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Jim Niessen
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June 24, 2008
Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Medieval Studies:
Reference Books: By genre, all regions and countries

Atlases & Gazetteers

Atlas of medieval Europe / Donald Matthew.
New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, Inc., c1983. 240 p.
Alex Folio, Camden, Newark Reference CB351.M293 1983

Atlas of the year 1000 / John Man.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999. 44 p.
Robeson Stacks CB354.M36 1999

The Penguin historical atlas of the medieval world / Andrew Jotischky & Caroline Hull.
London; New York : Penguin, 2005. 144 p.
Alex Reference D117.J68 2005

Atlas of medieval Jewish history / Haim Beinart.
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992. 144 p.
Alex Reference G1034.B413 1992

Atlas of medieval Europe / Angus Mackay & David Ditchburn.
London; New York : Routledge, 1997. ix, 271 p.
Alex Stacks G1791.M2 1997

Atlas of medieval Europe / edited by David Ditchburn, Simon MacLean and Angus MacKay. 2nd ed.
London; New York : Routledge, 2007. x, 339 p. : ill., maps
Alex Reference G1791.M2 2007

Bibliographies

Select Bibliography for Medieval Studies (Yale University Libraries)

Medieval studies : a bibliographical guide / Everett U. Crosby, C. Julian Bishko, Robert L. Kellogg.
New York : Garland Pub., 1983. xxv, 1131 p.
Dana Ref, Alex CB351.C76 1983
Brief annotations accompany most entries. Less comprehensive and analytical than Van Caenegem, but the thematic and geographical organization is helpful.

Guide to the sources of medieval history / by R. C. van Caenegem, with the collaboration of F. L. Ganshof.
Amsterdam; New York : North-Holland Pub. Co.; New York : distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier/North Holland, 1978. xv, 428 p.
Alex and Dana Reference D117.C2213

Introduction aux sources de l'histoire médiévale / R.C. van Caenegem avec la collaboration de F.L. Ganshof; traduction de l'anglais par B. van den Abeele. Edition: Nouv. éd. / mise à jour par L. Jocqué.
Publication info: Turnholti : Brepols, 1997. 649 p.
Alex Reference and Stacks Z6203.C2514 1997
This is an expanded and updated version of the 1978 English edition above, including a completely revised section on electronic resources. The most thorough compilation of its kind, it is organized by types of sources and publications, with heavily annotated essays and bibliographies.

Typologie des sources du Moyen Age occidentale (Turnhout : Brepols, 1972 -)
Alex Stacks Z6203.T95 [various fascicles]
A series of monographs (founded and edited until 1993 by L. Genicot) on the written and non-written sources for medieval history, by "type"; thus there are volumes on letter collections, penitential books, costume, weapons, etc. - more than 85 volumes to date.

Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge : topo-bibliographie / par Ulysse Chevalier.
Montb'eliard : Société anonyme d'imprimerie Montbéliardaise, 1894-99, 1903. 2 v. (3384 columns)
Alex, Dana Reference Z6203.C52
Despite its age, provides remarkably extensive listing of sources pertaining to medieval places and writings. The Alex copy is complete in one volume.

Bibliographie zur Geschichte des Mittelalters / von Alfred Heit und Ernst Voltmer.
München : DTV, 1997. 351 p.
Alex Reference Z6203.H45 1997

A guide to the study of medieval history, by Louis John Paetow. Rev. ed., prepared under the auspices of the Mediaeval Academy of America.
Publication info: New York, F. S. Crofts, 1931. xvii p., 2 l., 3-643 p.
Alex Stacks, Douglass, LSM Reference Z6203.P126G2; reprint Robeson Reference Z6203.P19 1959; reprint Alex Reference and Alex Stacks Z6203 .P25 1980
The standard historical bibliography, based on the author's courses at California. It is organized by period and country, presenting outline information, then recommended secondary readings and primary sources.

