Atlas
of the Medieval World. By Rosamund
McKitterick. New York: Oxford UP, 2004. Call # D 117 M35 2004 Reference
Atlas
of the Crusades. By Jonathan Riley-Smith.
New York: Facts on File, 1991. Call # G 1034 .R5 1990 Reference
Atlas
Cambridge
Illustrated Atlas: Warfare (The Middle Ages, 768-1487). By
Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett. New York: Cambridge UP, 1996.
G 1034 .H6 1995 Reference Atlas
Complete
Atlas of World History, vol. 2:
The Medieval and Early Modern World, AD 600-1783.
By John Haywood. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1997. Call # G
1030 .C66 1997 Reference Atlas
B.
Subject Encyclopedias--Historical
Dictionary
of the Middle Ages. 10 vols. Ed. Joseph R. Strayer. New York:
Scribner's, 1982-89. Call # D114.D5 Reference
Note: For updated references, consult the Supplement edited by William
C. Jordan
(Call# D114.D5 Reference Suppl. 1)
The
Crusades: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Alan V. Murray. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2006. Available online.
Greenwood
Encyclopedia of Daily Life. Vol. 2:
The Medieval World. Ed. Joyce E. Salisbury.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004. Call # GT 31 G74 2004 Reference.
[Each volumes contains the following segments: Historical Overview;
Domestic Life; Economic Life; Intellectual Life; Material Life; Political
Life; Recreational Life; Religious Life; and Primary Sources (excerpts).
Routledge
/ Garland Medieval Encyclopedias:
Medieval
Germany. Ed. John M. Jeep. New York: Garland, 2001.
Call # DD157.M43 Reference
Medieval
Jewish Civilization. Ed. Norman Roth. New York: Routledge,
2003. Call # DS124.M386 Reference
Medieval
Scandinavia. Ed. Phillip Pulsiano et al. New York: Garland,
1993. Call # DL30.M43 Reference
Women
and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia.
Ed. Margaret Schaus. New York: Routledge, 2006. Call # HQ1147.E85
W66 2006 Reference
Women
in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Ed. Katharina M.
Wilson and Nadia Margolis. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2004. Call
#HQ1143 W643 2004 [Most entries are several pages long and are accompanied
by extensive bibliographies of both primary and secondary sources.]
World
Eras. Vol. 4: Medieval Europe, 814-1350. Ed. Jeremiah
Hackett. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Call #D20 W67 2001 Reference. (call #
date doesn't match actual year of publication). [Each volume in this
series has chapters on geography; the arts; communication, transportation
and exploration; social class system and the economy; politics, law,
and the military; leisure, recreation and daily life; family and social
trends; religion and philosophy; and science, technology and health.
Each chapter includes listings of primary sources (some are excerpted
within the chapter) and secondary sources.]
Trade,
Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia.
Ed. John Block Friedman and Kristen Mossler Figg. New York: Garland
Publishing, 2000. Call # HF 1001 T7 2000.
C. Subject
Encyclopedias--Literary and Cultural
Die
deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters : Verfasserlexikon. Ed. Wolfgang
Stammler. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1978- . Call # PT175 .D4 Reference.
This is the definitive source for medieval German literature.
The
Nibelungen Tradition: An Encyclopedia.
Ed. Francis G. Gentry et al. New York: Routledge, 2002. Call #PT 1589
N53 2002 Reference
Das
Nibelungenlied. Links, images, and information from the Internet
portal to medieval german and latin literature: Mediaevum.de.
Arts
& Humanities Through the Eras. Vol. 3: Medieval
Europe, 814-1450. Ed. Kristen Mossler Figg and John Block
Friedman. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Call #NX 440 A787 2004. [Each volume
in this series explores a specific era through in-depth articles on
nine broad themes: architecture and design; dance; fashion; literature;
music; philosophy; religion; theater; and visual arts. Each chapter
also includes excerpts from primary source documents, glossaries of
specialized terms, and bibliographies.]
Classical
and Medieval Literature Criticism. Multi-volumed continuing
series. Editor varies by volume. Detroit: Gale, date of publication
varies by volume. Call#PN 610 C53. [The Gale literary criticism series
are a little bit confusing to use (see Guide),
but do offer useful excerpts of literary criticism dating from the
first responses to a publication to modern interpretations. They're
especially useful for tracing how responses to a particular author
or work have changed over time.]
Literature
Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Multi-volumed continuing series.
Editor varies by volume. Detroit: Gale, date of publication varies
by volume. Call#PN 86 L56. [The Gale literary criticism series are
a little bit confusing to use (see Guide),
but do offer useful excerpts of literary criticism dating from the
first responses to a publication to modern interpretations. They're
especially useful for tracing how responses to a particular author
or work have changed over time.]
Literature
Resource Center -- This fulltext database
offers bio-critical essays as well as selected criticism. Given this
database's focus on authors, coverage of medieval literature is haphazard
and problematic, but still worth a try.
Encyclopedia
of Clothing and Fashion.
Ed. Valerie Steele. Detroit: Thomson Gale: 2005. Call # GT 507 E53
2005. [See entry, "Europe and America: History of Dress,"
for coverage of the medieval period.]
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