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 b2050455
Broughton, Bradford B. Dictionary
of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: People, Places, and Events (Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1988) *R-RMRR CR4505
.B76. b2230196
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. b1798528
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature, edited by Robert Lambdin
and Laura Lambdin (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000) *R-RMRR
PN669 .E53. b6290634
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. b6738776
The Encyclopedia of the Middle
Ages, edited by Norman F. Cantor et al. (New York: Viking,
1999) *R-RMRR D114 .E53. b6339836
Favier, Jean. Dictionnaire
de la France médiévale (Paris: Fayard, 1993) *R-RMRR
DC60 .6 .F38. b3100103
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales,
Beliefs, and Customs, (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO,
2000), 2 vols. *R-RMRR GR35 .M43. b6715023
Renaissance
Dictionnaire de la Renaissance
(Paris: Encyclopaedia Universalis; Albin Michel, 1998) JFD
00-6623. b6120565
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. b6104084
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. b2193148
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. b6053376
Munkler, Herfried. Lexikon der Renaissance (Munchen:
Beck, 2000) JFD 02-585. b6562261
Dictionaries
Adams, Ian H. Agrarian Landscape Terms: A Glossary for
Historical Geography (London: Institute of British Geographers,
1976) L-11 3172 no. 9. b1494822
Bonnassie, Pierre. Les
cinquante mots clefs de l’histoire médiévale (Toulouse: Privat,
1981)
JFD 83-192. b1790714
Bosworth, Joseph. An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (London:
Oxford University Press, 1972) Reprint of the 1898 edition. *R-RMRR
PE279 .B5. b1110718
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. b5187222
Dahmus, Joseph Henry. Dictionary of Medieval Civilization (New
York: Macmillan, 1984)
*R-RMRR CB351 .D24. b1912899
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. b1146468
Gerhards, Agnès. Dictionnaire historique des orders religieux (Paris:
Fayard, 1998) JFE 98-12885. b5502751
Gerhards, Agnès. La
société médiévale (Paris: MA editions, 1986) JFC
88-1614. b2051721
LeGoff, Jacques. Dictionnaire
raisonné de
l’Occident médiéval (Paris: Fayard, 1999) *R-RMRR CB351 .L414. b6047196
Lexikon de Mittelalters
Bd. 1-9 in progress (Munchen;
Zurich: Artemis-Verlag, 1977- ) JFM
80-36. b1636925
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1991), 3 vols.
*R-RMRR DF521 .O93 and *O-*OPN
92-14088. b2450700
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. b4819293
Riché, Pierre. Dictionnaire des Francs: les Carolingiens (Etrepilly:
Bartillat, 1997) JFD 98-563. b5005464
Riché, Pierre. Dictionnaire
des Francs: les temps Mérovingiens (Etrepilly:
Bartillat, 1996) JFD 97-287. b4175022
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. b6990509
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. b3866728
Vocabulaire historique
du Moyen Âge: Occident,
Byzance, Islam 3rd ed. (Paris:
La Boutique de l’histoire, 2000) JFE 01-7953. b6780325
Weijers, Olga. Dictionnaires
et répertoires
au Moyen Âge: une étude de vocabulaire (Turnhout, Belgium:
Brepols, 1991) JFF 92-1711. b2588466
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. b8540876
The Atlas of the
Crusades, edited by Jonathan
Riley-Smith (New York: Facts on File, 1991) Map
Div. 91-4709. b2498188
Atlas of the Renaissance (London: Cassell,
1993) JFG 93-890. b2870650
Atlas of the World in the Middle Ages (London:
Longman, 1980) JFG 83-85. b1833259
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. b1806424
McKitterick, Rosamond. Times
Medieval World (New
York: Oxford University Press, 2004) Map Div. 05-827 and JFF 05-959. b7703055
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 . b1688441
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. b3895571
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. b3294503
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. b4528309
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. b4472617
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. b6008701
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). b4021509
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. b3383150
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). b5535273
Meyer, Otto. Clavis mediaevalis (Wiesbaden:
