Research by Subject: History - Medieval
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Academic OneFile 1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited. Shortcuts: go/onefile (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
Art Index (Wilson) Indexes art journals, magazines, bulletins and film reviews from 1984-current. Preceding years covered by Art Index Retrospective. Note: Wilson
Arts and Humanities Search Indexes leading arts and humanities journals worldwide. Search by cited author, cited work, or topic, 1980 to current. Previously Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
Google Scholar Searches for many types of primarily scholarly sources including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other organizations. Some documents will be available for free while others require a subscription or a one-time access fee. Tips: Note: Preferences can be set to link directly to articles in Middlebury collections. (See above)
Historical Abstracts Major index to over 2,000 international journals, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of the world, except United States and Canada. Covers topics from 1450 (i.e. the Renaissance) to the present. Indexes publications published from 1955 to current.
Humanities Index, 1974-1980 To locate articles in English language journals and magazines on U.S. and international subjects. Earlier title: International Index to Periodicals and before that Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Supplement. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Reference AI3 .S6
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) From 1996 to current. Selective coverage and citations only for articles 1874-1995.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Comprehensive bibliography of scholarly materials pertaining to the study of European culture between A.D. 400 and 1700. Currently indexes articles, books, and reviews.
JSTOR Full-text archive of over 700 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off-campus). 
Periodicals Index Online (PIO) A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years, from their first issues to 1995 with some to 2000. Includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages--with links to full text, when available. Formerly PCI.
Project Muse Offers full-text of over 100 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics from the 1990s to present. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/muse (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/muse (off-campus).
Repertoire international de litterature musicale (RILM) Index and abstracts for music journals and magazines, 1969 - current.
Social Sciences Citation Index Indexes core scholarly social science journals worldwide. Search by cited authors or works, or search by words in the bibliographic citations. Go shortcut = go/wos Note: access through Web of Science
WorldCat Use this union catalog of over 40 million books, documents, reports, and media from libraries worldwide to identify books to request via InterLibrary Loan. If we don't own the book and you want to borrow it from another library, click on the ILL icon from the record.
12 Byzantine Rulers This history lecture podcast covers the little known Byzantine Empire through the study of twelve of its greatest rulers. Mr. Lars Brownworth presents this series for free through this website and the podcast section of the iTunes store. Note: Also available at the iTunes store. 
Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France Creating French Culture traces the history of this relationship from Charlemagne (b. 742?-d. 814) to Charles de Gaulle (b. 1890-d. 1970), through the prism of more than 200 magnificent "treasures" on loan from the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. Note: Hosted by the Library of Congress
The Dartmouth Dante Project The Dartmouth Dante Project (DDP) is a searchable full-text database containing more than seventy commentaries on Dante's Divine Comedy - the Commedia.
Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library The Library of Congress displays these treasures loaned from Dresden and shown in the United States for the first time in order to provide an insight into the cultural riches of Central Europe -- from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index Feminae covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Because of the explosion of research in Women's Studies during the past two decades, scholars and students interested in women during the Middle Ages find an ever-growing flood of publications. Identifying relevant works in this mass of material is further complicated by the interdisciplinary nature of much of the scholarship. In order to help researchers find current articles and essays quickly and easily, librarians and scholars began compiling the Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index in July 1996. Books written by a single author are not indexed in Feminae; for these, check library catalogs that have strong collections in medieval studies.
History of Medieval & Renaissance Europe: Primary Documents This is a subset of EuroDocs.
Images of Medieval Art and Architecture A collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Research Library. Searchable image databases for Chartres and Vézelay. The Chartres database, which contains over 3,000 images, is coordinated with web pages to allow for a more structured approach to these images. The old version of the Vézelay site is here.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook Paul Halsall, ORB sources editor. The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is located at the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook The IMHS Project is located at the Fordham University History Department and Center for Medieval Studies. It is a web site with modern, medieval and ancient primary source documents, maps, secondary sources, bibliographies, images and music. Paul Halsall is the editor, with Jerome S. Arkenberg as the contributing editor. It was first created in 1996, and is used extensively by teachers as an alternative to textbooks.
