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Print and Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages by Robert E. Bjork (Editor)Call Number: D114 .O94 2010 Reference
ISBN: 9780198662624
Publication Date: 2010
Includes coverage of key aspects of European history, society, religion, and culture from circa 500 CE to circa 1500 CE. Coverage includes balanced treatments of sixteen topics; over 5,000 entries comprise this four-volume set.
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Dictionary of the Middle Ages by Joseph R. Strayer (Editor)Call Number: d114 D5 1982
ISBN: 0684167603
Publication Date: 1982
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Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature by Jay RuudCall Number: PN669 .R88
ISBN: 0816054975
Publication Date: 2005
This comprehensive guide to literary works, writers, concepts, and terms of the era spans the years 500 to 1500. This source includes China, India, Japan, the Islamic world, and elsewhere.
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Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature by Robert Thomas Lambdin; Laura C. LambdinCall Number: N669 .E53 2000 Also available online
ISBN: 0313300542
Publication Date: 2000
A guide to literature written between 500 and 1500, the volume is primarily devoted to the early literature of England.
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Medieval Islamic Civilization by Josef W. Meri; Jere L. BacharachCall Number: DS36.85 .M434 2006 Also available online
ISBN: 0415966914
Publication Date: 2005
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Medieval England: an Encyclopedia by Paul E. Szarmach (Editor); M. Teresa Tavormina (Editor); Joel Thomas Rosenthal (Editor); Peter Lefferts (Editor); Catherine Karkov (Editor); Joel T. RosenthalCall Number: DA129 .M43 1998
ISBN: 0824057864
Publication Date: 1998
This reference work offers concise expert answers to questions on all aspects of life and culture in medieval England-art, architecture, law, literature, kings, commoners, women, music, commerce, technology, warfare, religion, and many others.
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Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia by John M. Jeep (Editor)Call Number: DD157 .M43 2001
ISBN: 0824076443
Publication Date: 2001
This A-Z encyclopedia offers many details on the daily life of medieval Germans.
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Medieval Ireland: an Encyclopedia by Seán Duffy (Editor); Sean Duffy; Ailbhe MacShamhráin; James MoynesCall Number: DA933 .M43 2005
ISBN: 0415940524
Publication Date: 2004
The 345+ essays in this authoritative resource cover the multiple facets of life in Ireland before and after the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169, from the sixth to sixteenth century. Multidisciplinary in coverage, this work includes historical events, economics, politics, the arts, religion, intellectual history, and many other aspects of the period.