Medieval European History and Literature
Finding Resources in BearCAT
European medieval history and literature Library of Congress Subject Headings:
- Art, Medieval
- Church History, Middle Ages, 600-1500
- Civilization, Medieval
- England, Civilization
- Europe, History, 476-1492
- France, Civilization
- France, History, To 987
- Great Britain, History, Medieval Period, 1066-1485
- Middle Ages
Reference Material
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. 940.1 C16
Cantor, Norman F. Inventing the Middle Ages: The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century. New York: W. Morrow, 1991. 940.1 C16
Crosby, Everett U., C. Julian Bishko, and Robert L. Kellogg. Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide. New York: Garland Pub., 1983. Reference Collection 940.1016 C88
Johnson, Penelope D., ed. Medieval History, 2nd ed. New York: Markus Wiener Pub., 1985. Reference Collection 940.1 M46
Kibler, William W., ed. Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub., 1995. Reference Collection 944 K54
Le Goff, Jacques. Medieval Civilization 400-1500. Translated by Julia Barrow. Oxford: B. Blackwell, 1988. 940.1 L52
Saul, Nigel, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. 942.02 Sa8
Strayer, Joseph R., ed.Dictionary of the Middle Ages. New York: Scribner, 1982-1989. Reference Collection 909.07 D56 v.1-13
Culture and Daily Life
Cantor, Norman F. The Meaning of the Middle Ages: A Sociological and Cultural History. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1973. 940.1 C16
Gies , Frances , and Joseph Gies. Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. 940.1 G36
Gimpel, Jean. The Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. 330.902 G42
Newman, Paul B. Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co., 2001. 940.1 N42
Platt, Colin. The English Medieval Town. New York: McKay, 1976. 301.36 P69
Religion
Freeman, Charles. The Losing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason. New York: Knopf, 2003. 940.12 F87
Hamilton, Bernard. The Medieval Inquisition. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981. 272.2 H18
Herrin, Judith. The Formation of Christendom. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1987. 270.2 H43
Sumption, Jonathan. Pilgrimage: An Image of Mediaeval Religion. London: Faber & Faber, 1975. 248.46 Su6
Literature and Art
Duby, Georges. The Age of the Cathedrals: Art and Society, 980-1420. Translated by Eleanor Levieux and Barbara Thompson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. 709.02 D85
Duby, Georges. History of Medieval Art, 980-1440. New York: Skira/Rizzoli, 1986. 709.02 D85
Godden, Malcolm, and Michael Lapidge, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 829 G54
Gray, Douglas. The Oxford Companion to Chaucer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. 821.1 c39O
Norwich , John Julius.Shakespeare's Kings: The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages, 1337-1485. New York: Scribner, 2000. 822.33 D3 N83
Zarnecki, George. Art of the Medieval World: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, the Sacred Arts. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1975. 709.02 Z1
Database/Online Resources
EBSCOhost Advanced Placement Source — This database is a collection of full-text articles from over 6,100 journals. The articles are a mix of scholarly journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Advanced Placement Source contains over 400 journals that focus on the humanities. EBSCOhost has the ability to search by Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
EBSCOhost History Reference Center — This database is a collection of 1,000 history reference books and encyclopedias. Additionally, there are 60 history journals; 58,000 primary source documents; and a large collection of photographs, maps, and historical video. To access History Reference Center click on “Ebscohost Web” and replace “Advanced Placement Source” with “ History Reference Center.”
JSTOR — JSTOR is short for Journal Storage. JSTOR is a collection of over 900 full-text scholarly journals. JSTOR contains complete backfiles for each journal with a moving window that averages around 5 years. This means JSTOR, for a particular journal, will have the journals first issue up until about five years from now. Subject areas vary in JSTOR, but its main focus is on the humanities, with over 50 journals that focus on history.
Project Muse — Project Muse is published by John Hopkins University. Muse is a collection of over 300 full-text scholarly journals. The coverage in Muse is current. Most of the journals’ coverage is five to ten years. As with JSTOR, Project Muse focuses on the humanities, with close to 50 journals that focus on history. Muse has the ability to search by Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH).
Oxford Reference Online Premium — This database lets the student search over 100 Oxford University Press reference books at the same time. European History titles include: A Dictionary of British History, The Oxford Companion to British History, The Kings and Queens of Britain, and The Oxford Companion to Military History.
Websites
Internet Medieval Sourcebook — Fordham University. This resource contains a large collection of primary and secondary sources on and about Medieval Europe. The most comprehensive section is full-text Medieval works.
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/HALSALL/sbook.html
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies — Georgetown University. Labyrinth is a gateway to hundreds of Medieval Studies online resources. The resources can be searched by keyword or browsed by 45 different subject categories.
URL: http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Medieval Studies — Stanford University. This is a subject guide to Medieval Studies scholarly resources. The guide is broken down into five sections: reference sources; authors & texts; fulltext; indexes & abstracts; and manuscripts.
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/medieval/medieval.html
NetSerf — Beau A.C. Harbin. NetSerf is an annotated index of over 2,000 online resources. The links are arranged by topic. Two highlights of NetSerf are the extensive glossary of 1,500 Medieval terms and the literature section with numerous links to full-text Medieval works.
URL: http://www.netserf.org
The Online Medieval and Classical Library — University of California, Berkley. This is a collection of full-text online Medieval literature texts. There is the ability to search by keyword or browse by title, author, genre, or language.
URL: http://omacl.org
The ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (ORB) — College of Staten Island, City University of New York. ORB is a site created by scholars in the field of Medieval Studies. The highlight of ORB is the encyclopedia, which offers essays, bibliographies, and link to other sites all created by experts in the field. Additionally, there are e-texts, a reference library, and collection of scholars’ lectures.
URL: http://the-orb.net
The images “The Lady and the Unicorn, 1511” and “Stained Glass, Notre Dame” are from Free Large Photos ( http://www.freelargephotos.com). The images “St. Philibert, Tournus” and “Chartes Cathedral” are from Art Images from College Teaching (AICT) ( http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html).