehensiveaccount of the development and significance of
the Renaissance in both northern and southern Europe.
The Oxford
History of England, 2nd ed.,
edited by George Clark. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1934-1965),
15 vols., *R-RMRR DA145 .C583. Volumes
2 through 6 cover the medieval period.
The Oxford
Illustrated History of the Crusades, edited
by Jonathan Riley-Smith (Oxford; New York: Oxford University
Press, 1995) JFF 95-6286.
The Oxford
Illustrated History of Medieval England, edited
by Nigel Saul (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press,
1997) JFE 97-7870.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. The
Christian Tradition; A History of the Development of Doctrine (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1971-1989), 5 vols. *R-RMRR BT21.2 .P42. Volumes
2, 3, and 4 are relevant to the medieval period.
Rebhorn, Wayne A. The
Emperor of Men’s Minds: Literature and the Renaissance Discourse
of Rhetoric (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995) JFE
95-5910. An analysis of the distinctive nature of rhetoric
in the Renaissance and its relation to the political and social
concerns of the period
Riche, Pierre. Daily
Life in the World of Charlemagne (Philadelphia: University
of Pennsylvania Press, 1978) JFE 79-642.
Rogers, Shannon L. All
Things Chaucer: An Encyclopedia of Chaucer’s World (Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2007), 2 vols., *R-RMRR PR1903 .R55.
Rowling, Marjorie. Everyday
Life of Medieval Travellers (New York: G.
P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971)
D-20 7250
Runciman, Steven. A
History of the Crusades (Cambridge: University
Press, 1952-1954), 3 vols.
*R-RMRR D161.2 .R862. Another
edition is located under D-12 527.
Russell, Jeffrey Burton. Witchcraft
in the Middle Ages (Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University Press, 1972)
JFD 94-3869.
Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily
Life in Chaucer’s England (Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1995)
JFE 96-400.
Ullmann, Walter. A
History of Political Thought: the Middle Ages (Baltimore:
Penguin Books, 1965)
JLC 88-145.
Ullmann, Walter. The
Individual and Society in the Middle Ages (Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins Press, 1966)
D-17 2781. Discussion of the role
of the individual in feudalsociety.
Ward, Jennifer C. Women
in Medieval Europe, 1200-1500 (London; New York:
Longman, 2002)
JFE 03-2908
Women
and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia, edited
by Margaret Schaus ( New York: Routledge, 2006) JFF 06-3534.
Women
in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe, edited
by Christine Meek (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000) JFE
01-1691.
Zink, Michel. Littérature
française du Moyen Age, 2nd ed.,
(Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2001) JFD
02-1740.
Bibliographies and Source
Materials
General | Specialized
General
Annual
Bibliography of British and Irish History / Royal Historical
Society (Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Press) Library
has 1981 – 2002, *R-RMRR DA30 .A55.
Each volume has a section on medieval history.
Bibliographie
de l’histoire médiévale en France (1965-1990) (Paris:
Publications de la Sorbonne, 1992) JFE 93-5928.
A Bibliography
of English History to 1485. Based on the Sources and
Literature of English History from the Earliest Times to about
1485, by Charles Gross, edited by Edgar B. Graves (Oxford:
Clarendon, 1975) *R-RMRR DA130 .B52.
Chevalier, Ulysse. Répertoire
des sources historique du Moyen Ăge: Bio-bibliographie (New
York: Kraus Reprint Corp., 1959) Reprint of 1894-1903 ed.,
2 vols. *R-RMRR D116 .C448 P4.The
bio-bibliography is arranged alphabetically by name, with references
to sources and aids.
Chevalier, Ulysse. Répertoire
des sources historique du Moyen Ăge: Topobibliographie (New
York: Kraus Reprint Corp., 1959) Reprint of 1894-1903 ed.,
2 vols. *R-RMRR D116 .C448 P4. This
companion work is arranged by subject and geographical location,
with references to sources and aids.
Crosby, Everett Uberto, C. Julian Bishko, and Robert L.