Literature of medieval history, 1930-1975 : a supplement to Louis John Paetow's A guide to the study of medieval history / compiled and edited by Gray Cowan Boyce; sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America; foreword by Paul Meyvaert.
Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications, c1981. 5 v. (civ, 2630 p.)
Alex, Dana Reference Z6203.P25 1980 Suppl. v1-5
Less evaluative than Paetow's work, it presents a large number of citations in the same organizational scheme as his work.

Repertorium fontium historiae Medii Aevi; primum ab Augusto Potthast digestum, nunc cura collegii historicorum e pluribus nationibus emendatum et auctum / August Potthast.
Romae: Istituto storico italiano per il Medio Evo, 1962-.
Alex Reference Z6203.R46 v.1-11 pt. 1/2 [ongoing]

An index of mediaeval studies published in Festschriften, 1865-1946 / Harry F. Williams.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1951. x, 165 p. 29 cm.
Alex Reference and Camden Stacks Z6203.W5

Repertorium der lateinischen Sermones des Mittelalters für die Zeit von 1350 bis 1500 / nach den Vorarbeiten von J.B. Schneyer; herausgegeben von L. Hödl und W. Knoch.
Publication info: Münster : Aschendorff, c2001.
Alex Reference CD-ROM Z7847.R47 2001

Chronologies

Dates in intellectual history, the fourteenth century / by Lynn Thorndike.
Lancaster, Pa.; New York : Journal of the History of Ideas, 1945.
Alex Stacks CE57.T47

The encyclopedia of world history : ancient, medieval, and modern, chronologically arranged / Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Edition: 6th ed., completely rev. and updated.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Alex Reference and Reference CD-ROM D21.E578 2001

The New Cambridge medieval history / edited by Rosamond McKitterick.
Cambridge; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995-. ill., maps
Alex Reference, McDonnell D117.N48 1995 v.1-7

Chronology of the medieval world, 800 to 1491 / by R.L. Storey.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1994. xii, 705 p.
Alex Reference D118.S855 1994; 1973 ed. in Alex Stacks, Dana & Douglass Reference D118.S855 1973b

Medieval narrative sources : a chronological guide : (with a list of major letter collections) / compiled by János M. Bak with the assistance of Heinz Quirin and Paul Hollingsworth.
Publication info: New York : Garland Pub., 1987.
Alexander Stacks Z6203.B33 1987

Historical dictionaries and encyclopedias

New Catholic encyclopedia
New York : Thomson, Gale, 2002-. 14 v.
Alex, Camden Reference BX841.N44 2002 v.1-15, also RU online [Rutgers Restricted]

Medieval wordbook / Madeleine Pelner Cosman.
New York : Facts on File, c1996. ix, 294 p.
Alex Reference CB351.C63 1996

Dictionary of medieval civilization / Joseph Dahmus.
New York : Macmillan, c1984. viii, 700 p.
Alex Reference CB351.D24 1984

Dictionnaire raisonné de l'Occident médiéval / Jacques Le Goff, Jean-Claude Schmitt; avec la collaboration de Franco Alessio... [et al.].
[Paris] : Fayard, c1999. 1236 p.
Alex Stacks CB351.L45 1999
This dictionary consists of 10-20 page essays on major themes and phenomena of medieval civilization, each with its own bibliography, and an index at the end.

The late medieval age of crisis and renewal, 1300-1500 : a biographical dictionary / edited by Clayton J. Drees.
Westport, Conn.; London : Greenwood Press, 2001. xiv, 546 p.
Alex, Robeson Reference CB353.L38 2001

The rise of the medieval world, 500-1300 : a biographical dictionary / edited by Jana K. Schulman.
Westport, Conn.; London : Greenwood Press, 2002. xxxiii, 500 p.
Alex Reference CB353.R57 2002

An annotated index of medieval women / by Anne Echols and Marty Williams.
New York : M. Wiener Pub.; Oxford : Berg, c1992. xxiv, 635 p.
Dana, Douglass Reference, Douglass Stacks CT3220.A56 1992

