Medieval Europe

Keyword and subject searches in the Library's catalog are good starting points when first exploring a topic. Search results can be narrowed with facets such as topic, era, language or region. Facets are located on the right hand side of the results screen.

Sample keyword search: sources AND "middle ages" AND England
Sample subject search: "middle ages" AND "early works to 1800"
Sample subject search:  "middle ages" AND "translations into English"
Sample subject search:  medieval AND "translations into English"
Sample subject search:  "manuscripts medieval"
Sample subject search:  manuscripts AND Spain

Books that are not owned by the Library can be found via WorldCat. WorldCat is an online catalog that includes the collections of most U.S. libraries as well as a large number of libraries abroad. Titles owned by Falvey Memorial Library are tagged, those not held by Falvey can be requested through interlibrary loan with the Borrow from another library link. WorldCat uses the same Library of Congress subject headings as the Library's catalog. The Export feature makes it possible to download selected references into a RefWorks account.

All 7 volumes are available online. Print copies are shelved on the 1st floor in Falvey West: D117 .N48 1995
A comprehensive history of Europe from 500 to 1500 AD written by leading international scholars.

Index and abstracts of U.S. dissertations with full text for most dissertations submitted after 1997. Ph.D. dissertations in history generally include detailed bibliographies with references to hard to find primary sources.

Example:  Gelser, E.. Lay religious women and church reform in late medieval Munster: A case study of the Beguines. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania

International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) Online
A comprehensive, current bibliography of articles in journals and miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections or Festschriften) worldwide.

Iter: Bibliography of Medieval and Renaissance Europe from 400-1700
A bibliography of more than 300 scholarly journal titles pertaining to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Thomson Reuters)
A citation index to articles in more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage begins 1991 to present.

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.

Rambi: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
A selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Coverage includes important articles published througout the world in the field of Judaica, mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library, and offprints of articles from journals or collections in the library.

The Medieval Review
TMR reviews of current work in all areas of Medieval Studies back to 1993. Formerly known as the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review.

Book Review Digest Plus (EBSCO)
1983-

Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1905-1982 (EBSCO)
1905-1982

Book Review Index Online
1965-

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
This 13 volume set comprises about 5,000 signed articles dealing with various aspects of the many disciplines and interests of medieval scholarship. The index (v. 13) offers entries for people, places, and concepts.
2nd floor, Falvey Library: D114.D5 1982

Medieval History Reference Titles
Selected print and online encyclopedias and companions.

Encyclopaedia Judaica
Available online.

Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
17 volumes
2nd floor, Falvey Library

A Companion to the Medieval World

Daily Life in Medieval Europe

Internet Medieval Sourcebook

Medieval Sources Online (Manchester Univ. Press)
This database contains full-text translations of primary sources from AD 640-1600. There are over three thousand pages of medieval sources annotated and edited to the high standard expected of a university press with over a century of experience.

Online Medieval Sources Bibliography
An annotated bibliography of printed and online primary sources for the Middle Ages.
Fordham University

Epistolae: Medieval Women's Letters
Epistolæ is a collection of letters to and from women in the Middle Ages, from the 4th to the 13th century. The letters, written in Latin, are linked to the names of the women involved, with English translations and, where available, biographical sketches of the women and some description of the subject matter or the historic context of the letter.
Columbia University

Bibliography of Works by and about Women Writers of the Middle Ages
Internet History Sourcebooks - Fordham University

Luminarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature, 1350-1485

Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Full-text page images of over 96,000 titles listed in Pollard and Redgrave’s Short-Title Catalogue, Wing's Short-Title Catalogue, and Thomason Tracts which cover titles printed in English between 1473-1700. For searchable text of selected titles see Early English Books Online -Text Creation Partnership

The Online Medieval & Classical Library
The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is a collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.  Search or browse by author, title, genre, and language.

Library of Latin Texts - Series A
Contains full-text of almost all the items in the Corpus Christianorum Series Latina and Continuatio Medievalis. It also contains text from the beginning of Latin literature through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Included are the main works of Thomas Aquinas and certain Latin works of Descartes. (formerly CETEDOC).

Library of Latin Texts - Series B
The Library of Latin Texts - Series B (gathers Latin texts of all genres and all periods. The data will therefore be very diverse, and will include genres as varied as chronicles, medieval saints' lives and travel narratives, legal texts, and theological, philosophical and scientific treatises from the early-modern period. Above all, the emphasis will be on the online availability of large corpora of texts. (formerly CETEDOC).

Chicago Manual of Style Online
The 16th edition of the standard style manual used by writers and editors of scholarly books and journals.
Use the online Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide for easy reference.
Watch the online tutorial A Brief Introduction to the Chicago Manual of Style.
Download our guide to Getting Started With Chicago-Style.
A print copy is available at the information desk: Z253.U69 2010

Chicago-style Citation Quick Guide
Available free online.

RefWorks
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