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web. This project not only provides an organizational structure for electronic resources in medieval studies, but also serves as a model for similar, collaborative projects in other fields of study. The Labyrinth project is open-ended and is designed to grow and change with new developments in technology and in medieval studies.
Medieval Resources Links to discussion lists, websites, archives, etc. about Medieval studies.
NetSERF The Internet connection for medieval resources.
The ORB The ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field of medieval studies. NOTE: ORB'S OCLC number is 35987956. Note: The On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
SUL Medieval Pages Stanford University Libraries' guide to medieval resources.
WWW Virtual Library - Medieval Europe This list of on-line references is maintained by The Michigan State University Graduate Student Medieval and Renaissance Consortium, under the sponsorship of ORB, for The World Wide Web Virtual Library History Section. Please send any comments, corrections, or additions to Michael W. George. This section is currently listed alphabetically within subject categories.
Atlas of Medieval Europe By Donald Matthew. NY: Facts on File, 1983. Oversize CB351 M293 Note: Print Resource
The Atlas of Medieval Man By Colin Platt. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1980. Oversize CB351 P55 1980
A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe Part I: Early medieval period (to 13th century) -- Part II: Late medieval period (13th-15th centuries) -- Part III: Early modern period (16th-18th centuries) -- Part IV: Period of nationalism (19th century-1918) -- Part V: Period of ideological conflicts (1918-94) Note: Print Resource
G2081.S1 H8 1996
Historical Atlas of East Central Europe Covers "the lands between the linguistic frontier of German- and Italian-speaking peoples on the west and the political boundaries of the former Soviet Union on the east ... roughly the territory between 10°E and 35°E longitude ... from about 400 C.E. (common era) to the present"--Introduction Note: Print Resource
"Treated in depth are the Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians, Romanians, Yugoslav peoples, Albanians, Bulgarians, and Greeks" -- Forward
REF DJK4 .M3 1993
Historical Atlas of the World Rand McNally. Skokie, Il : Rand McNally, 1997. Note: Print Resource
G1030 .R35 199
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia Includes bibliographical references, index, and timeline of the Russian state from 6th cent. AD to 1993. Note: Print Resource
G2111.S1 C4 1995b
The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature Edited by Mary Beth Norton. NY: Oxford University Press, 1995. Note: Print Resource
Use Index in vol. 2 REF D20 A1 A55 1995
Bibliographic Index H.W. Wilson. (Library has 1942-current). Note: Print Resource
REF Z1002 B595
Guide to the Sources of Medieval History By R. C. Van Caenegem. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing, 1979. D117 C2213 Note: Print Resource
A Guide to the Study of Medieval History Louis John Paetow. Older (circulating) copies in Main Stacks. Note: Print Resource
Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1980.
REF D112 P19 1977
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth's easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. Each user will be able to find an Ariadne's thread through the maze of information on the Web. This project not only provides an organizational structure for electronic resources in medieval studies, but also serves as a model for similar, collaborative projects in other fields of study. The Labyrinth project is open-ended and is designed to grow and change with new developments in technology and in medieval studies.
Medieval Narrative Sources: a Chronological Guide Janos M. Bak. NY: Garland, 1987. Oversize D113 A1 B33 1987 Note: Print Resource
Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide By Crosby, Bishko and Kellogg. NY: Garland, 1983. Note: Print Resource
REF CB351 A1 C8
Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide Santa Barbara:ABC-Clio, 2004. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Reference D20 A1 F72 2004.
(Earlier edition in stacks)
ADB/NDB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, Neue deutsche Biographie Searchable biographical database of 90,000 Germanic individuals, from the Middle Ages to the present, in all sectors of the public, scientific, economic and cultural life. ADB contains the digitized print edition (55 volumes and index, 1875-1912, Fraktur typeface). NDB contains citations only, no full text, for its 23 volumes, 1953-present.
