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LIB101: Medieval Life and Thought Resource Guide


Reference Sources

(located in the Reference Area of Lourdes Library)

The Wilson Calendar of World History
(Ref 902.02 WCWH).

Atlas of Medieval Man
(Ref 909.07 Pla).

Lifelines of History: Famous Men and Women of the Ages
(Ref 920.02 Wei). Organized in 25 year periods from 600 B.C. to modern times.

The People's Chronology
(Ref 902.02 Tra). "A year by year record of human events from prehistory to present."

Dictionary of the Middle Ages
(Ref 909.07 Str). This multi-volume encyclopedia describes persons, places and events in the "...Latin West, the lands of the caliphate in the East, and the Muslim-Christian areas of North Africa."

Great Events from History: Ancient and Medieval Series
(Ref 909.09 Magill)

Encyclopedia of World History
(Ref 909.02 EWH) This reference work has a fine index.

Timetables of History
(Ref 902.02 Grun)

Times Atlas of World History
(Ref 911 Barr) This offers timelines, maps, and essays to periods, not individual years.

Encyclopedia Americana
(Ref 000 EA) The century essays offer orientating information about a particular century. e.g. Ninth Century in vol. 20; Tenth Century in vol. 26.

Websites

Encyclopedia Britannica
[GMC login required] This is the multivolume Encyclopedia Britannica, and the web site provides search engines by which you can search names, places, events, etc.. There is a link to Timelines on the first page.

CREDO Reference
[GMC login required] Online access to reference sources, including The Hutchinson Chronology of World History.

The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Good web entry point for all things medieval.

Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University
Good for authors and their texts.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Search for period art pieces.

China Knowledge: A Universal Guide for China Studies


Timelines for African History