Medieval History
The purpose of this guide is to list relevant Internet sites, Library databases, electronic journals and printed reference sources relating to Medieval history. This is not a comprehensive guide or gateway but rather a starting
point to information in the area. Other useful resources will appear under General History.
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
• Electronic journals generally provide access to the full text of articles via the Internet.
Latest list of Medieval history ejournals, direct from the catalogue
NB Remember, there may be printed copies of the journals, especially earlier issues, in Fisher Research Library.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Search Engines
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Supported by Georgetown University, this is one of the major Internet sites for medieval studies. It allows searching by keyword, category or format.
url: http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Full text sites
Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA)
An international research project dedicated to the publication of medieval stained glass. It contains a picture archive.
url: http://www.cvma.ac.uk/content/about/
Medieval Sourcesonline
A portal for documents on the web from Manchester University Press.
url: http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/portal.htm
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Edited by Paul Halsall and hosted by Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies, this site contains full texts and excerpts of Medieval documents and hagiographical sources.
url: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Orb: The Online reference Book for Medieval Studies
ORB is a peer-reviewed, scholarly site which provides an online textbook source for medieval studies on the World-Wide Web.
url: http://www.the-orb.net/
Subject Directories
Netserf: the Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
A wide-ranging site, searchable by category and keyword. The site maintains links to news items on medieval subjects.
url: http://www.netserf.org/
WWW Medieval Resources
A substantial listing of primary sources, discussion lists, archives, etc. available on the Web.
url: http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/medieval/medieval.ebbs.html
Specialist sites
IMI: International Medieval Institute
The Institute is based at the University of Leeds. It produces the IMB database and hosts the Internatonal Medieval Congress
url: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/imi/
PRINTED RESOURCES
Atlases and Chronologies
Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England / David Hill.
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1981.
Fisher Ref 912.42 22A
Atlas of medieval Europe / Edited by Angus Mackay with David Ditchburn.
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Fisher Ref 912.4 9
Atlas of the Crusades / Jonathan Riley-Smith.
New York : Facts on Fle, 1991, c1990.
Fisher Research 909.07 96
Atlas Karta le-toldot 'am Yisra'el bi-Yeme ha-benayim [English]
Atlas of medieval Jewish history / Haim Beinart ; [cartography, design, and production, Carta, Jerusalem ; English translation, Moshe Shalvi].
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1992.
Fisher Research 909.04924 105
The Cambridge illustrated atlas of warfare : the Middle Ages / Nicholas Hooper & Matthew Bennett.
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Fisher Research 355.00902 1
New Penguin atlas of medieval history / Colin McEvedy.
London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1992.
Fisher Ref 911.4 24
Penguin historical atlas of the Vikings / John Haywood.
London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1995.
Fisher Research 948.022 12
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Dictionnaire des Francs : les Carolingiens / Pierre Riche.
[Entrepilly?] : Bartillat, c1997.
Fisher Research 944.01403 1
Dictionary of the Middle Ages / Joseph R. Strayer, editor in chief. 10 vols.
New York : Scribner, c1982-c1989.
Fisher Ref 909.07 75
Encyclopedia of monasticism / editor, William M. Johnston.
Chicago ; London : Fitzroy Dearborn, c2000. 2 vols.
Fisher Ref 291.65703 1
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages / Matthew E. Bunson.
New York : Facts on File, c1995.
Fisher Research 940.1 281
Late medieval age of crisis and renewal, 1300-1500 : a biographical dictionary / edited by Clayton J. Drees.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001.
Fisher Research 940.1 313
Medieval England: an encyclopedia / editors: Paul E. Szarmach, et al.
New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
Fisher Research 942 232
Bibliographies
Bibliography of English translations from Medieval sources, 1943-67.
C P Farrar and M A Ferguson.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1974.
Fisher Research 940.1 and 940.1 23
Europe in transition: a select, annotated bibliography of the twelfth-century renaissance / Chris D. Ferguson.
New York: Garland, 1989.
Fisher Research 016.9401 10
Guides 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., 1978.
Fisher Ref 940.108 2
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.
Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, c1981. 5 vols.
Fisher Ref 016.9401 1
John Paetow: Guide to the Study of Medieval History (1931) is held in the Fisher Library Research Collection at 940.1 131
Medieval monasticism : a select bibliography / Giles Constable.
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1976.
Fisher Research 016.255009 2
Medieval narrative sources: a chronological guide: (with a list of major letter collections) / compiled by Janos M. Bak with the assistance of Heinz Quirin and Paul Hollingsworth.
New York: Garland Pub., 1987.
Fisher Research 016.9401 9
Medieval studies: a bibliographic guide / Everett U Crosby, C. Julian Bishko, Robert L. Kellogg.
New York: Garland Pub., 1983.
Fisher Ref 016.9401 5
Microfilm corpus of unpublished inventories of Latin manuscripts through 1600 A.D.
Prepared under the direction of F. Edward Cranz.
New London, Conn. : [Connecticut College?], 1988.
340 pts. in 347 microfilm reels.
Fisher Microform 011.31 41
Les sources de l'histoire economique et sociale du Moyen age, par Robert-Henri Bautier ... et Janine Sornay ... . 2 vols.
Paris: Editions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1968-[1984].
Fisher Research 016.9401 7
Primary Sources
Anglo-Saxon manuscripts in microfiche facsimile.
Phillip Pulsiano, general editor.
Binghampton, N.Y. : Medieval + Renaissance Texts + Studies, 1994-1997.
175 microfich containing: v. 1. Books of prayers and healing -- v. 2. Psalters --v. 3. Anglo-Saxon gospels -- v. 4. Glossed texts, Aldhelmiana, psalms -- v. 5. Lantin manuscripts with Anglo-Saxon glosses.
Fisher Audiovisual MIC 015.41 21
British literary manuscripts from Cambridge University Library.
Brighton, Sussex : Harvester Press Microform Publications, 1985.
49 microfilm reels containing vol 1: The Medieval Age, c1150-c1500.
Fisher Audiovisual MIC 820.8 287
Great Britain. Parliament.
Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803 (1066-1803)
Fisher Research Level 9 G.UK D and Fisher Research 328.42
Lincoln Cathedral Library: the mediaeval manuscript collection.
London : World Microfilms Publications in association with Lincoln Cathedral Library, c1976.
83 microfilm reels
Fisher Audiovisual MIC 091.0942 5
Mediaeval manuscripts at Lambeth Palace Library: section 3 : the illuminated manuscripts.
London World Microfilms Publications in association with Lambeth Palace Library, c1975.
8 microfilm reels.
Fisher Audiovisual MIC 745.670941 3
Winchester Cathedral early manuscripts collection.
London : World Microfilms Publications, 1983.
Facsimile of 20 manuscripts located in the Library of Winchester Cathedral (7 microfilm reels).
Fisher Audiovisual MIC 091.0942 4
Winchester College (Warden and Fellows' Library): mediaeval manuscripts collection.
London : World Microfilms Publications, c1977.
16 microfilm reels
Fisher Audiovisual MIC 091.0942 6