The New Century Cyclopedia of Names International in scope. 3 vols. NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954. Note: Print Resource
REF CT103 C43
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints By David H. Farmer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. REF BX4659 G7 F37 1992 Note: Print Resource
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia Waterford, CT : Yorkin Publications, 1999. REF HQ1115 .W6 (16 volumes, set not yet complete) Note: Print Resource
Got Medieval A[n intermittently updated] tonic for the slipshod use of medieval European history in the media and pop culture.
The Medieval Warfare Blog This is the official blog for De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History. We are an academic association representing scholars interested in warfare during the Middle Ages. Our blog will be used to let readers know about updates to our website (www.deremilitari.org) and any news about medieval history and society.
World History Blog Miland Brown's blog featuring different aspects of world history. "I cannot cover it all, but sites dealing with any historical issue or topic are possible future posts. Also includes sites which discuss teaching history. I am an academic in North America."
The Timetables of History NY: Simon & Schuster. REF D11 G78 1991 Note: Print Resource
The Chicago Manual of Style Online at: In print at:
The Chicago Manual of Style Online Online version of the Chicago Manual of Style - 15th Edition.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers / Kate L. Turabian This is the "Turabian" style. See also the online Turabian Quick Guide with basic examples, available from the publisher. Note: Print resource
Multiple print copies including:
Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Ready Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Armstrong Ref LB2369 .T8 2007
Middlebury Citation & Style Guide This library subject guide links to additional resources pertaining to how to format your paper's footnotes, bibliographies and more.
ARTFL Includes the Main ARTFL Database, French Women Writers, Provençal poetry, Journal de Trévoux, full-text dictionary searching and the Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) Database.
Dictionary of Historic Documents NY: Facts on File, 1990. REF D9 K63 1990
Dictionary of Medieval Civilization By Joseph H. Dahmus. NY: Macmillan, 1984. REF CB351 D24 1984 Note: Print Resource
Dictionary of the Middle Ages 13 volumes. Edited by Joseph R. Strayer. NY: Scribner, 1982-89. REF D114 D5 1982 Note: Print Resource
The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1993. Note: Print Resource
REF D9 H87 1993
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of World History 2 vols. NY: H.Abrams, 1975. REF D21 L276 Note: Print Resource
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints By David H. Farmer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. REF BX4659 G7 F37 1992 Note: Print Resource
The Oxford English Dictionary (Online) The OED online contains the complete A to Z sequence of the Second Edition and the latest progress towards the next, Third, edition.
Cambridge Ancient History I. Egypt and Babylonia to 1580 B.C.--II. The Egyptian and Hittite Empires to c. 1000 B.C.--III. The Assyrian Empire.--IV. The Persian Empire and the West.--V. Athens, 478-401 2. 3.--VI. Macedon, 401-301 B.C.--VII. The Hellenistic monarchies and the rise of Rome.--VIII. Rome and the Mediterranean, 218-133 B.C.--IX. The Roman Republic, 133-44 B.C.--X. The Augustan Empire, 44 B.C.-A.D. 70.--XI. The imperial peace, A.D. 70-192.--XII. The imperial crisis and recovery, A.D. 193-324. London: Cambridge UP, 1970-. Note: Print Resource
D57 C252
Cambridge Medieval History I. The Christian Roman empire and the foundation of the Teutonic kingdoms. 1911. --II. The rise of the Saracens and the foundation of the Western empire. 1913. --III. Germany and the Western empire. 1922. --IV. The eastern Roman empire (717-1453). 1923. --V. Contest of empire and papacy. 1926. --VI. Victory of the papacy. 1929. --VII. Decline of empire and papacy. 1932. --VIII. The close of the middle ages. 1936. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1964-67. D117 C3 1964 Note: Print Resource
Encyclopedia of Contemporary ________ Culture London, New York: Routledge, 1998 - Note: Print Resource
British Culture: REF DA589.4 .E53 1999
