Medieval Studies

Print Resources

Journals

Subscription Databases

Web Resources

Print Resources

LC Subject Headings for the library catalog:

• Great Britain – History – Sources
• Great Britain – Politics and Government – Sources
• Great Britain – History – Medieval Period 1066-1485 – Sources
• Great Britain – History – Tudors 1485-1603 – Sources
• Great Britain – Social Life and Customs – 17th Century – Sources

REFERENCE BOOKS

Guides and Bibliographies

• Oxford Bibliography of British History:  Z 2018 R28 1959 REF
  Major bibliography in the field of British History.  The volume on the Tudor Period covers 1485-1603.  Very extensive, but latest edition is from 1959. Arranged by subject, ex. Political History, Ecclesiastical History, Military History
• Centenary Guide to the Publications of the Royal Historical  Society 1868-1968 and of the Former Camden Society 1838-1897  Z 2016 M53 1968 REF
• A Guide to the Historical and Archaeological Publications Of Societies in England and Wales  Z 2016 M79 REF
• Texts and Calendars: An Analytical Guide to Serial Publications  Z 2016 M8 REF
• Bibliographical Essays in Medieval Jewish Studies  DS124 B53 1976 Ref
• Early Church   BR162.2 R63 1993 Ref
• International Medieval Bibliography  D111 I63 Ref
• Medieval Jewish Civilization   DS124 M385 1988 Ref
• Medieval Monasticism  BX2470 C65 1976 Ref
• Medieval Studies    D117 C76 1983 Ref

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Dictionary of the Middle Ages  D114 D5 1982 Ref
• Discoverers  G200 D53 Ref
• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Medieval Civilization  D118 G7 Ref
• Encyclopedia of Religion   BL31 E46 1987 Ref
• New Catholic Encyclopedia   BX841 N44 1967 Ref
• Encyclopedia of Islam  DS37 E523 Ref
• Encyclopedia Judaica     DS102.8 E496 Ref

Chronologies

• Chronology of the Medieval World    D118 S855 1973B Ref
• Timetables of Jewish History   DS114 G68 1993 Ref
• Timetables of History   D11 G78 1991 Ref

Atlases

• Atlas of the Islamic World     DS35.6 R6 1982 Ref
• Historical Atlas of the Jewish People   DS117 J8513 1992 Ref
• Macmillan Atlas History of Christianity   BR98 L5 Ref
• New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History    D118 M26 1992 Ref

SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS

• Early English Text Society
  Reprints early English texts, especially those only available in manuscript. Most of its volumes are in Middle English and Old English. Its goal in a report of the first year of their existence was "on the one hand, to print all that is most valuable of the yet unprinted MSS. in English, and, on the other, to re-edit and reprint all that is most valuable in printed English books, which from their scarcity or price are not within the reach of the student of moderate means."
  Several volumes in the MHC library, catalog search keyword Early English Text Society.
• Selden Society publications
  The Selden Society is devoted to the study of English legal history, and publishes historical records of English law. Since the society's inception, a volume of texts has been published every year.
  Keyword search “Seldon Society”, and in print, A Centenary Guide to the Publications of the Selden Society   Z 2016 S44 1987 REF

Journals

• Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature
  Journal providing a selective and critical analysis of new historical books, journals and journal articles. Epoch by epoch and area by area, ABHL provides a  guide to recent work by established and emerging scholars from around the world. Reviews, all written by acknowledged experts and extensively cross-referenced, place new works in the context of ongoing and emerging debates.
  Available online from 1997-1 year ago, available in print, past issues available in the 5-College Depository.
• The journal of medieval and early modern studies
• New medieval literatures
• The journal of medieval and early modern studies 
• Cambrian medieval Celtic studies
• Early medieval Europe 
  Medieval India / Centre of Advanced Study in History
  Medieval sermon studies 
• Medieval philosophy & theology.
• Journal of medieval history.
• The Journal of medieval and Renaissance studies.
• Medievalia et humanistica.
• Journal of medieval history (Online) Journal of medieval history [electronic resource].
  Le Moyen âge; revue d’histoire et de philologie.

Subscription Databases

• Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
• International Medieval Bibliography (1967 - present)
  Indexes approximately 860 journals and 150 Festschriften, Conference Proceedings and Collected Essays on all topics pertaining to the Middle Ages (450 - 1500 A.D.).
• Gateway to the Middle ages and Renaissance: ITER (1859-)
  An electronic bibliography of interdisciplinary journal literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700 A.D.).
• The Parliament Roles of Medieval England (PROME) 
  The rolls of parliament were the official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I (1272 – 1307) until the reign of Henry VII (1485 – 1509).
• Arts & Humanities Index
• ATLA Religion Database                                            
• Historical Abstracts                                                                         
• MLA (Modern Languages Association)                                                                                                 
• Women Studies International

Web Resources

• The Labyrinth Project:  
  Internet gateway for online research in Medieval Studies, maintained by Georgetown University.
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook 
  Internet gateway for online research in Medieval Studies, maintained by Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.  Includes large sections on Full Text Resources, and Saints Lives.
• English National Archives
  UK government's official archive, containing 900 years of history with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites.  Good places to start: Research Guides, Documents Online.
• MARGOT     
  Texts in French from the Medieval and Early Modern period including those of  The Campsey Project,  an electronic corpus of Anglo-Norman verse hagiography (1100-1400); Debating the Roman de la rose: A Critical Anthology- Excerpts from the Roman de la rose in the original and in English translation; and a collection of Women Writers of the Ancien Régime.
• Middle English Compendium 
  Online Middle English Dictionary and HyperBibliography, a bibliography of all the Middle English materials which are cited in the Middle English Dictionary.