Selected Resources for:
Medieval Studies

ARTFL  

http://0-humanities.uchicago.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/orgs/ARTFL/

13th through 20th centuries.

French-language literary, religious, philosophical, political, and scientific works from the 13th through the 20th centuries. Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=avery-set-c

1934-

A comprehensive index of journal articles published worldwide from 1934 to the present on architectural design and history including medieval architecture, historic preservation, garden history, interior design, furniture and decorative arts, and archeology. Also includes more than 13,000 obituary citations, thus providing biographical and professional information about architects.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=bha-set-c&adv=1

1973- .

An international, bilingual bibliographic database on the history of post-classical Western art, architecture, and decorative arts. Covers art history from late antiquity to the present.

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index  

http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html

A searchable index of feminist-oriented literary scholarship on the medieval period (450-1500 CE) in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Provides citations to journal articles, book reviews, and essays about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.

Humanities Full Text   

http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=HUMFT

1984- .

Indexes the major scholarly journals in the humanities since 1984, including medieval studies.

International Medieval Bibliography   

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

1967- .

The IMB database comprises some 300,000 records, deriving from articles published in periodicals (journals) and in miscellany volumes (conference proceedings, collected essays, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues) published world-wide. All subjects relating to the Middle Ages are included, within the date range 400-1500 AD. Geographical areas covered are Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Location: Z 6230.I63 1967-1978 and 1997

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance   

http://0-www.itergateway.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

400-1700.

A bibliography of articles and reviews drawn from over 300 medieval and renaissance journal titles(400-1700 A.D.). Indexes publications from the mid-1800's to the present.

L'Annee Philologique.   

http://0-www.annee-philologique.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/aph/

1969-

Contains citations of all known scholarly work published in any language anywhere in the world in the areas of ancient Greek and Latin language and linguistics, Greek and Roman history, literature, philosophy, art, archaelogy, religion, mythology, music, science, early Christian texts, numismatics, papyrology and epigraphy. Coverage begins in 200 B.C. and ends roughly in 800 A.D.

Location: Ref. Z 7016 .M35a

Philosopher's Index   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=philosopher-set-c&adv=1

1940- .

The primary index to the literature of philosophy. Provides indexing and abstracts for books and journals of philosophy and related interdisciplanary fields. For book reviews prior to 1985, use the print version.

Location: B 1 .A1 P5 (1967-2002)

Academic Search Premier   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph

1965- (varies).

Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)   

http://0-isiknowledge.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/wos

1980- .

A multidisciplinary bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Allows you to take a known article and find subsequent papers that cite it.

MLA International Bibliography   

http://0-collections.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/initCritRefSearch.do?listType=mla

1926- .

Provides citations to journal articles, books, book chapters from multi-author works, dissertations, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, and bibliographies in literature (including drama), language, linguistics, folklore, film, radio, television, and theater. Does not include book reviews.

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Atlas of Medieval Europe  

More than an atlas, this source is a pictorial history of the Middle Ages with excellent graphics and illustrations. Includes brief chronologies within sections, genealogical tables, and an index.

Location: Ref G 1791 .K6 2000

Cassell Atlas of World History: The Medieval and Early Modern Worlds  

Volume 2 covers the medieval and early modern worlds. Provides maps with narratives depicting and describing important developments in medieval Europe from the rise of the Carolingians to the early Renaissance. Also covers the Middle East and Africa. Includes a glossary of personal names, place names, and concepts mentioned in the narratives.

Location: Ref. G 1030.C48 2000 v. 2

Europa Sacra  

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Covers medieval Church prelates from the Early Church to the Reformation, including information on all 1,300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates under obedience to Rome

Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval Series  

Essays on the early life, life's work, and place in history of non-British persons from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Includes references for further study.

Location: Ref. Biog. CT 113 .G74 1988

Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia  

Selections from the eight region-based volumes in the Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages series. A source for quick information about primary figures in Europe as a whole between about 500 and 1500.

