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Middle Ages

Reference Resources

REF 820.8 NOR

Abrams, M. H. and Stephen  Greenblatt.  The Norton Anthology of English Literature.  2 vols.  7th ed.  New York:  Norton, 2000.

REF 940.1 MID

Jordan, William C., ed.  The Middle Ages.  4 vols.  New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.

REF 940.1 KNI

Knight, Judson.  Middle Ages: Biographies.  2 vols.  Ed. Judy Galens.  Detroit: UXL, 2001.

Art & Architecture

709.2 EIM

Eimerl, Sarel.  The World of Giotto c. 1267-1337.  Time-Life Library of Art.  New York, Time-Life, 1967.

709.02 FRA

Francastel, P.  Medieval Painting. 20,000 Years of World Painting.  vol. II.  Ed. Hans L. C. Jaffe.   New York: Laurel, 1967.

940.1 GRA

Gravett, Christopher.  Castle.  Toronto:  Stoddart, 1994.

940.1 ROS

Ross, Stewart.  Art and Architecture.  Medieval Realms.  San Diego: Lucent Books, 2004. 

Black Death

940.192 GOT

Gottfried, Robert Steven.  The Black Death:  Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe.  New York:  Free Press, 1983.

940.192 TUR

Turner, D.H.  The Black Death.  2nd ed.   New York:  Longman, 1988.

940.1 WOO

Woolf, Alex.  Death and Disease.  San Diego: Lucent Books, 2004. 

940.192 ZIE

Ziegler, Philip.  The Black Death.  London:  The Folio Society, 1997.

Crusades

909.07 BRA

Bradford, Ernle.  The Sword and the Scimitar: The Saga of the Crusades.  New York: Putnam, 1974.

909.07 GIB

Gibb, Christopher.  Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades.  Life and Times.  New York:  Bookwright Press, 1986. 

909.07 HAT

Hatt, Christine.  The Crusades:  Christians at War.  Documenting History.  New York : Franklin Watts, 2001.

940.1 MAC

Macdonald, Fiona.  The Middle Ages.  New York:  Facts on File, 1993.

909.07 RUN

Runciman, Steven.  The First Crusade.  Abr. ed.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1980. 

909.07 CRU

Stalcup, Brenda, ed.  The Crusades.  Turning Points in World History.  San Diego: Greenhaven, 2000.

Education

940.1 WOO

Woolf, Alex.  Education.  Medieval realms.  San Diego: Lucent Books, 2004. 

General Information

940.1 GRE

Gregory, Tony.  The Dark Ages.  New York:  Facts on File, 1992.

940.1 GUY

Guy, John.  Medieval Life.  Oxford: Addax, 1995.

940.1 HUI

Huizinga, J.  The Waning of the Middle Ages: A Study of the Forms of Life, Thought and Art in France and the Netherlands in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.  London. England: The Folio Society, 1998.

940.1 KNI

Knight, Judson.  Middle Ages: Almanac.  Ed. Judy Galens.  Detroit: UXL, 2001. 

940.1 KNI

Knight, Judson.  Middle Ages: Primary Sources.  Ed. Judy Galens.  Detroit: UXL, 2001.

940.1 KNI

Galens, Judy.  Middle Ages Reference Library:  Cumulative Index.  Detroit: UXL, 2001.

940.1 LAN

Langley, Andrew, et al.  Medieval Life.  Eyewitness Books.  Toronto:  Stoddart, 1996.

909 LAV

Lavender, Emerson and Norman Sheffe, eds.  A Sourcebook for Ancient and Medieval History.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963.

940.1 MID

Leone, Bruno, ed.  The Middle Ages.  History Firsthand.  San Diego:  Greenhaven Press, 2002.

909.07 MAC

Macdonald, Fiona.  The Middle Ages.  New York: Facts on File, 1993.

940.1 MIT

Mitchell, R. J.  The Medieval Tournament.  Longman, 1958.

940.1 MOS

Moss, Henry St. Lawrence Beaufort.  The Birth of the Middle Ages: 395-814.  London: The Folio Society, 1998.

