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General Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of the Middle Ages
- Joseph R. Strayer, editor in chief. New York : Scribner, c1982- (13 vols)
- HSS REF D114 .D5 1982
- Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (2 vols)
- Edited by André Vauchez ; in conjunction with Barrie Dobson and Michael Lapidge ; English translation by Adrian Walford. Paris : Cerf ; Cambridge, Eng. : J. Clarke ; Rome : Città nuova, 2000.
- H/SS REF CB 351 .E53 2000
- Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (6 vols)
- Paul F. Grendler, editor in chief. New York : Scribner's, c1999.
- H/SS REF CB 361 .E52 1999
- Encyclopedia of European Social History, 1350-2000 (6 vols)
- Peter N. Stearns, editor-in-chief. New York : Scribner, c2001
- H/SS REF HN373 .E63 2001
- Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation (4 vols)
- Hans J. Hillerbrand, editor in chief. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- H/SS REF BR 302.8 O93 1996
- Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment (2 vols)
- Edited by Michel Delon ; adviser to the English-language edition, Philip Stewart ; translation editor, Gwen Wells. Chicago, IL : London : Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001
- H/SS REF DB286 .D5413 2001
- Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
- Edited by Jo Eldridge Carney. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
- H/SS REF CT 759 .R46 2001
- Research Guide to European Historical Biography, 1450-present (8 vols)
- Editor, James A. Moncure]. Washington, D.C. : Beacham Pub., 1992-c1993.
- H/SS REF CT 759 .R4 1992
- Who’s Who in the Middle Ages
- Mary Ellen Snodgrass ; illustrations research by Linda Campbell Franklin. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2001
- H/SS REF CT 114 .S56 2001
Encyclopedias On Specific Countries
- Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia
- E. Michael Gerli, editor ; associate editors, Samuel G. Armistead ... [et al.]. New York : Routledge, 2003.
- H/SS REF DP99 .M33, 2003
- Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia
- Phillip Pulsiano, editor ; Kirsten Wolf, co-editor; Paul Acker, associate editor, Donald K. Fry, associate editor ; advisers, Knut Helle ... [et al.].New York : Garland, 1993
- H/SS REF DL 30 . M43 1993
- Medieval England: An Encyclopedia
- Editors: Paul E. Szarmach, M. Teresa Tavormina, Joel T. Rosenthal. New York : Garland Pub., 1998.
- H/SS REF DA 129 .M43 1998
- Tudor England: An Encyclopedia
- Arthur F. Kinney and David W. Swain, general editors ; Eugene D. Hill and William B. Long, co-editors ; editorial assistants, Francisco J. Borge and R. Morgan Griffin. New York ; London : Garland, 2001.
- H/SS REF DA 315 T753 2001
- Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: an encyclopedia
- Editor, Gerald Newman ; associate editors, Leslie Ellen Brown ... [et al.]. New York : Garland Pub., 1997.
- H/SS REF DA 480 .B75 1997
- Medieval France: An Encyclopedia
- William W. Kibler ... [et al.], editors. New York : Garland Pub., 1995.
- H/SS REF DC 33.2 .M44 1995
- Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia
- Edited by John M. Jeep. New York : Garland Pub., 2001
- H/SS REF DD 157 .M43 2001
- The Holy Roman Empire: A Dictionary Handbook
- Edited by Jonathan W. Zophy. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1980.
- H/SS REF DD 84 .Z66
Topical Encyclopedias (includes, trade, slavery, women, witchcraft, literature and theater)
- Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia
- Editors, John Block Friedman, Kristen Mossler Figg ; associate editor, Scott D. Westrem ; collaborating editor, Gregory G. Guzman. New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
- H/SS REF HF 1001 .T7 2000
- The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery (2 vols)
- Junius P. Rodriguez, general editor. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1997
- H/SS REF HT 861 .H57 1997
- Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages
- By Jennifer Lawler. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2001
- H/SS REF HQ 1143 .L38 2001
- Women in World History : a biographical encyclopedia (16 vols)
- Anne Commire, editor, Deborah Klezmer, associate editor. Waterford, CT : Yorkin Publications, c1999-
- H/SS REF HQ 1115 .W6 1999
- Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft
- Rosemary Ellen Guiley. New York : Facts On File, c1999.
- H/SS REF BF 1566 .G85 1999
- Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance & Mannerist art
- EEditor, Jane Turner. New York : Grove's Dictionaries, c2000
- H/SS REF N6370 .E53 2000
- Medieval art : a topical dictionary
- Leslie Ross. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
- H/SS REF N7850 .R67 1996
- A dictionary of Russian and Soviet artists, 1420-1970
- John Milner. Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club, 1993
- H/SS REF ND681 M55 1993
- The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s
- Jane Davidson Reid ; with the assistance of Chris Rohmann. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
- H/SS REF nx650 m9 r45 1993
- The Cambridge history of literary criticism
- Edited by George A. Kennedy. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989- (v. 3. The Renaissance / edited by Glyn P. Norton)
- H/SS REF pn86 c27 1989
- Encyclopedia of medieval literature
- Edited by Robert Thomas Lambdin and Laura Cooner Lambdin. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000
- H/SS REF pn669 e53 2000
- A Companion to the medieval theatre
- Edited by Ronald W. Vince. New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.
- H/SS REF pn 2152 c66 1989
- The London stage, 1660-1800
- A calendar of plays, entertainments & afterpieces, together with casts, box-receipts and contemporary comment. Compiled from the playbills, newspapers and theatrical diaries of the period.
- Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1960-68 [v. 1, 1965]
- H/SS REF pn2592 l6
- European writers
- William T.H. Jackson, editor, George Stade, editor in chief. New York : Scribner, [1983]-1991 (v. 1-2. The Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Prudentius to medieval drama. Petrarch to Renaissance short fiction -- v. 3-4. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment: René Descartes to Montesquieu. Voltaire to André Chénier )
- H/SS REF pn501 e9 1983
- Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. [1], Le Moyen âge
- Publié sous la direction de Georges Grente ; ouvrage préparé par Robert Bossuat, Louis Pichard et Guy Raynaud de Lage. Paris : A. Fayard, 1994.
- H/SS REF pq41 d512 1994
- Guide to French literature
- Anthony Levi. Chicago : St. James Press, c1992-c1994.
- H/SS REF pq41 l48 1992
- The Critical Perspective
- General editor, Harold Bloom. New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1985-1989. (v. 1. Medieval--Early Renaissance -- v. 2. Spenser and Shakespeare -- v. 3. Elizabethan--Caroline -- v. 4. Restoration--Early Georigan )
- H/SS REF pr85 c76
- Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters : Verfasserlexikon
- Begr. von Wolfgang Stammler ; fortgeführt von Karl Langosch ; unter Mitarb. zahlr. Fachgelehrter hrsg. von Kurt Ruh zs. mit Gundolf Keil ... [et al.]. Berlin ; New York : de Gruyter, 1977- [v.1, 1978].
- H/SS REF pt187 d4 1977