Location: Ref. Biog. D 115 .K48 2006

Rise of the Medieval World, 500-1300: A Biographical Dictionary  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2838888~S4

Alphabetical entries provide highlights of lives of famous medieval personages. Includes a chronology and an extensive index.

Location: Ref. Biog. CT 114 .R57 2002

Who's Who in the Middle Ages  

Provides brief information primarily about European people, places, and events from 390-1410 CE. Also included are a detailed chronology and bibliography, an index, and helpful subject guides.

Location: Ref. Biog. CT 114 .S56 2001

Chronology of the Medieval World: 800 to 1491  

This year-by-year chronology lists political events and cultural achievements in Western Europe, the Arab world and several Asian dynasties. Headings at the top of each page give highlights, and there is an extensive, detailed index.

Location: Ref. D 118.S855 1973b

Medieval England: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. DA 129 .M43 1998

Medieval France: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. DL 33.2 .M44 1995

Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. DD 157 .M43 2001

Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. D P99 .M33 2003

Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. DA 933 .M43 2005

Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia  

http://0-www.netLibrary.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=214171

Location: Ref. DS 36.85 .M434 2006

Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. DG 443 .M43 2004 (2 vols.)

Medieval Jewish Civilization  

Location: Ref. DS 124 .M386 2003

Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. DC 30 .M43 1993

Database of Latin Dictionaries   

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Online collection of Latin dictionaries, including Blaise - Patristic (Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs chrétiens , 1954, 1967, 2005) Firmini Verris Dictionarius (Dictionnaire médiéval latin-français , 1440) and Du Cange (Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, ed. 1883-1887).

Medieval Art: A Topical Dictionary  

Provides "a quick reference source for identifying and comprehending the subjects, stories, symbols, and themes" of medieval art. Short entries are arranged alphabetically. Includes a short but highly selective bibliography. Also available electronically in ebrary

Location: Ref. N 7850 .R67 1996

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium  

http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t174

Covers all facets of Byzantine history and civilization from the fourth to fifteenth centuries including the late Roman period. Bibliographies at the ends of the articles emphasize major works.

Location: Ref. DF 521 .O93 1991

Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages  

Part I provides the historical context of medieval philosophy and Part II is an alphabetical listing of medieval authors. Author articles are quite detailed, and primary and secondary source bibliographies are provided at the end of each.

Location: Ref. B 721 .C54 2003

Companion to the Medieval Theatre  

Begins with an extensive chronology of medieval drama, followed by alphabetical entries of drama topics. Also includes indices of persons, places, and plays.

Location: Ref. PN 2152.C66 1989

Crusades: An Encyclopedia  

Entries on persons, dynasties, chronicles, places, events, and other subjects, in four volumes. Includes a chronology, a list of principal narrative and legal sources for the crusades, plans of castles, primary documents, and bibliographies.

Location: Ref. D 155 .C78 2006

Dictionary of the Middle Ages  

An excellent place to begin research on any topic related to the Middle Ages. This thirteen-volume encyclopedia is designed to be the basic reference work for all fields of medieval studies. In brief and extended articles, it covers the years 500 to 1500 CE, for all of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The bibliographies that accompany most articles stress English works but include key foreign-language texts and studies.

Location: Ref. D 114 .D5 1982

Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature  

"Describes topics related to medieval literature, including literary works, authors, historical figures, events, themes, and genres." Contains two lengths of entries based on breadth of topics. Selected bibliography included.

Location: Ref. PN 669 .E53 2000

Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages  

http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t179&subject=s11

Entries cover a wide range of topics including art, architecture, law, science, and religious, cultural, intellectual, and social history of fifth through fifteenth century Europe and Christendom. Articles also explore Islam, Judaism, and other beliefs and cultures. Bibliographies and some illustrations.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Medieval Civilization  

Defines terms, people, places, and events in the Middle Ages. Includes excellent illustrations, maps, a chronological table, and an index.