940.1 MUN

Mundy, John H.  The High Middle Ages: 1150-1309.  London: The Folio Society, 1998.

940.1 ROO

Rooks, Arda.  Willy Jay Roams the Middle Ages.  Ancaster: Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools, 2000. 

745.6 SHA

Shaw, Henry.  Alphabets and Numbers of the Middle Ages.  London: Bracken Books, 1995.

940.1 SIM

Simons, Gerald.; Time-Life Books.  Barbarian Europe.  Great Ages of Man: A History of the World's Culture.  New York: Time-Life Books, 1968. 

940.1 SOU

Southern, R.W.  The Making of the Middle Ages.  London: The Folio Society, 1998.

People & Places

940.1 BAR

Barter, James.  A Medieval Monk.  The Working Life.  San Diego:  Lucent Books, 2004.

940.1 CHR

Chrisp, Peter.  Town and Country Life.  Medieval Realms.  San Diego: Lucent Books, 2004.

940.1 FIN

Fines, John.  Who's Who in the Middle Ages.  New York:  Barnes & Noble, 1970.

940.1 HOW

Howarth, Sarah.  Medieval Places.  London:  Simon & Schuster, 1991.

940.1 PLA

Platt, Colin.  The Atlas of Medieval Man.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.

940.1 POW

Power, Eileen.  Medieval People.  London, England: The Folio Society, c1999.

940.1 ROS

Ross, Stewart.  Monarchs.  Medieval Realms.  San Diego: Lucent Books, 2004. 

Religion

270.2 DAR

Christian History Project.  Darkness Descends: A.D. 350 to 565 The Fall of the Western Roman Empire.  The Christians: Their First Two Thousand Years.  vol. 4.  Edmonton:  Christian History Project, 2003. 

270.3 QUE

Christian History Project.  The Quest for the City:  A.D. 740 to 1100.  The Christians: Their First Two Thousand Years.  vol. 6.  Edmonton:  Christian History Project, 2004.

940.1 FRE

Fremantle, Anne.  Age of Faith.  Great Ages of Man.  New York: Time, 1965.

909.1 MAR

The March of Islam: Time Frame, A.D. 600-800.  Time Frame.  Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1988.

940.1 TRU

Trueman, Dawn Cline and John H. Trueman.  The Monk's Community: The Monastery.  Toronto:  McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1974.

Warfare

940.1 CHR

Chrisp, Peter.  Warfare.  Medieval Realms.  San Diego:  Lucent Books, 2004. 

940.1 DIX

Dixon, Philip Willis.  Barbarian Europe.  The Making of the Past.  Oxford:  Elsevier-Phaidon, 1976.

940.1 NEW

Newark, Tim.  Medieval Warlords.  London:  Blandford, 1987.

942.038 PRI

Price, Mary.  The Peasant's Revolt.  London: Longman, 1980. 

940.1 SIM

Simons, Gerald.  Barbarian Europe.  Great Ages of Man.  New York:  Time-Life, 1968.

909.1 FUR

Time-Life Books.  Fury of the Northmen : time frame, AD 800-1000. Timeframe.  Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1988.

Women

305.4 GIE

Gies, Frances.  Women in the Middle Ages.  New York:  Barnes & Noble, 1980.

305.4 POW

Power, Eileen.  Medieval Women.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Fiction

F GOL

Golding, William.  The Spire.  New York:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1964.

F LAW

Lawhead, Stephen R.  The Iron Lance.  The Celtic Crusades.  Book 1.  New York:  HarperPrism, 2000.

F LAW

Lawhead, Stephen R.  The Black Rood.  The Celtic Crusades.  Book 2.  New York:  EOS, 2000.

F SCO

Scott, Walter, Sir.  Talisman.  New York:  Dodd, Mead, 1943. 

Web Sites

The Annenberg/CPB Project

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

Art History Resources

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html

Footwear of the Middle Ages

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM

 

The Middle Ages Online (People, Weapons/Warfare, Literature, Art & Lifestyle)

http://www.wideopendoors.net/middleages/

On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies

http://www.the-orb.net/