Country-specific Medieval Encyclopedias
Medieval Islamic Civilization: An EncyclopediaCall Number: HAT Reference DS36.85 .M434 2006 v.2ISBN: 0415966914
Medieval Jewish Civilization: An EncyclopediaCall Number: HAT Reference DS124 .M386 2003ISBN: 0415937124
History of Science
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An EncyclopediaCall Number: HAT 2d Floor Stacks Q124.97 .M43 2005ISBN: 0415969301
Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and PlaguesCall Number: HAT Reference RA652 .E535 2008ISBN: 031334101X
Reference Books on the Middle Ages
Below are key reference books that provide a general overview of a topic or help identify synonyms, related terms, or basic data. These sources often include references and lists of further readings.
Dictionary of the Middle AgesCall Number: HAT Reference D114 .D5
The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and CivilizationCall Number: HAT Reference D114 .N66 2006 v.2ISBN: 031333045X
Women in the Middle Ages: An EncyclopediaCall Number: HAT Reference HQ1143 .W643 2004 v.2ISBN: 0313330166
Women's Studies EncyclopediaCall Number: HAT Reference HQ1115 .W645 1999ISBN: 0313296200[v. 1.] A-F -- [v. 2.] G-P -- [v. 3.] Q-Z
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and CustomsCall Number: HAT Reference GR35 .M43 2000 v.2ISBN: 1576071219
A Middle English Dictionary, Containing Words Used by English Writers from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century by Call Number: HAT Reference PE679.S7 1891ISBN: 1176839632
The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and LegendCall Number: HAT Reference DA152.5.A7 L87 2005ISBN: 0192802879
The Female Dramatist: Profiles of Women Playwrights from the Middle Ages to Contemporary TimesCall Number: HAT Reference PN471 .P37 1998ISBN: 0816030154
Reference Books on the Renaissance
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance by Call Number: HAT Reference CB361 .C27 2003ISBN: 0198601751
A Concise Encyclopaedia of the Italian RenaissanceCall Number: HAT Reference DG445.C66
A Companion to Renaissance Drama by Call Number: HAT 2d Floor Stacks PR651 .C66 2002ISBN: 0631219501
Signs & Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations from Paintings of the RenaissanceCall Number: HAT Reference N7830.F37ISBN: 0195014324
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the ReformationCall Number: HAT Reference BR302.8 .O93 1996ISBN: 0195064933
Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Dictionary of Literary BiographyISBN: 0787646555Shelved in front of Doreen's office.- Elizabethan DramatistsCall Number: Ref. PN771 .D43 v.62
- Jacobean and Caroline DramatistsCall Number: Ref. PN771 .D43 v.58
- British Philosophers, 1500-1799Call Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v.252
- Literature of the French and Occitan Middle Ages: Eleventh to Fifteenth CenturiesCall Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v.208
- German Writers and Works of the early Middle Ages, 800-1170Call Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v.148
- German Writers and Works of the High Middle Ages, 1170-1280Call Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v.138
- German Writers of the Renaissance and Reformation, 1280-1580Call Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v.179
- Medieval PhilosophersCall Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v.115
- Medieval Japanese WritersCall Number: HAT Reference PN771 .D43 v.203
Encyclopedias and More
- Oxford Reference Online100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable web database. Includes The Oxford Companion to English Literature and The Oxford Companion to English History
- Literature Resource CenterProvides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes Dictionary of Literary Biography.