Location: Ref. CB 353 .G7

Lexikon des Mittelalters Online (LexMA)  

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

Standard encyclopedia for medieval studies, covering the European Middle Ages and the ancient roots of Western, Byzantine, Arab, Islamic and Jewish culture. Articles are in German. Part of the larger Brepolis Medieval Encyclopaedias, which includes LexMA Online; International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages; and Europa Sacra (coverage of medieval Church prelates from the Early Church to the Reformation, including information on all 1300 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates under obedience to Rome).

Location: Woodstock Ref. 940.1 AR75, L4

Medieval Archaeology: An Encyclopedia  

Provides entries on the major medieval archaeological sites in Europe. It is especially useful for learning about everyday life from 500-1500 CE. There are bibliographies for each entry and helpful country and subject guides.

Location: Ref. D 125 .M42 2001

Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs  

Arranged alphabetically, this two-volume work defines common medieval terms and motifs associated with myths, legends, tales, beliefs, and customs. Short bibliographies for each topic are provided. Includes an "index of tale types" as an appendix.

Location: Ref. GR 35 .M43 2000

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. Q 124.97 .M43 2005

New Arthurian Encyclopedia  

An updated edition that covers Arthurian subjects, artists, and works from the Middle Ages to the present in art, archeology, literature, film, and other media. Includes bibliographies, a chronology, and maps.

Location: Ref. DA 152.5 A7 N48 1996

Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia  

Compilation of information on business and travel from approximately 100 BCE to 1500 CE in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Includes bibliographies, a chronology, maps, and index.

Location: HF 1001 .T7 2000

Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia  

Location: Ref. HQ 1147 .E85 W66 2006

Early Middle Ages to 1300  

Volume 2 of The New Oxford History of Music. Follows the development of medieval music, beginning with early Christian chant. Includes many pages of musical notation of medieval works as well as a lengthy bibliography.

Location: Ref. ML 160 .N44 1990 v. 2

New Cambridge Medieval History  

A comprehensive seven volume history of Europe from 500 to 1500 AD, sections are written by scholars and include bibliographies. The essays provide useful context and background.

Location: Ref. D 117 .N48 1995

Early English Books Online (EEBO)   

http://0-eebo.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Scanned versions of early works of literature, prayer books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, and calendars, including the works of medieval authors published after 1473.

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Past Masters  

http://0-library.nlx.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Provides scholarly complete editions of classics (or selections from classics) in philosophy, literature, political science and economics. Examples of authors include Aristotle, Machiavelli, Shelley, Mill, Hume, Nietzsche, Bronte and Adam Smith. In English translation and/or the original language.

Patrologia Latina  

http://0-pld.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

A full-text electronic version of the Latin portion of the Patrologiae Cursus Completus, published by 19-century ecclesiastical publisher Jacques-Paul Migne. Its 221 volumes cover the works of the Latin Fathers, from Tertullian in 200 A.D. to Pope Innocent III in 1216.

GEORGE   

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/

Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the library's catalog. Search by keyword, author, title, or subject heading. To find a book by topic, search by Library of Congress Subject Headings, keywords, or try looking up a title you know and click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record.

Library of Congress Catalog  

http://catalog.loc.gov/

The Overview of Classics, Byzantine, and Medieval Studies describes these collections at the Library of Congress. General information for researchers appears at LC's Researchers page. For additional assistance using the Library of Congress collections as a Georgetown affiliate, consult GU-LC Connection.

WorldCat   

http://0-newfirstsearch.oclc.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/autho=100161383;dbname=WorldCat;screen=advanced;done=http://www.library.georgetown.edu;FSIP

WorldCat is a catalog consisting of over 100 million records for books and other materials in over 60,000 libraries. NOTE: Available only to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. A publicly accessible version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/.

WRLC Catalog  

http://catalog.wrlc.org/

The catalog of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC): George Washington, American, Catholic, George Mason, Gallaudet, and Marymount Universities, the University of the District of Columbia, and Georgetown University. Georgetown students may borrow directly from WRLC libraries or request items via the WRLC Catalog.

Acta Sanctorum  

http://0-acta.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

1643 - 1940.

Electronic transcript of a collection of Latin documents examining the lives of the saints, organized by each saint's feast day. Includes prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus, indices, and references to Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina (BHL).

