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Medieval Studies: General Resources
Indexes & Databases
International Medieval Bibliography UIUC
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance UIUC
MLA Bibliography UIUC
Arts and Humanities Citation Index UIUC
FRANCIS UIUC
For more specialized databases see the Article Indexes and Databases page.
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Bibliographies
016.8F24B
Ferguson, Mary Anne. Bibliography of English Translations from Medieval Sources, 1943-1967. New York: Columbia University Press, 1974.
016.9091IN8
International Medieval Bibliography. Leeds: University of Leeds, 1977.
Q 016.9401B17M
Bak, János M. Medieval Narrative Sources: A Chronological Guide. New York: Garland, 1987.
016.9401C883M
Crosby, Everett Uberto, C. Julian Bishko, and Robert L. Kellogg. Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide. New York: Garland, 1983.
016.9401IS7R
Repertorium fontium historiae medii aevi. 8 vols. Rome: Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, 1962-.
016.9401R76S
Rouse, Richard H. Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969.
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
909.07EN191
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Edited by Andre Vauchez, Barrie Dobson, and Michael Lapidge. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
909.07EN19
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Edited by Norman Cantor. New York: Viking, 1999.
909.07D561
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 13 vols. Edited by Joseph R. Strayer. New York: Scribner, 1982.
940.103 D561
Gauvard, Claude, Libera, Lain de, and Zink, Michel, eds. Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge. Paris: Quadrige; Presses Universitaires de France, 2002.
909.07ST74C
Storey, R. L. Chronology of the Medieval World, 800 to 1491. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
305.4090203 W842
Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004.
305.40902 L423e
Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages. Edited by Jennifer Lawler. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2001.
920.7203EX87
Levin, Carole, et al. Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.
189.2AU4ZA
Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Allan D. Fitzgerald. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1999.
Q.270.103D648:E
Encyclopedia of the Early Church. 2 vols. Edited by Angelo Di Berardino. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
281.503B568
The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Edited by Ken Parry, et al. Oxford & Molden, MA: Blackwell, 1999.
Q.291.65703EN19
Encyclopedia of Monasticism. 2 vols. Edited by William M. Johnston. Chicago, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000.
398.03M46
Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. 2 vols. Edited by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
Q. 509.02 M468
Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Thomas F. Glick, Steven J. Livesey, Faith Wallis. New York: Routledge, 2005.
Q. 909.04924 M468
Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Norman Roth. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Q. 909.09767003 M468
Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia. 2 vols. Edited by Josef W. Meri. New York: Routledge, 2006.
923.1R73R
Ross, Martha. Rulers and Governments of the World. London & New York: Bowker, 1977-78.
929.703B797D
Broughton, Bradford B. Dictionary of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: People, Places, and Events. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
940.10922L343
Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. Edited by Clayton J. Drees. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
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Biographical Resources
920.04K96E
European Authors, 1000-1900: A Biographical Dictionary of European Literature. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz and Vineta Colby. New York: Wilson, 1967.
940.10922L343
Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. Edited by Clayton J. Drees. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
920.7203EX87
Levin, Carole, et al. Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000.
Q. 940.103 K52
Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Richard K. Emmerson. New York: Routledge, 2006.
World Biographical Information System Online Based on the digitization of K. G. Saur's Biographical Archives, WBIS Online compiles biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 21th century. It features biographical profiles of people, often obscure, from all countries and regions worldwide. In addition to 4.56 million digitized biographical articles from 24 Biographical Archives, the WBIS Online database currently provides an index to 36 Biographical Archives totaling short biographies on more than 4.2 million persons. This resource contains citations only and not full-text articles.
Writers Directory Contains up-to-date bibliographical, biographical, and contact information for nearly 20,000 living authors worldwide who have at least one English publication. Entries typically include name, pseudonyms, addresses, citizenship, birth date, specialization, career information, and a bibliography. Contact information includes e-mail addresses where available.
Literature Resource Center (via GaleNet) A bio-bibliographical guide to writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. The LRC includes Contemporary Authors, with biographical coverage of more than 124,000 writers; Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, with profiles of some of the most studied authors; and the Dictionary of Literary Biography, with more than 11,700 biocritical essays on authors and their works. Searchable by name, title of work, subject/genre, nationality, date and place of birth, honors, awards and more.
Biography Resource Center (via GaleNet) The Biography Resource Center (BioRC) is a comprehensive database of biographical information on over 325,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 427,000 biographies from over 960 volumes of more than 135 respected Gale sources with full-text articles from more than 270 magazines. Entries are arranged by narrative biographies, thumbnail biographies, magazine articles, and websites when available. Searchable by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, gender, birth and death years and locations, and availability of images.
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Q.948.0203M469
Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Philipp Pulsiano. New
York and London: Garland, 1993.
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Dictionaries
439.63 V96a 1977
Vries, Jan de. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2. Verb. Aufl.
Leiden: Brill, 1977.
Old Icelandic and Old Norse. Gives equivalents in other
Scandinavian languages and references to sources.
