A Basic Bibliography in Medieval History
NOTE:
This is not a definitive list. It is intended only as
an introduction to important genres of library material employed by
medievalists in their research, the entries representing examples
of those genres. Locations and call numbers, when given, relate
only to users of Columbia University Library and its affiliates.
Annotations indicate the location of these titles at Columbia
University:
- AM = The Ancient & Medieval Studies Reading Room.
- REF = The Butler Reference Department
- BUT = The Butler Stacks
- RB = The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- MRR = The Microform Reading Room
- AVE = Avery Library & Fine Arts
- UTS = Union Theological Seminary
- LAW = Law Library
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Table of Contents
REFERENCE TOOLS
PRIMARY SOURCES
REFERENCE TOOLS
- SOME USEFUL OVERVIEWS
OF THE FIELD -Boyce, Gray Cowan.Literature
of medieval history, 1930-1975 : a supplement to Louis John
Paetow's A guide to the study of medieval history.
Millwood, 1981. [REF]
Caenegem, R. C. van. Guide to the Sources of Medieval
History. Amsterdam, New York: North-Holland Pub.Co., 1978.
[REF] - the best, single-volume overview of the
literature.
Halphen, Louis. Initiation zux etudes d9histoire du
moyen age. Paris, 1952.[BUT]
Paetow, Louis John. A guide to the study of medieval
history.Millwood, 1980. [REF]
Powell, James M. Medieval Studies, 2nd edition.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1992. [REF] -
some good bibliography and a useful summary of the various
sub-disciplines employed by medievalists.
- INDEX TOOLS
-Dekkers, E. Clavis patrum
latinorum, 3rd Edition. Steenbrugis: in abbatia Sancti
Petri, 1995; and Geerard, Maurice. Clavis patrum
graecorum. Turnhout: Brepols, 1974-87 .
[AM] - Indices of patristic authors, keyed to
Migne's Patrology.
International Medieval Bibliography.Leeds,
1967-. [REF] - this will soon be available in
electronic form, which will be a boon, as it does not cumulate.
Medioevo Latino: Bollettino bibliografico della cultura
europea dal secolo VI al XIII. Spoleto, 1980-.
[REF]
Sawicki, J. Bibliographia synodorum
particularium. Monumenta iuris canonici. Series C,
subsidia; vol. 2. E Civitate Vaticana: S. Congregatio de Seminariis
et Studiorum Universitatibus, 1967. [REF]
- ENCYCLOPEDIAS
-Baudrillart, Alfred et al. Dictionnaire
d'histoire et de geographie ecclesiastiques. Paris,
1912- . [REF] - 24 volumes thus far, reaching
the middle of the alphabet - a Catholic perspective.
Buchberger, Michael. Lexicon fur Theologie und
Kirche. 2nd revised ed. by Buchberger & Eugen
Seiterich. 11 volumes. Freiburg i. Br., 1957-65.
[REF] - a Catholic perspective.
Cabrol, F. Dictionnaire d'archeologie chretienne et
de liturgie. 15 vols. Paris, 1907-53.
[REF] - a Catholic perspective.
Dictionnaire de theologie catholique contenant
l'expose des doctrines de la theologie catholique, leurs
preuves et leur histoire. 15 vols. + 3 vols. of Tables.
Paris, 1909-72.
Dictionary of the Middle Ages, ed. Joseph
Strayer. New York, 1982-89. [AM & REF]
Ferluga, Jadran et al. Glossar zur
fruehmittelalterlichen Geschichte im oestlichen Europa.
Wiesbaden, 1973- . [AM] - Treats persons, places
and terminology for Europe east of the Elbe. Series A treats Latin
names up to 900; Series B treats Greek names up to 1025. There is
also a Beihefte series. [AM]
Herzog, Johann Jakob. Realencyklopaedie fuer
protestantische theologie und kirche. 3rd ed. Albert
Hauck. Leipzig, 1896-1913. [REF] - a Protestant
perspective.
Hoops, Johannes, 1865-1949. Reallexikon der germanischen
Altertumskunde. 2nd ed. by Heinrich Beck et al. Berlin,
New York, W. de Gruyter, 1973- .[REF] - this is a
completely new and expanded version of Hoops' original,
4-volume work of 1911-19. Since 1986 De Gruyter has been publishing
a monographic series in association with this title:
Erganzungsbande zum Reallexikon der germanischen
Altertumskunde.