Location: Woodstock Theological Center Library (v.1-69): Woodstock Ref. 279 AC81. Lauinger Special Collections (some volumes): 80B1.

Middle English Collection  

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/mideng.browse.html

Part of the University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center. Free public access to a large number of Middle English texts, including important anonymous works as well as those of Chaucer and Langland.

Online Medieval and Classical Library  

http://omacl.org/

Provides online access to authoritative modern English translations of some of the most famous and studied medieval texts.

Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies  

http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/

An extensive directory of links in medieval studies, covering graphics, texts, manuscripts, and other forms of media. Describes medieval culture in the British Isles, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, and Scandinavia. Addresses archaeology, arts and architecture, general medieval history, Latin, manuscripts, music, philosophy and theology, social and religious history, and the sciences.

NetSERF  

http://www.netserf.org/

Aiming to index rather than supply directly information about the medieval period, this site organizes available Web resources into the following categories: archaeology, architecture, art, culture, drama, history, law, literature, music, people, philosophy, religion, and science and technology. Also includes a "Research Center" with links to associations and societies, bibliographies, conferences and seminars, discussion lists and newsgroups, and other Internet indexes to medieval resources.

ORB: On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies  

http://the-orb.net/

Written and maintained by medieval scholars, this comprehensive online textbook is composed of the "ORB Encyclopedia," a title index of original essays on medieval studies arranged by topic; a dictionary of medieval terms; online bibliographies; useful tables, charts, and timelines; and links to medieval Internet resources, including the full texts of primary sources, many in translation.

Angelica Image Library  

http://data.georgetown.edu/angelica/about.html

More than 90,000 textual descriptions and 8,000 digital images of thousands of art slides in the collection of the department of Art, Music and Theater. Database will eventually include other humanities-based images found in the University community (e.g., archaeology slides in the Classics department collection). Materials, text and image, are copyrighted.

Index of Christian Art  

http://0-ica.princeton.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Contains over 20,000 work of art records with bibliographical references. These are accompanied by over 60,000 images in color or black and white. Covers predominantly western art, from early apostolic times through 1550 A.D., in 17 different media, according to five broad subjects: figures, scenes, nature, objects, and miscellany.

Codices Electronici Sangallenses  

http://www.cesg.unifr.ch/en/

A digital library of medieval codices from the Abbey Library of St. Gall (Sankt Gallen).

Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts  

http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/index.php

Search or browse for digitized medieval manuscripts from archives and libraries worldwide.

In Principio  

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Index of incipits (first lines) of works in Latin from the Pre-classical Age to the Renaissance.

Middle English Compendium  

http://0-www.hti.umich.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/mec/

1100-1500

The Middle English Compendium provides hyperlinks between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary (MED), a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse (based on the MED bibliographies), and other related electronic resources, including a collection of more than 50 Middle English texts.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae  

http://0-stephanus.tlg.uci.edu.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/inst/fontsel

700 B.C. - A.D. 1453

The Thesaurus of the Greek Language Digital Library now contains virtually all Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600 and the majority of surviving works up the fall of Byzantium in A.D. 1453. The center continues its efforts to include all extant Greek texts from the byzantine and post-byzantine period. The web version currently provides access to 3,700 authors and 12,000 works, approximately 91 million words. It is updated quarterly with new authors and works.

Ut Per Litteras Apostolicas: Papal Letters  

http://0-www.brepolis.net.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Searchable registers of papal letters from the 13th- and 14th-century popes, based on Registres et lettres des Papes du XIIIe sicle (32 vols.; Rome, 1883- ) and Registres et lettres des Papes du XIVe sicle (48 vols.; Rome, 1899- )

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism  

Offers an introduction to authors and an overview of their works (literary, philosophical, religious, etc.), as well as criticism of those works. Includes a bibliography. The library has volumes 1-35, and material published after volume 35 can be found in part in the Literature Resource Center database.

Location: Ref. PN 610 .C53, v. 1-35; continued in Literature Resource Center.

RefWorks  

http://0-www.refworks.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/refworks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.