Kellogg. Medieval
Studies: A Bibliographical Guide. (New York:
Garland Pub., 1983) *R-RMRR CB351 .C76.
Annotated bibliography arranged primarily by topic and geographical
location.
Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis. (Turnholti:
Typographi Brepols Editores Pontificii, 1971- )
This is the medieval continuation of a series which provides
definitive texts of Christian authors. For the appropriate
call number of a given work, please check under the name of
the author in CATNYP.
Farrar, Clarissa Palmer. Bibliography
of English Translations from Medieval Sources (New
York: Columbia University Press, 1946) *R-RMRR PN667
.A12 F38, b5160866 supplemented by Ferguson,
Mary Anne. Bibliography of English Translations
from Medieval Sources, 1943-1967 (New York:
Columbia University Press, 1974) *R-RMRR PR251 .F47.
Heit,
Alfred, and Ernst Voltmer. Bibliographie zur geschichte des
Mittelalters (Munchen:
Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997) JFD
98-612.
Henderson, Ernest F. Select
Historical Documents of the Middle Ages (London:
G. Bell, 1892; reprint New York: AMS Press, 1968) *R-RMRR D113 .H49. Major
documents such as the Salic Law, the Rule of St. Benedict,
and Unam Sanctam.
International
Medieval Bibliography (Leeds, England: University
of Leeds, 1967- ) Latest five years in *R-RMRR D117 .I63;
earlier years in M-11 4394.
Arranged primarily by topic with author and general indexes.
Paetow, Louis John. A
Guide to the Study of Medieval History, rev.
ed. (Millwood, NY: Kraus reprint, 1959 reprint of 1931 edition) *R-RMRR D117.X1 P34 Includes
general bibliographies arranged by subject and place (e.g.,
economic history, medieval Scandinavia, collections
of original sources). b5155188 Supplemented
by Boyce, Gray Cowan. Literature
of Medieval History, 1930-1975: A Supplement to Louis John
Paetow’s “A Guide to the Study of Medieval History” (Millwood,
NY: Kraus International Publications, 1981), 5 vols. *R-RMRR D117 .P25 1980
suppl.
Potthast, August. Bibliotheca
historica medii aevi (Berlin:
W. Weber, 1896), 2 vols. JFF 99-2672 and BTH.
A late nineteenth-century attempt to provide a comprehensive
bibliography on medieval history. The various sections include
a list of collections of sources, lists of texts with authors and
familiar titles and the locations and various editions of same,
and lists of sources (by title and by date) arranged by country . It
is updated by the following citation:
Repertorium
fonium historiae Medii Aevi; primum ab Augusto Potthast digestum, nunc cura
college historicorum e pluribus nationibus emendatum et auctum (Romae:
Instituto storico italiano per il Medio Evo, 1962- ) *R-RMRR D117
.R 43. Library has vols. 1 through 11 of this active
series.
Toronto Medieval Bibliographies (Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 1967- )
Individual volumes are catalogued separately; to obtain the appropriate
call number, search CATNYP under the author or title of the work
or under Toronto Medieval Bibliographies for
a complete listing of all titles in this series.
Specialized
Acta
sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur … 64 vols. in
67 (Antverpiae [Antwerp]: J. Meurisum, 1643-1932)
ZDK++ Contains
biographies of the saints, including their writings and commentaries
on same; arranged by feast day of the saint.
Bak, Janos M. Medieval
Narrative Sources: A Chronological Guide, with a List of Major
Letter Collections (New York: Garland Pub.,
1987) JFF 87-874.
The English
Renaissance: An Anthology of Sources and Documents, edited
by Kate Aughterson (London; New York: Routledge,
1998) JFE 99-7201.
Friedman, John Block. Medieval
Iconography: A Research Guide (New
York: Garland Pub., 1998)
*R-Art NX 449. F75
Keynes, Simon. Anglo-Saxon
History: A Select Bibliography 3rd ed. (Kalamazoo,
Mich.: The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University,
Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies, 1998)
JFE 99-14759.