Klauser, Theodor. Reallexikon fuer Antike und
Christentum. Stuttgart, 1950-94. [REF] -
intended to reach c. 600 C.E. - 16 volumes thusfar.
New Catholic Encyclopedia. 15 vols. +
supplements. New York, 1967- . [REF, RB, AVE] -
always useful, the perspective is obvious.
- DICTIONARIES
-
BUSINESSEdler, Florence Marguerite. Glossary of
mediaeval terms of business, Italian series, 1200-1600.
Cambridge, Mass., 1934. [AM]
ENGLISHBosworth, Joseph. An Anglo-Saxon dictionary
: based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph
Bosworth, edited and enlarged by T. Northcote Toller.
Oxford, 1983 - rp. of the 1898 ed. [AM] -
supplemented by Toller, below. See also Alistair Campbell's
Enlarged Addenda and Corrigenda, Oxford, 1972.
Kurath, Hans. Middle English Dictionary. Ann
Arbor, 1952 - .[REF, AM]
The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 20 vols.
Oxford, 1989.[REF] - also available as a datafile
on CLIO+ and in the Electronic Text Service.
Stratmann, Francis Henry. A Middle English
Dictionary. Oxford, 1891. [AM, REF] -
still necessary, until Kurath is complete.
Toller, T. Northcote. An Anglo-Saxon dictionary based on
the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth.
Oxford, 1921. [AM] - supplement to Bosworth
FRENCHGodefroy, Frederic. Dictionnaire de
l9ancienne langue francaise. Paris, 1880-1902.
[REF] - the great dictionary of Old French.
Greimas, Algirdas. Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais
: le moyen age. Paris, 1992. [AM]
Raynouard, Francois Juste Marie. Lexique roman ou
dictionnaire de la langue des troubadours. 6 vols. Paris,
1835-44. [REF] - Provencal French
Robert, Paul. Le grand Robert de la langue francaise :
dictionnaire alphabetique et analogique de la langue
francaise. 9 vols. [REF] - the great
dictionary of the French language.
Tobler, Adolf & Erhard Lommatzsch. Altfranzosisches
Worterbuch. Berlin & Wiesbaden, 1915.
[REF] - The alphabet is nearly complete for this
supplement to Godefroy.
GERMANGraff, Eberhard Gottlieb. Althochdeutscher
Sprachschatz. 6 vols. Berlin, 1834-46.
[REF] - being replaced by Karg-Gasterstadt.
Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm. Deutsches
Worterbuch. 16 vols. in 33. Leipzig, 1854-1960, rp. 1984.
[REF] - the great dictionary of the German
language.
Holthausen, Ferdinand. Altsachsisches
Worterbuch. Cologne, 1967. [AM]
Karg-Gasterstadt, Elisabeth & Theodor Frings.
Althochdeutsches Worterbuch. Berlin, 1952- .
[REF] - until it's complete, reference must be
made to Graff above.
Lasch, Agathe et al. Mittelniederdeutsches
Handworterbuch. Hamburg, 1928- . [REF]
Lexer, Matthias. Mittelhochdeutsch Handworterbuch.
3 vols. Leipzig, 1872-78. [AM]
Schiller, Karl Christian & August Lubben.
Mittelniederdeutsches Worterbuch. 6 vols. Bremen,
1875-81.[AM] - essential, until Lasch is
complete.
GREEKDu Cange, Charles Du Fresne, sieur.
Glossarium ad scriptores mediae et infimae
graecitatis. 2 vols. Lyon, 1688; rp. Graz, 1958. -
[AM]: PA1125 .D8 1688a
Lampe, G.W.H. A Patristic Greek Lexicon. 5
parts. Oxford, 1961-68. - [REF] & [AM]: PA881
.P45
Liddell, Henry George & Robert Scott. A
Greek-English Lexicon. Rev. ed. by Sir Henry Stuart Jones,
with suppl. by Eric Barber. Oxford, 1968. - [AM]: PA445.E5
L6 1968
Sophocles, E.A. Greek lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine
periods (from B.C. 146 to A.D. 1100). 2 vols. Cambridge,
1887; rp. 1957. - [AM]
Wirth, Peter. Reallexikon der Byzantinistik.
Amsterdam, 1968- . [AM] - an enormous project to
include 50 volumes treating the period 354-1453, which has hardly
begun.