Lexikon des Mittelalters / [hrsg. von Robert Auty ... et al.].
München; Zürich : Artemis-Verlag, [1977]-
Alex Reference D101.5.L49 Bd.1-10 and Alex Reference CD-ROM D114.L42 2000

Dictionary of the Middle Ages / Joseph R. Strayer, editor in chief.
New York : Scribner, c1982-
Alex, Art, Camden, Dana, Kilmer Reference D114.D5 1982 v1-13 + supplement

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages / edited by Andre Vauchez; in conjunction with Barrie Dobson and Michael Lapidge; English translation by Adrian Walford.
Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000. 2 v. (xvii, 1624 p.)
Alex, Camden Reference D114.E53 2000
Translated and expanded version of Vauchez' Dictionnaire encyclopédique du moyen âge (1997) and Leonardi's Dizionario enciclopedico del Medioevo (1998). Articles signed by members of an international team of 600 scholars, with excellent bibliographies.

Encyclopedia of the medieval world / Edward D. English.
New York : Facts On File, c2005. 2 v. (xx, 920 p.)
Alex Reference D114.E55 2005 v.1-2

Medieval archaeology : an encyclopedia / edited by Pam J. Crabtree.
New York; London : Garland Pub., 2001. xxi, 426 p.
Alex, Robeson Reference D125.M42 2001

The Crusades : an encyclopedia / Alan V. Murray, editor.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2006. 4 v.
Alex Reference D155.C78 2006 v.1-4
Includes seven primary sources in English translation in v.4.

Encyclopedia of barbarian Europe : society in transformation / Michael Frassetto.
Santa Barbara, Calif.; Oxford : ABC-CLIO, c2003. xxxii, 419 p.
Alex, Camden Reference D135.F73 2003

Encyclopaedia Judaica / Fred Skolnik, editor-in-chief; Michael Berenbaum, executive editor. 2nd ed.
Detroit : Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House, c2007. 22 v.
Alex Reference DS102.8.E496 2007, also RU online  [Rutgers Restricted]

Medieval folklore : an encyclopedia of myths, legends, tales, beliefs, and customs / Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow, editors.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000. 2 v.
Alex, Robeson Reference GR35.M43 2000 v.1-2

Extraordinary women of the Medieval and Renaissance world : a biographical dictionary / Carole Levin ... [et al.].
Westport, Conn.; London : Greenwood Press, 2000. xviii, 327 p.
Douglass, Robeson Reference HQ1143.E93 2000

Enciclopedia dell'arte medievale.
Roma : Istituto della enciclopedia italiana, c1991-
Art Reference N5965.E5 1993 v.1-12

Medieval art : a topical dictionary / Leslie Ross.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996. xxiv, 292 p.
Art Reference N7850.R67 1996

Lexikon Literatur des Mittelalters / [Zusammenstellung der Artikel und Redaktion: Charlotte Bretscher-Gisiger].
Stuttgart : J.B. Metzler, c2002. 2 v.
Alex Stacks PN669.L49 2002 v.1-2

Encyclopedia of medieval literature / edited by Robert Thomas Lambdin and Laura Cooner Lambdin.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000. x, 549 p.
Alex, Robeson Reference PN669.E53 2000

Encyclopedia of medieval literature / Jay Ruud.
New York : Facts On File, c2006. xviii, 734 p.
Alex Reference PN669.R88 2006

A Companion to the medieval theatre / edited by Ronald W. Vince.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. xxxiii, 420 p.
Alex Reference PN2152.C66 1989

Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages
This series provides concise encyclopedic treatments of specific regions and themes within Medieval Europe. There are entries by specialists that include bibliographies of primary and secondary material.  Geographically specific volumes are listed under their region.


