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Medieval Studies

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Full Text Journals & Indexes

 

Electronic Reference Sources

  International Medieval Bibliography
(Click on "Enter databases")
ABOUT     Literature Resource Center
(Funded in part by the State of Maine)
Basic information and excerpts from criticism on authors and their works.
  Academic Search Premier
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  Index Islamicus ABOUT    
  Essay and General Literature Index
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  Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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  AH Search
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  biab online: the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography
   

Web Resources

The Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics.
Over 1500 comprehensive and accessible essays on major authors, periods and genres.

Byzantium: Byzantine Studies on the Internet.
A collection of academic and teaching resources, texts, images, sounds, and links relating to Byzantine studies.

Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
A collection of selected and full-text sources, plus saints' lives, maps, law texts, etc. Rich (and searchable).

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies.
A rich storehouse of original texts, modern commentaries, and material about many countries and subjects.

Medieval and Renaissance Web.
A selective, scholarly collection of web resources, chosen by librarians.

Middle English Compendium.
Electronic texts AND an online version of the Middle English Dictionary.

Monastic Matrix: a scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE.
The goal is to document the participation of Christian women in the religion and society of medieval Europe by collecting primary and secondary sources, images, etc.

NetSERF; the Internet Connection for Medieval Resources.
Over 1,000 links, interestingly organized, plus glossary, news, etc.

ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
Along with links, sources, bibliographies, and other items, there is an encyclopedia of medieval topics.

Council for British Archaeology.
Links to their own online publications as well as other archaeological websites.

Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485).
A part of the carefully produced Luminarium website; 10 major works are included, plus "essays and articles" and "additional sources."

Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography.
An extensive, well-organized list of references by Simon Keynes of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The Carolingians: An English-Language Bibliography.
A bibliography of primary sources and secondary works arranged by time period and general topics covered.

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

Subject Guides at Bowdoin and Colby Colleges.

Electronic Journals

Early Modern Literary Studies: a journal of sixteenth and seventeenth century literature.

Essays in Medieval Studies Online

JSTOR: a collection of electronic versions of older journals, including Speculum, Studies in the Renaissance, and Renaissance Notes/Quarterly. This is a subscription database.

The Medieval Review (formerly Bryn Mawr Medieval Review).

Traditio (index only)

Important Reference Works

Atlas of Medieval Europe
Reference CB 351 .M293 1983

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
Reference PN 610 .C53

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Reference D 114 .D5 1982 (13 vols. plus Supplement)

Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Reference PN 669 .E53 2000

Guide to the Sources of Medieval History
Reference D 117 .C2213

Guide to the Study of Medieval History
Reference Z 6203 .P25 1980 and Suppl.

Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide
Reference Z 5579.5 .C76 1983

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Reference DF 521 .O93 1991

Quick suggestions for finding similar items in the Library.

Civilization, Medieval--Periodicals (link via the Library's catalog).

Middle Ages--History--Periodicals (link via the Library's catalog).

Middle Ages--Periodicals (link via the Library's catalog).

Library contact:

For more information, contact:

Tom Hayward
Humanities Reference Librarian
207-786-8323
e-mail: thayward AT bates.edu

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Page author: Tom Hayward
Date: 1/10/08


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