Kohl, Benjamin G. Renaissance
Humanism, 1300-1550: A Bibliography of Materials in English (New
York: Garland Pub. Co., 1985) JFD 85-8330.
Medieval
Women and the Sources of Medieval History, edited
by Joel T. Rosenthal (Athens, GA: University of Georgia
Press, 1990) JFE 90-7339.
Medieval
Women Writers, edited
by Katharina M. Wilson (Athens, GA: University of Georgia
Press, 1984) JFE 84-1388.
Sheehan, Michael M. Domestic
Society in Medieval Europe: A Select Bibliography (Toronto: Pontifical
Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1990) JFD
91-6442.
Wilkinson, Bertie. The
High Middle Ages in England, 1154-1377 (Cambridge;
New York: Cambridge University Press, 1978) *R-RMRR DA205 .W54.
Biographical Resources
In addition to the specialized works listed below, please consult
the general biographical dictionaries for the countries of western
Europe; these works normally include many figures of the medieval
period, and are located in the Rose Main Reading Room. The
principal ones are:
- Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne
- The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Dictionnaire de biographie française
- Dizionario biografico degli Italiani
- Allgemeine deutsche biographie
- Neue deutsche biographie.
The Annotated
Index of Medieval Women, by Anne Echols and Marty
Williams (New York: M. Wiener Pub., 1992) *R-RMRR CT3220 .A56.
Bibliotheca
sanctorum 12 vols. and separate index volume
(Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII, 1961-1969) JFF
98-1511. Biographical dictionary of the
saints.
Butler, Alban. Butler’s
Lives of the Saints. (Collegeville,
MN: Liiturgical Press; Tunbridge Wells: Burns and Oates,
1995-2000), 12 vols. *R-RMRR BX4654 .B8. (For
other editions, please check CATNYP.)
Checksfield, Muriel May. Portraits
of Renaissance Life and Thought (London:
Longmans, 1964)
D-15 5801.
Extraordinary
Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical
Dictionary, edited by Carole Levin and others (Westport,
Conn.; London: Greenwood Press, 2000) JFE 00-16731.
Kelly, J.N.D. The
Oxford Dictionary of Popes, rev.
ed. (Oxford; New York: Oxford University
Press, 2005) *R-RMRR BX955.2 .K45.
The Late
Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical
Dictionary, edited
by Clayton J. Drees (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 2001) *R-RMRR CB353 .L38.
Renaissance
and Reformation, 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary, edited
by Jo Eldridge Carney (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,
2001) *R-RMRR CT759 .R46.
Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Who’s
Who in the Middle Ages (Jefferson, N.C.:
McFarland, 2001)
*R-RMRR CT114 .S56.
Tyerman, Christopher. Who’s
Who in Early Medieval England, 1066-1272 (London:
Shepheard-Walwyn, 1996) JFD 96-18903.
Electronic Resources
and Periodical Indexes
The following resources are available on the Library’s Selected
Electronic Resources menu and are accessible on computers in the
Library:
Historical Abstracts (1954 – present)
Index to journal articles in world history (except for the Americas)
since 1450.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials and ATLA
Religion Databases (early 20th century – present)
Index to articles and multi-author works in the field of religion, including
the medieval period. Since the former provides full text with the latter
limited to citations, it is necessary to consult both resources.
Philosopher’s Index (1949 – present)
Index to articles and monographs in philosophy..
ABES, Annotated Bibliography of English Studies
Covers secondary studies in English language and literature.
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1920 – present)
Includes monographs, articles, collections of essays, and critical editions
of major literary works.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a searchable, digitized archive -- from
the first date of publication to the last three to five years
-- of major scholarly journals in the fields of Asian studies,
ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics,
philosophy, political science, population studies, and sociology.
Project Muse
A full-text database of the recent issues of many journals in the humanities,
social sciences, and mathematics published by the Johns Hopkins University
Press. Project Muse journals can be browsed by individual issues
or searched as a group or by selected titles.
Selected Internet Sites
The Internet offers many web sites in the field of Medieval and
Renaissance Studies. The following ones are especially recommended
and are freely available from any computer with Internet connection.
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