Key figures in medieval Europe : an encyclopedia / Richard K. Emmerson, editor; Sandra Clayton-Emmerson, associate editor.
New York : Routledge, 2006. xliv, 733 p.
Alex Reference D115.E56 2006

Medieval archaeology : an encyclopedia / Pam J. Crabtree.
New York; London : Garland Pub., 2001. xxi, 426 p.
Alex, Camden Reference D125.M42 2001

Medieval Jewish civilization : an encyclopedia / Norman Roth.
New York, NY : Routledge, 2002. xxi, 701 p.
Alex, Camden Reference DS124.M386 2002

Medieval science, technology, and medicine : an encyclopedia / editors, Thomas F. Glick, Steven J. Livesey, Faith Wallis.
New York : Routledge, 2005. xxv, 598 p.
Alex Reference Q124.97.M43 2005

Trade, travel, and exploration in the Middle Ages : an encyclopedia / John Block Friedman et al.
New York : Garland Pub., 2000. xxxix, 715 p.
Alex Stacks, Camden Reference HF1001.T7 2000

Women and gender in medieval Europe: An encyclopedia / Margaret Schaus, editor.
New York : Routledge, 2006. 944 p.
Alex Reference HQ1147.E85W66 2006, on order

Language dictionaries and encyclopedias, Medieval Latin

Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus / J.F. Niermeyer.
Leiden; New York : Brill, 1993. xvi, 1138, xix, 78 p.
Alex Stacks PA2893.F7N54 1993
The standard general dictionary of Medieval Latin, this work provides translations of common terms in English and French with representative textual citations.

Mediae Latinitatis lexicon minus / J.F. Niermeyer & C. van de Kieft; revised by J.W.J. Burgers.
Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2002. 2 v.
Alex Reference PA2890.N54 2002 v.1-2
The new two-volume edition of Niermeyer includes translations in German and many new and revised entries.

Lexicon Latinitatis Medii Aevi : praesertim ad res ecclesiasticas investigandas pertinens / Albert Blaise.
Turnholti : Brepols, 1975. lxviii, 970 p.
Alex Reference, Stacks PA2893.F7B6
This dictionary focuses primarily on ecclesiastical Latin. Translations are provided in French with textual citations.  Available online (under the alternative title Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs chrétiens) at the Sage Library, New Brunswick Theological Seminary; inquire at the Reference Desk.

Firminus Verris Dictionarius / Dictionnaire latin-français de Firmin Le Ver, ed. by B. Merrilees and W. Edwards.
Available online at the Sage Library; inquire at the Reference Desk.
This is a pioneering bilingual dictionary produced by the Carthusian  Firmin le Ver ca. 1460.

Lexicon musicum Latinum medii aevi = Wörterbuch der lateinischen Musikterminologie des Mittelalters bis zum Ausgang des 15. Jahrhunderts = Dictionary of medieval Latin musical terminology to the end of the 15th century / herausgegeben von Michael Bernhard; [Mitarbeiter, Michael Bernhard, Bernhold Schmid, Calvin M. Bower (englische Übersetzung)]. München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission bei der C.H. Beck'schen Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1992-
Music Reference ML108.L487 1992

Glossarium manuale ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis / C. Du Cange, P. Carpenter, et al. .
Alex Stacks PA2889.D822Gm v.1-7
This multi-volume dictionary is based on the original edition published by Du Cange in 1678. While it is wider ranging than most, it is largely outdated. Explanations of terms are provided in seventeenth-century Latin.

Novum glossarium mediae Latinitatis, ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC / F. Blatt, Y. Lefèvre, et al.
Hafniae, E. Munksgaard, 1957- .
Alex Stacks PA2893.N6 v L-V. Permachino-Pingo
A serial publication, this dictionary provides translations in French of terms common from 800 to 1200. As of 2006 the series covers L-P.

Orbis Latinus; Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit [von] Graesse, Benedict [und] Plechl. Grossausgabe, bearb. und hrsg. von Helmut Plechl unter Mitarbeit von Sophie-Charlotte Plechl.
Braunschweig, Klinkhardt & Biermann [c1972] 3 v.
Alex Reference G107.G8 1972 v.1-3
The one volume edition is also online.