French Culture: REF DC33.7 .E53 1998
German Culture: REF DD290.26 .E53 1999
Italian Culture: REF DG450 .E53 2000
Spanish Culture: REF DP233.5 .E63 1999
Japanese Culture: REF DS822.5 .E52 2002
Chinese Culture: REF DS779.23 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance 6 vols. NY: Scribner's, 1999. Note: Print Resource
REF CB361 .E52 1999
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Medieval Civilization By Aryeh Grabois. NY: Mayflower Books, 1980. REF CB353 G7 Note: Print Resource
Medieval France: An Encyclopedia Edited by William W. Kibler. NY: Garland, 1995. DC33.2 .M44 1995 Note: Print Resource
Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia Contains some information on the medieval Netherlands. Edited by John M. Jeep. New York : Garland Pub., 2001. REF DD157 .M43 2001
New Cambridge Modern History v. 1. The Renaissance, 1493-1520, edited by G. R. Potter.--v. 2. The Reformation, 1520-1559, edited by G. R. Elton.--v. 3. The counter-reformation and price revolution, 1559-1610, edited by R. B. Wernham.--v. 4. The decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War, 1609-48/59, edited by J. P. Cooper.--v. 5. The ascendancy of France, 1648-88, edited by F. L. Carsten.--v. 6. The rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688-1715/25, edited by J. S. Bromley.--v. 7. The old regime, 1713-63, edited by J. O. Lindsay.--v. 8. The American and French Revolutions, 1763-93, edited by A. Goodwin.--v. 9. War and peace in an age of upheaval, 1793-1830, edited by C. W. Crawley.--v. 10. The zenith of European power, 1830-70, edited by J. P. T. Bury.--v. 11. Material progress and world-wide problems, 1870-1898, edited by F. H. Hinsley.--v. 12. The era of violence, 1898-1945, edited by David Thomson.--v. 13. Companion volume, edited by P. Burke.--v. 14. Atlas, edited by H. C. Darby and Harold Fullard. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1957-79. D208 N4 Note: Print Resource
The Craft of Research By Wayne C. Booth Note: Print Resource
Main Library and Armstrong Stacks Q180.55 .M4 B66
Going to the Sources : A Guide to Historical Research and Writing Main Library Stacks D16 .B893 2002 Note: Print Resource
A Guide to Historical Method Chicago: Dorsey, 1980. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Stacks D16 S47 1980.
The Modern Researcher By Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff. Note: Print Resource
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
Main Library Reference LB2369 B28 1992.
Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide Santa Barbara:ABC-Clio, 2004. Note: Print Resource
Main Library Reference D20 A1 F72 2004.
(Earlier edition in stacks)
A Short Guide to Writing about History Main Library Stacks D13 .M294 2007 Note: Print Resource
Writing History: A Guide for Students Main Library Stacks D16 .S864 2004 Note: Print Resource
Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Electronic Text Index: Medieval Europe This is a text index of the Medieval Europe EAWC subsite.
History of Medieval & Renaissance Europe: Primary Documents This is a subset of EuroDocs.
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook The IMHS Project is located at the Fordham University History Department and Center for Medieval Studies. It is a web site with modern, medieval and ancient primary source documents, maps, secondary sources, bibliographies, images and music. Paul Halsall is the editor, with Jerome S. Arkenberg as the contributing editor. It was first created in 1996, and is used extensively by teachers as an alternative to textbooks.
Medieval Studies Text, Image and Archival Databases This index is a subset of the Labyrinth website.
MIDCAT List -- Subject Search "Middle Ages -- Sources" Middle Ages -- Sources Note: Active MIDCAT search
NetSERF The Internet connection for medieval resources.
Academic OneFile 1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited. Shortcuts: go/onefile (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).
Book Review Index Note: Password needed for online
Historical Abstracts Major index to over 2,000 international journals, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of the world, except United States and Canada. Covers topics from 1450 (i.e. the Renaissance) to the present. Indexes publications published from 1955 to current.
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