O. Harrassowitz, 1962) C-12 4079.
A handbook of significant terms and concepts for the student of
medieval history. b4282198
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. b4044560
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. b3511680
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. b3404565
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. b3967285
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. b2014660
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. b2121112
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. b2839611
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. b5792434
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. b5286616
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. b8585884
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. b3098680
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. b2247168
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. b1377176
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. b3818992
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. b2731437
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. b2206732
Painter, Sidney. A History of the Middle Ages: 284-1500 (New
York: Knopf, 1953) E-11 1407. b4495196
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. b4152331
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. b5898534
Southern, Richard W. The
Making of the Middle Ages (London; New York: Hutchinson’s University
Library, 1953) JFE 97-10482. b4888853
Wallace-Hadrill, J. M. (John
Michael) The Barbarian West, 400-1000, rev. ed. (Oxford;
Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell, 1966) JFE 97-10960. b4777745
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. b5182838
Bitel,
Lisa M., Women in Early Medieval Europe, 400-1100 (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge
University Press, 2002) JFD 03-436. b7242665
Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy, edited
by Arthur S. McGrade (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University
Press, 2003)
*R-RMRR B720 .C36. b7478445
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. b7480053
Cambridge Companion to Renaissance
Philosophy, edited
by James Hankins (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007) JFE
08-865. b8873162
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. b1781488
The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature, edited
by David Wallace (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press,
1999) *R-RMRR PR255 .C35. b5772879
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. b2208391
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. b5191152
Chamberlin, Eric Russell. Everyday Life in Renaissance
Times (New York: Putnam, 1969) JFD 73-2342. b1102214
Cohen, Elizabeth Storr. Daily
Life in Renaissance Italy (Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 2001)
JFE 01-15832. b6928443
Coleman, Janet. A History of Political Thought: From
the Middle Ages to the Renaissance (Malden, Mass.;
Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000) *R-RMRR JA81 .C615. b6555633
A Companion to Medieval
English Literature and Culture, c1350– c.1500, edited
by Peter Brown (Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2007) *R-RMRR PR255 .C653.
b8487899
Copleston, Frederick Charles. A History of Medieval
Philosophy (London: Methuen, 1972)
*R-RMRR B721 .C57 b1070759 and JFD
72-8838. b1080737
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. b6183135
The Crusades: An Encyclopedia, edited by Alan V. Murray (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2006), 4
vols. *R-RMRR D155 .C78. b8659753
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. b4385755
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. b1876326
Dyer, Christopher. Everyday Life in Medieval England (London;
Rio Grande, Ohio: Hambledon Press, 1994) JFE 96-8410. b3334864
Fossier, Robert. L’histoire économique et sociale du
Moyen Age occidental: questions, sources, documents commentés (Turnhout:
Brepols, 1999) JFE 01-15205. b6770968
Gilson, Etienne. History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle
Ages (New York: Random House, 1955) *R-RMRR
B72 .G48. b1293084
Gilson, Etienne. The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy (New
York: Scribner’s, 1940) *R-RMRR B721 .G433 1936a b5183182 and JFD
70-646. b1026581
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. b2674277
Hunter Blair, Peter. An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England ,
3rd ed. (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press,
2003) *R-RMRR DA152.2 .H86. b7486979
Lawrence, Clifford
H.
Medieval Monasticism: Forms
of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 3rd 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. b6598985
Lewis, C. S.
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and
Renaissance Literature (Cambridge: University Press, 1964) D-15 3037.
b4412411
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. b5832314 Lucas-Dubreton, Jean. Daily Life in Florence in the
Time of the Medici (New York: Macmillan, 1961)
D-13
4288. b4379043
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. b3338150
Marenbon, John. Medieval
Philosophy: An Historical and Philosophical
Introduction (London; New York: Routledge, 2007)
JFE 07-1968. b8483123
Marques, Antonio Henrique R. de Oliveira. Daily Life
in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages (Madison: University
of Wisconsin Press, 1971) JFE 72-73. b1042026
Medieval England: An Encyclopedia, edited by Paul
E. Szarmach et al. (New York; London: Garland Publishing, Inc.,
1998) JFF 99-1350. b5702512
Medieval English Literature, 2nd ed., edited by J.B. Trapp et al. (New
York: Oxford University Press, 2002) JFE 03-3723. b7223490
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. b3514314
Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia, edited by John M. Jeep (New York: Garland Pub., 2001)
*R-RMRR DD157 .M43. b6711076
Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia, edited by E. Michael Gerli et al. (New York:
Routledge, 2003)
*R-RMRR DP99 .M33. b7305877
Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia, edited by Sean Duffy et al. (New York: Routledge,
2005)
*R-RMRR DA933 .M43. b7797252
Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, edited by Christopher Kleinhenz (New York: Routledge,
2004), 2 vols., *R-RMRR DG443 .M43. b7543916
Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, edited by
Phillip Pulsiano (New York: Garland, 1992)
*R-RMRR DL30 .M43. b2843251
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia, edited by Thomas F. Glick et al. (New York: Routledge, 2005) *R-RMRR Q124.97 .M43. b8060069
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. b3820651
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. b5155440
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, edited
by Jonathan Riley-Smith (Oxford; New York: Oxford University
Press, 1995) JFF 95-6286. b3817435
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England, edited by Nigel Saul (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press,
1997) JFE 97-7870. b4566949
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. b1272907
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 b3482296
Riche, Pierre. Daily
Life in the World of Charlemagne (Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978) JFE 79-642. b1549027
Rogers, Shannon L. All
Things Chaucer: An Encyclopedia of Chaucer’s
World (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2007), 2 vols., *R-RMRR PR1903 .R55. b8456998
Rowling, Marjorie. Everyday Life of Medieval Travellers (New
York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971)
D-20 7250 b4482573
Runciman, Steven. A History of the Crusades (Cambridge:
University Press, 1952-1954), 3 vols.