Language dictionaries (Latin and other languages) for specific regions and countries

France

Anglo-Norman dictionary / Modern Humanities Research Association in conjunction with the Anglo-Norman Text Society; under the general editorship of Louise W. Stone and William Rothwell.
London : Modern Humanities Research Association, 1977-1992.
Alex Reference PC2946.M6 v.1-7

Dictionnaire de l'Ancienne Langue Française (IXe - Xve Siècle) de Frédéric Godefroy [Rutgers Restricted].  Full-text electronic version of Le Dictionnaire de l'Ancienne Langue Française et de tous ses Dialectes du IX au XV Siècle, published between 1880 and 1902, an essential reference for medieval French language and lexicography.
Dana Reference PC2889.G6 1880a v.1-10

Li livres dou tresor / Brunetto Latini; edition and study by Spurgeon Baldwin and Paul Barrette. Tempe, AZ : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2003. li, 392 p.
Alex Stacks AE2.L38 2003

Old French-English dictionary / Alan Hindley, Frederick W. Langley, Brian J. Levy. Cambridge, U.K.; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2000. xv, 621 p.
Alex Reference PC2891.H56 2000

Vocabulaire de la musique médiévale / Gérard Le Vot.
[France?] : Minerve, c1993. 222 p.
Music Reference ML100.L48 1993

Germany

Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert / O. Prinz, J. Schneider, et al.
München : Beck, 1959- .
Alex Stacks PA2889.M5 Bd. 1-3
A serial publication, this dictionary provides translations in German of terms common in Germany, Austria and Switzerland up to 1280. As of volume three the series covers A-E.

Althochdeutscher Sprachschatz; oder Wörterbuch der althochdeutschen Sprache... etymologisch und grammatisch bearb. von E.G. Graff.
Berlin, Beim Verfasser und in Commission der Nikolaischen Buchhandlung, 1834-1842. 6 v.  [also freely available online in Google Books]
Annex, Douglass Reference PF3975.G7 v.1-6

Vollständiger alphabetischer Index zu dem althochdeutschen Sprachschatze / von E.G. Graff; Ausgearbeitet von H.F. Massmann. Hildesheim : G. Olms, 1963. vii, 292 p.
Alex Stacks PF3975.G7 1963, Douglass Stacks PF3975.G7 index [original 1846 ed.]

Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch / Rudolf Schützeichel. - 6. Aufl., überarb. und um die Glossen erw. - Tübingen : Niemeyer, 2006. 443 p.
Alex Reference PF3975.S33 2006; earlier eds. Alex Stacks PF3975.S33

Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch; auf Grund der von Elias v. Steinmeyer hinterlassenen Sammlungen im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig bearb. und hrsg. von Elisabeth Karg-Gasterstädt und Theodor Frings.
Alex Reference PF3975.A54 Bd. 1-4

Mittelhochdeutsches Woerterbuch [freely available online] / W. Müller, F. Zarncke. pref. by E. Nellmann. 3 Vols.
Leipzig 1854-1866. Reprint. - Stuttgart : Hirzel, 1990.
Alex and Robeson Stacks PF4327.M8 1963 and Alex Reference PF4327.M8 1990

Findebuch zum mittelhochdeutschen Wortschatz : mit einem rückläufigen Index [freely available online] / Kurt Gärtner ... [et al.]; Datenverarbeitung, Gerhard Hanrieder.
Stuttgart : S. Hirzel, 1992. xxxiii, 682 p.
Alex Stacks PF4339.F56 1992

Great Britain

Anglo-Norman dictionary / general editor, William Rothwell; edited by Stewart Gregory, William Rothwell & David Trotter; with the assistance of Michael Beddow ... [et al.]. 2nd ed.
London : Maney Publishing for the Modern Humanities Research Association, 2005-
Alex Reference PC2946.A54 2005

Anglo-Norman dictionary / Modern Humanities Research Association in conjunction with the Anglo-Norman Text Society; under the general editorship of Louise W. Stone and William Rothwell.
London : Modern Humanities Research Association, 1977-1992. 7 v. in 1
Alex Reference PC2946.M6

A medieval farming glossary of Latin and English words, taken mainly from Essex records / prepared by John L. Fisher. Edition: 2nd ed. / rev. by Avril & Raymond Powell.
Chelmsford : Essex Record Office, 2003. vi, 49 p.
Alex Stacks, McDonnell DA670.E7A17 no.138

Revised Medieval Latin word-list : from British and Irish sources / R. E. Latham.
London : Oxford University Press, 1965. xxiii, 524 p.
Alex, Art, Camden, Douglass Reference PA 2891.L3
This dictionary includes many Latin terms common in Britain and Ireland not found in other dictionaries. Translations are in English with dates but no textual citations.

Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British sources / R. E. Latham.
London : Oxford University Press, 1975- .
Alex Reference PA2891.L28 fasc.1-9
A serial publication, this dictionary provides translations in English of terms common in medieval Britain. As of volume nine the series covers A-P.

A dictionary of medieval terms and phrases / Christopher Corèdon with Ann Williams.
Cambridge : D.S. Brewer, 2004. ix, 308 p.
Alex Reference DA129.C67 2004

A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary. Fourth edition, with a supplement by Herbert D. Meritt, 1960; reprinted 1966.
Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press, 1966 [1960, 1984] xv, 432 p.
Kilmer, Robeson Ref, Alex Eng PE279.H3 1960  Douglass Reference PE279.H3 1984

Dictionary of Old English: A-F / editors, Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey; revising editor, Joan Holland. Version 1.0
Toronto, ON : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Dept. of Publications, c2003.
Alex Reference Ref-Com (CD-ROM workstation) PE279.D52 2003

Old English corpus
RU Online [Rutgers Restricted]

A thesaurus of old English : in two volumes / Jane Roberts & Christian Kay, with Lynne Grundy. 2nd impression.
Amsterdam; Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 2000.
Alex Stacks PE1.C66 n.s. v.131-132

Middle English dictionary / Hans Kurath, editor; Sherman M. Kuhn, associate editor.
Ann Arbor, Mich., U.S.A. : University of Michigan Press; London : G. Cumberledge, Oxford University Press, c1952-
Alex, Dana, Douglass, Robeson Reference and RU Online [Rutgers Restricted]

Companions to Special Fields of Medieval Studies (mostly in Stacks)

The Cambridge companion to medieval philosophy / edited by A.S. McGrade.
Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. xviii, 405 p.
Alex, Robeson Stacks B721.C363 2003

The Cambridge companion to medieval Jewish philosophy / edited by Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman.
Cambridge, UK; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. xxiv, 483 p.
Alex, Robeson Stacks B755.C36 2003

Companion to medieval and renaissance music / edited by Tess Knighton and David Fallows.
London : Dent, 1992. xx, 428 p.
Music Stacks ML172.C65 1992

A companion to medieval art : Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe / edited by Conrad Rudolph.
Malden, MA; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006. xxii, 676 p.
Art Stacks N5970.C56 2006

The Cambridge companion to medieval romance / edited by Roberta L. Krueger.
Cambridge, UK; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000. xix, 290 p.
Alex McDonnell, Stacks and Robeson Stacks PN671.C36 2000

The Cambridge companion to medieval women's writing / edited by Carolyn Dinshaw and David Wallace.
Cambridge, U.K.; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. xix, 289 p.
Alex, Robeson Stacks PN682.W6C36 2003

A Companion to the medieval theatre / edited by Ronald W. Vince.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1989. xxxiii, 420 p.
Alex Stacks PN2152.C66 1989

The Cambridge companion to medieval English theatre / edited by Richard Beadle.
Cambridge [England]; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994. xxii, 372 p.
Douglass Reference, Robeson Stacks PN2587.C36 1994

A companion to medieval Scottish poetry / edited by Priscilla Bawcutt, Janet Hadley Williams.
Woodbridge, UK; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, 2006. 229 p.
Alex Stacks PR8538.C66 2006

Medieval German literature : a companion / Marion E. Gibbs, Sidney M. Johnson.
New York : Garland Pub., 1997. xiv, 457 p.
Alex Stacks PT175.G53 1997

