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Medieval and Renaissance Studies Biographical ResourcesIn 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:
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) 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) Tyerman, Christopher. Who’s Who in Early Medieval England, 1066-1272 (London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 1996) JFD 96-18903.
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