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Medieval Studies—General Bibliographies and Other Guides

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One of the best overviews is Caenegem (1997) Introduction aux sources de l'histoire medievale. The first section has also been published separately as Manuel des etudes medievales: typologie des sources, historique, grandes collections. Prof. Caenegem's typology section should be supplemented by relevant fascicles in Typologie des sources du moyen âge occidental (1972-) . Most volumes of Typologie des sources . . . do not have separate catalog records in Socrates. Many of the works cited in the encyclopedias and dictionaries, biography, author & texts--and all other--sections of this guide include useful bibliography, as do handbooks and surveys listed below. For current bibliography see Indexes and abstracts.

Crosby (1983) Medieval Studies: A Bibliographic Guide is surprisingly useful and thorough. Paetow' update by Boyce (1980) Literature of Medieval History is now to be little used. Chevalier.1894-1913. Répertoire des sources ..., 2nd ed., I. Bio-bibliographique; II. Topo-bibliographique, is a bibliography of secondary works and remains an important reference source. Guides offering practical help locating and interpreting original sources as well as bibliography are Mantello and Rigg (1994) Medieval Latin: an introduction and bibliographical guide; Berlioz et al.(1994) Identifier sources et citations; Kaske (1988) Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to Interpretation.

Dahlman-Waitz Quellenkunde de deutschen Geschichte, 10th ed., has such broad coverage of medieval matters that it deserves to be listed in the general bibliography section. References in the medieval sections extend through either 1972 or 1977. Use this in combination with the revised portions of Wattenbach's Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen . . .: Die Zeit der Sachen und Salier, 3 v.; Vorzeit und Karolinger, neu bearbeitet v. F. Huf, 2 v., 1991; and the 2001 10th edition of Gebhardt, Handbuch der deutschen Geschichte.

Similarly, The American Historical Association's guide to historical literature, 3rd ed, has broad topical coverage in its sections on Medieval Europe, "Byzantium", and the "Islamic World to 1500". It lists primarily works published since its 1961 second ed.; there are brief annotations. The Medieval Europe section was compiled by Fredric Cheyette and Marcia Colish. Consult the previous edition of the AHA guide for earlier publications. Bib. de l'histoire médiévale en France 1965-1991 (1992) is a selective bibliography of Medieval historical writing in France. Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature gives a brief survey of recent scholarship by period and subfield; coverage lags several years. Classification includes geographical and topical discussions withing the following chronological breakdown: Late Antiquity & Early Middle Ages; Central Middle Ages; Later Middle Ages; Sixteenth Century. Update with the various indexes/abstracts of current literature.


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Surveys

The Cambridge Medieval History, The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, and Handbook of European history 1400-1600: late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation are all shelved in the Lane Room. The Cambridge Modern History (for Renaissance / Reformation) is in Stacks.

Manitius (1911-31) Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur des M.Â. (PA25.H26 Bd.9, Abt.2, t.1-3) and its update Brunhoelzl (1975-) Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur des M.Â. (PA8015.B7) are shelved in Green Stack, as are the important books of de Ghellinck Littérature latine au M.Â., 2 v., and L'essor de la littérature latine du XIIième siècle, 2nd ed., both in Stacks. Other important surveys are listed in the various guides cited in this section.

Other bibliographic guides

Ancient history

Medieval

Renaissance, Reformation, Early Modern

Military History

Miscellany

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