The Routledge companion to medieval warfare / Jim Bradbury.
London; New York : Routledge, 2004. ix, 381 p.
Alex Reference U37.B63 2004

Other Reference Books, alphabetical by region and country

France

Atlas de l'histoire de France. La France médiévale, IXe-XVe siècle / Olivier Guyotjeannin ; sous la direction de Jean Boutier ; cartographie de Guillaume Balavoine.
Paris : Autrement, 2005. 103 p.
Alex Reference G1844.21.S1G9 2005

BÈDE (Bibliographie des études diplomatiques et éditions d'actes et documents du Moyen Âge français)
[Freely available online]
A retrospective bibliography of books, articles, critical editions, inventories and descriptions of collections, and exhibit catalogs documenting the French Middle Ages.  

Medieval France : an encyclopedia / William W. Kibler et al.
New York : Garland Pub., 1995. xxvi, 1047 p.
Alex, Douglass Reference DC33.2.M44 1995

Dictionnaire de la France médiévale / Jean Favier.
Paris : Fayard, c1993. 982 p.
Alex Stacks DC60.6.F38 1993

Atlas de Paris au Moyen Âge : espace urbain, habitat, société, religion, lieux de pouvoir / Philippe Lorentz & Dany Sandron; photographies Jacques Lebar.
Paris : Parigramme, c2006. 237 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps
Alex Reference NA9198.P2L67 2006

Germany

Dictionary of northern mythology / Rudolf Simek; translated by Angela Hall.
Cambridge [England]; Rochester, N.Y. : D.S. Brewer, 1993. xiv, 424 p.
Alex Reference BL850.S5613 1993

Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie / Rudolf Simek. 3., völlig überarb. Aufl.
Stuttgart : Kröner, 2006. xvii, 573 p.
Alex Reference BL850.S56 2006

Enzyklopädie deutscher Geschichte
München : Oldenbourg, 1988-.
Alex Stacks DD4.E59 1988 [14 vols. on medieval Germany are here or on order]
Well-written historiographical surveys on major topics in German history.

Medieval Germany : an encyclopedia / John M. Jeep.
New York; London : Garland Pub., 2001. xxxvii, 928 p.
Alex, Camden Reference DD157.M43 2001

Medieval Germany: Research and resources / John Eldevik.
Washington, D.C : German Historical Institute, 2006.  Research Guide 21.  x, 142 p.
Alex Reference [being cataloged]
Online on the site of the German Historical Institute

A catalogue of names of persons in the German court epics : an examination of literary sources and dissemination, together with notes on the etymologies of the more important names / by Frank W. Chandler; edited with an introduction and appendix by Martin H. Jones.
[London] : King's College London, Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, 1992. xxxi, 319 p.
Alex Stacks PT203.C43 1992

Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters : Verfasserlexikon / begründet von Wolfgang Stammler, fortgeführt von Karl Langosch. 2., völlig neu bearb. Aufl. unter Mitarbeit zahlreicher Fachgelehrter / hrsg. von Kurt Ruh ... [et al] redaktion, Kurt Illing [and] Christine Stöllinger.
Berlin; New York : W. de Gruyter, c1977-
Alex Reference Z2230.S78 1977 v.1-12 +

Great Britain

Medieval England : an encyclopedia / Paul E. Szarmach et al.
New York : Garland Pub., 1998. lxiv, 882 p.
Alex Reference DA129.M43 1998

Historical dictionary of late medieval England, 1272-1485 / edited by Ronald H. Fritze, William B. Robison.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002. xvii, 658 p.
Alex, Robeson Reference DA175.H56 2002

An atlas of Anglo-Saxon England / David Hill.
Toronto; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1981. 1 atlas (xii, 180 p.)
Alex, Dana, Robeson Reference and Dana Stacks G1812.21.S2H5 1981

Ireland

Medieval Ireland : an encyclopedia / Seán Duffy et al.
New York : Routledge, 2005. xxxi, 546 p.
Alex Reference DA933.M43 2005