439.6 G65i1981
Gordon, E. V. An Introduction to Old Norse. 2d ed. rev. by A. R.
Taylor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981.
Reprint of the 1957 edition. Introduction to medieval
Scandinavian language and literature. A historical introduction and
selections from Old Norse literature are followed by notes, a grammar
section, and an Old Norse-English glossary.
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Dictionaries
016.8396 B39o
Bekker-Nielsen, Hans. Old Norse-Icelandic Studies: A Select
Bibliography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1967.
Covers a wide range of material relevant to the study of
the language, literature, and civilization of Norway and Iceland in the
Middle Ages. Includes English and German as well as Scandinavian sources.
016.8396 B471
Bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic studies. Copenhagen:
Munksgaard, 1964-
Updates Bekker-Nielsen with issues published at irregular
intervals. A selective bibliography on Old Norse language and literature
and medieval Norwegian and Icelandic history. Publication is somewhat
slow. After 1968 it was published by the Royal Library in Copenhagen.
016.8396 F945n
Fry, Donald K. Norse Sagas Translated into English: A Bibliography.
New York: AMS Press, 1980. AMS studies in the Middle Ages, 3
An alphabetical listing by saga of all translations
located by the compiler. Recommended translations are starred and
unreliable ones noted. Also lists sagas needing translation.
439.6 G442s
Gippert, Stefan, Laursen, Britta, and Röhn, Hartmut.
Studienbibliographie zur älteren Skandinavistik. Levenkusen:
Literaturverlag Norden, 1991. (Berliner Beiträge zur Skandinavistik, Bd. 1)
Bibliography for Old Norse/Icelandic literary studies.
A.839.6Is4 v. 44
Kalinke, Marianne E. and Mitchell, P. M.. Bibliography of Old
Norse-Icelandic Romances. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press,
1985. (Islandica, 44)
A scholarly bibliography of the romance sagas. Contains
sections on catalogs and bibliographies, collections and anthologies,
general works, and individual sagas (noting manuscripts, editions,
translations, and secondary criticism.
Texts
Íslendinga sögur: orðstöðulykill og texti (Sagas of
Icelanders) UIUC
839.609 M695H
Mitchell, Stephen A. Heroic sagas and ballads. Ithaca: Cornell
University Press, 1991.
839.609 OL13
Clover, Carol J., and Lindow, John, eds. Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A
Critical Guide. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985.
839.609 Od57oO
Donoghue, Heather. Old Norse-Icelandic literature : a short introduction. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
Internet
Resources
Project
Runeberg
WWW
Project Runeberg is an open initiative to publish classic Nordic literature on
the Internet and contains more than 300 complete works, including Edda
Saemundar, Bandmanna Saga and Groenlendinga Saga.
Norse Saga Homepage
WWW
This on-line database, a digitized version of Guðni Jónsson and
Bjarni Vilhjálmsson´s three-volume popular edition of Fornaldarsögur
Norðurlanda (1943-44), is intended as a "digital appendix" for my research on
these mythical-heroic "sagas of antiquity."
Q.948.0203M469
Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Philipp Pulsiano. New
York and London: Garland, 1993.
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Dictionaries
439.63 C581957
Cleasby, Richard. An Icelandic- English Dictionary, rev. and enl. By
Gudbrand Vigfússon. 2d ed. With supplement by William A. Craigie. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1957.
Focuses on Old Icelandic rather than Modern Icelandic.
Concentrates on the old authors, both of prose and poetry. Includes many
references and copious citations.
439.6F91o
Fritzner, Johan. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. Omar. Udg. Kristinia: Den
Norske Forlagsforening, 1886-1896. 3 v.
Includes many references, quotations, variations in meaning.
Vol. 4 with additions and corrections was printed with a reprint edition in
1972.
439.63Z71c1965
Zoëga, Geir Tómasson. A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1965.
Icelandic to English only; concentrates on words used in the
prose writings. Reprint of the 1926 edition.
Etymological Dictionaries
439.63 V96a 1977
Vries, Jan de. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2. Verb. Aufl.
Leiden: Brill, 1977.
Old Icelandic and Old Norse. Gives equivalents in other
Scandinavian languages and references to sources.
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Bibliographies
Resources to be added.
Texts
Íslendinga sögur: orðstöðulykill og texti (Sagas of
Icelanders) UIUC
Internet Resources
Project
Runeberg
Project Runeberg is an open initiative to publish classic
Nordic literature on the Internet and contains more than 300 complete works,
including Edda Saemundar, Bandmanna Saga and Groenlendinga Saga.
SagaNet
The National and University Library of Iceland, Árni
Magnússon Institute of Iceland and Cornell University have started a
cooperative project of large scale digitalization of about 380.000
manuscript pages and 145,000 printed pages of manuscripts containing
Icelandic sagas as well as other literary forms. The subjects, to name a
few, include the Sagas, poetry, tales, theology, folklore, scholarly papers,
law texts, laymen's medicine, genealogy and collection of letters.
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