A Guide to Medieval History Resources
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The University of Auckland Library

Introduction

This guide focuses on the medieval history resources in The University of Auckland Library.

These lists are selective. Links to the catalogue will help you find additional resources.

Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Joseph R. Strayer, editor in chief. New York: Scribner, c1982-c1989. Library copies
L'Europa del Medioevo e del Rinascimento: Storia, prolusioni di Averil Cameron et al.; cronologia e dizionario a cura di Roberto Barbieri con la collaborazione di Emanuela Rodriguez. Milano: Jaca Book, 1992. Library copies
The Middle Ages: A Concise Encyclopaedia, general editor, H.R. Loyn. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1989. Library copies
Handbook of European History, 1400-1600: Late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation, edited by Thomas A. Brady, et al. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994-1995. Library copies
Handbook of Medieval Sexuality, edited by Vern L. Bullough and James A. Brundage. New York: Garland Pub., 1996. Library copies

For books with medieval primary sources, try this subject heading in the library catalogue.

Examples

Downs, Norton. Basic Documents in Medieval History, Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1959. Library copies
Hollister, C. Warren. Medieval Europe: A Short Sourcebook, 3^rd edn. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997. Library copies
Geary, Patrick J. (ed.) Readings in Medieval History, 2^nd edn. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 1997. Library copies
Taylor, John. The Use of Medieval Chronicles, London: Historical Association, 1965. Library copies
Caenegem, R.C. van. Introduction aux sources de l'histoire me´die´vale, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1997. Library copies
Bak, János M. Medieval Narrative Sources: A Chronological Guide: With a List of Major Letter Collections, New York: Garland, 1987. Library copies

Examples:

Rouse, Mary A. Authentic Witnesses: Approaches to Medieval Texts and Manuscripts, Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, c1991.
Library copies
Rowland, Beryl. Medieval Woman's Guide to Health: The First English Gynecological Handbook: Middle English Text, Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1981.
Library copies
Gehrke, Pamela. Saints and Scribes: Medieval Hagiography in its Manuscript Context, Berkeley: University of California Press, c1993.
Library copies
Parkes, M. B. Scribes, Scripts, and Readers: Studies in the Communication, Presentation, and Dissemination of Medieval Texts, London: Hambledon Press, 1991.
Library copies
O'Mara, V. M. A Study and Edition of Selected Middle English Sermons: Richard Alkerton's Easter Week Sermon Preached at St. Mary Spital in 1406, a Sermon on Sunday Observance, and a Nunnery Sermon for the Feast of the Asssumption, V.M. O'Mara. Leeds: School of English, University of Leeds, 1994.
Library copies
Doane, A.N. and Pasternack, Carol Braun (eds) Vox Intexta: Orality and Textuality in the Middle Ages, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, c1991.
Library copies

To find the Library's journals on medieval history either look up the journal title or try these subject heading searches:

Primary and secondary sources including an extensive collection of ebooks and ejournals are available in the Library's databases.

This guide was last updated on 19 December, 2011
Comments and suggestions to p.abela@auckland.ac.nz