Italy

Medieval Italy : an encyclopedia / Christopher Kleinhenz.
New York : Routledge, 2004. 2 v.
Alex Reference DG443.M43 2004 v. 1-2

Prosopografia dell'Italia bizantina (493-804) / Salvatore Cosentino.
Bologna : Editrice Lo Scarabeo, 1996-
Alex Stacks DG504.5.C67 1996 v.1-2 [more to follow]

Russia

Historical dictionary of medieval Russia / Lawrence N. Langer.
Lanham, Md.; London : Scarecrow Press, 2002. xxxii, 288 p.
Alex Reference DK71.L32 2002

Scandinavia

Kulturhistorisk leksikon for nordisk middelalder fra vikingetid til reformationstid / Kobenhavn: Rosenkilde og Bagger, 1956-78.
Alexander Stacks DL30.K8 v.1-22

Medieval Scandinavia : an encyclopedia / Phillip Pulsiano et al.
New York : Garland, 1993. xix, 768 p.
Alex Stacks, Camden Reference DL30.M43 1993

Spain and Portugal

Medieval Iberia : an encyclopedia / E. Michael Gerli et al.
New York; London : Routledge, 2003. xxx, 920 p.
Alex, Camden Reference DP99.M33 2003

Diccionario de la prosa castellana del Rey Alfonso X / bajo la dirección de Lloyd A. Kasten y John J. Nitti.
New York : Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, c2002. 3 v.
Alex Stacks PQ9189.A44K37 2002 v.1-3

Dicionário da literatura medieval galega e portuguesa / organização e coordenação de Giulia Lanciani e Giuseppe Tavani; [traduções, José Colaço Barreiros e Artur Guerra].
Lisboa : Caminho, c1993. 698 p.
Dana Camoes PQ9038.D4 1993

Tentative dictionary of medieval Spanish / compiled by Lloyd A. Kasten and Florian J. Cody. Edition: 2nd ed., greatly expanded.
New York : Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, c2001. 745 p.
Alex Reference PC4715.Z5K37 2001

Diccionario medieval español : desde las Glosas Emilianenses y Silenses (s.X) hasta el siglo XV / Martín Alonso.
[Salamanca] : Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, [1986] 2 v.
Alex Reference PC4715.Z5A46 1984

The Byzantine Empire

Byzantinische Zeitschrift. Bibliographie [electronic resource] / München: K.G. Saur, 2001-. CD-ROM ed.
Alex Reference CD-ROM PA5000.B82 ED. 2

Author index of Byzantine studies [microform]
Dumbarton Oaks, Center for Byzantine Studies, Washington, D.C. Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1985. 170 microfiches, [5] leaves.
Alex Microforms 391

An annotated bibliography of Byzantine sources in English translation / Emily Albu Hanawalt.
Brookline, Mass. : Hellenic College Press, 1988. 37 p.; 22 cm.
Art Library DF521.H36 1988

Byzantinoturcica / Gyula Moravcsik.
Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1958. 2 v. facsims.
Alex Stacks DR436.M6 1958 v.1-2

The Oxford dictionary of Byzantium / Alexander P. Kazhdan.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. 3 v. : ill.
Alex, Art, Camden, Newark Reference DF521.O93 1991 v.1-3

The Islamic Middle East

Medieval Islamic civilization : an encyclopedia / Josef W. Meri.
New York : Routledge, 2006. 2 v.
Alex Reference DS36.85.M434 2006 v.1-2

A Greek and Arabic lexicon : materials for a dictionary of the medieval translations from Greek into Arabic / edited by Gerhard Endress and Dimitri Gutas.
Leiden; New York : E.J. Brill, 1992-
Alex Stacks PA184.3.G73 1992

The literature of Islam : a guide to the primary sources in English translation / Paula Youngman Skreslet, Rebecca Skreslet.
Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, Inc. : American Theological Library Association, 2006. xix, 243 p.
Alex Reference Z7835.M6S585 2006

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