HISTORY 212: RELIGION IN MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION EUROPE
Prof. GADDIS
Essential reference works for research in early Christian, medieval and early modern history:
[NB: Don't click on the call numbers; they won't work]
Encyclopedias: (all in Reference section, Bird Library)
Dictionary of the Middle Ages (13 vols) D114 .D5 1982
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (3 vols) DF521 .O93 1991
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (2nd edition, 1997: 2 vols) BR162.2 .E53 1997
Encyclopedia of the Early Church (2 vols) BR66.5 .D5813 1992
Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edition, 1996) DE5 .O9 1996
Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Post-Classical World (1999) DE5.L29
Note: each of these works has different strengths and weaknesses, and none of them covers everything. Look up your subject in several different encyclopedias. Make sure to use the newest edition if it’s available; it will have the most up-to-date bibliography for further reading.
Atlases: (in Map Room, Bird Library 3rd floor)
Matthew, Atlas of Medieval Europe G1791 .M3 1983
Cornell and Matthews, Atlas of the Roman World DG77 .C597
Also, lots of great maps for early Christian history can be found in back of v.2 of Encyclopedia of the Early Church.
Miscellaneous:
Quasten’s Patrology (4 vols): Basically a massive guide to early Christian literature. Long chapters on significant Christian authors, both Latin and Greek; what they wrote, where to find it, what scholars have said about it. BR67 .Q3 1984, general stacks.