*R-RMRR D161.2 .R862. b5154818 Another
edition is located under D-12 527. b4356097
Russell, Jeffrey Burton. Witchcraft in the Middle Ages (Ithaca,
NY: Cornell University Press, 1972)
JFD 94-3869. b3192319
Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily
Life in Chaucer’s England (Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995)
JFE 96-400. b3838985
Ullmann, Walter. A History of Political Thought: the
Middle Ages (Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1965)
JLC
88-145. b2192835
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. b4436356
Ward, Jennifer C. Women
in Medieval Europe, 1200-1500 (London;
New York: Longman, 2002)
JFE 03-2908 b7254903
Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia, edited by Margaret Schaus ( New York: Routledge,
2006) JFF 06-3534. b8169138
Women in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe, edited by Christine Meek (Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2000) JFE 01-1691. b6616104
Zink, Michel. Littérature française
du Moyen Age, 2nd ed., (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2001)
JFD 02-1740. b6770769
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. b2099263
Bibliographie de
l’histoire médiévale en France (1965-1990) (Paris:
Publications de la Sorbonne, 1992) JFE 93-5928. b2776329
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. b1390776
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. b5155167
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. b5155175
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. b1917374
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. b1266861
Heit, Alfred, and
Ernst Voltmer. Bibliographie
zur geschichte des Mittelalters (Munchen:
Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997) JFD
98-612. b4996003
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. b1352358
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. b2585169
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. b1712192
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 . b8575314 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. b1466194
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. b6639886
Bak, Janos M. Medieval Narrative Sources: A Chronological
Guide, with a List of Major Letter Collections (New
York: Garland Pub., 1987) JFF 87-874. b2133489
The English Renaissance: An Anthology of Sources and Documents, edited by Kate Aughterson (London; New York: Routledge,
1998) JFE 99-7201. b5620940
Friedman, John Block. Medieval Iconography: A Research
Guide (New York: Garland Pub., 1998)
*R-Art NX
449. F75 b5227030
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. b6001593
Kohl, Benjamin G. Renaissance Humanism, 1300-1550: A
Bibliography of Materials in English (New
York: Garland Pub. Co., 1985) JFD 85-8330. b1987058
Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History, edited by Joel T. Rosenthal (Athens, GA: University of Georgia
Press, 1990) JFE 90-7339. b2435662
Medieval Women Writers, edited by Katharina M. Wilson (Athens,
GA: University of Georgia Press, 1984) JFE 84-1388. b1865323
Sheehan, Michael M. Domestic Society in Medieval Europe:
A Select Bibliography (Toronto: Pontifical Institute
of Mediaeval Studies, 1990) JFD 91-6442. b2502714
Wilkinson, Bertie. The High Middle Ages in England,
1154-1377 (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University
Press, 1978) *R-RMRR DA205 .W54. b1513796
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. b2665424
Bibliotheca sanctorum 12 vols. and separate
index volume (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII, 1961-1969) JFF
98-1511. Biographical
dictionary of the saints style='font-weight:
normal'>. b1097136
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.) b3830865
Checksfield, Muriel May. Portraits of Renaissance Life
and Thought (London: Longmans, 1964)
D-15
5801. b4411279
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. b6561937
Kelly, J.N.D. The Oxford Dictionary of Popes, rev.
ed. (Oxford; New York:
Oxford University Press, 2005) *R-RMRR BX955.2 .K45. b8033511
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. b6581525
Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary, edited by Jo Eldridge Carney (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,
2001) *R-RMRR CT759 .R46. b6576249
Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Who’s
Who in the Middle Ages (Jefferson,
N.C.: McFarland, 2001)
*R-RMRR CT114 .S56. b6613391
Tyerman, Christopher. Who’s
Who in Early Medieval England, 1066-1272 (London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 1996) JFD
96-18903. b4050652
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
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Studies. The following ones are especially recommended and are freely
available from any computer with Internet connection.
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