ITALIANBattaglia, Salvatore. Grande dizionario
della lingua Italiana. vols. Turin, 1961-92.
[REF]
Bosshard, Hans. Saggio di un glossario dell'antico
lombardo : compilato su statuti e altre carte medievali della
Lombardia e della Svizzera italiana. Florence, 1938; rp.
Sala Bolognese, 1986. [AM]
Rossi, Girolama, 1831-1914.Glossario medioevale
Ligure. Turin, 1896-1909; rp. Bologna, 1988.
[AM] - Not a dictionary but the foundations for
one.
LATINBlaise, Albert & Henri Chirat.
Dictionnaire latin-francais des auteurs chretiens.
Turnhout, 1954. [AM]
Blaise, Albert. Lexicon Latinitatis Medii Aevi =
Dictionnaire latin-francais des auteurs du Moyen-Age.
Turnhout, 1975. [AM, REF]
Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne, sieur. Glossarium mediae et
infimae latinitatis. Orig. Paris, 1840-50.
[REF] - Originally published in 1678 & updated
many times, this treats terms that deviate from the classical norm.
It is still a difficult & largely out-of-date tool and is being
replaced by the work of the Union Academique Internationale
below.
Forcellini, Egidio. Totius latinitatis
lexicon... 10 vols. Prato, 1858-87. [AM]
- For portions of the alphabet not covered by the Thesaurus linguae
latinae.
Niermeyer, Jan Frederik. Mediae Latinitatis lexicon
minus. Leiden, 1976. [AM, REF] - the
latest edition is 1993.
Souter, Alexander. A glossary of later Latin to 600
A.D. Oxford, 1949. [AM, REF]
Thesaurus linguae latinae. Leipzig, 1900- .
[REF] - Based on all Latin texts to the end of the
6th century, the project has reached the letter P, but all of N is
still lacking.
Union Academique Internationale. Novum glossarium mediae
Latinitatis ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC. Copenhagen,
1957- . [REF] - this work, inspired by Henri
Pirenne, is intended to replace Du Cange, though there have been
problems.
LAWBalon, Joseph. Grand Dictionnaire de Droit du
Moyen Age. Namur, 1972- . [LAW] - a list
of legal terms in Latin, French, German and other languages with
French translations and some bibliography, the letter C has been
reached.
- PROSOPOGRAPHY
& BIOGRAPHY -NOTE: Medievalists
should be aware of: A.H.M. Jones, J. R. Martindale and J.
Morris, The prosopography of the later Roman
Empire. 3 vols. in 4. Cambridge, 1971-92. [AM,
BUT], which reaches to 641 C.E.; and:
Henri Marrou, Prosopographie chretienne du
Bas-Empire. Paris, 1982- [AM], which
takes the church down to c. 600.
Bach, Adolf. Deutsche Namenkunde. 3 vols.
Heidelberg, 1952-56. [AM] - Vol. 1 treats personal
names; vol. 2 place names; vol. 3 is an index.
Beaunier, Dom, J.M. Besse et al. Abbayes et prieures de
l'ancienne France : recueil historique des archeveches,
eveches, abbayes et prieures de France Paris, 1905- .
[AM] - This modern expansion on Dom Baunier's
18th-century work has never been completed. The 11 extant vols.
treat the following provinces: 1) Paris; 2) Aix, Arles, Avignon et
Embrum; 3) Auch & Bordeaux; 4) Alby, Narbonne & Toulouse;
5) Bourges; 6) Sens; 7) Rouen; 8) Tours; 9) Vienne; 10) Lyon, 1st
pt. Dioceses Lyon & Saint-Claude; 12) Lyon, 3rd pt. Dioceses
Langres & Dijon.
Duchesne, Louis. Fastes episcopaux de l'ancienne
Gaule. 3 vols. Paris, 1907-17. [AM, MRR]
- reaches the end of the 9th century.
Eubel, C. Hierarchia catholica medii aevi.
Monasterii, sumptibus et typis Librariae Regensbergianae,
1913-1935.[AM] - see also, Gams below - Eubel is
more accurate than Gams but begins only in 1198.
Foerstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. 2
vols. Bonn, 1901-16; rp. Munich, 1966-67.[REF] -
Olms began a second reprint in 1983. Vol. 1 treats personal names,
vol. 2 place names. The work is badly out-of-date and contains many
errors. - See also, Henning Kaufmann, Altdeutsche
Personennamen Erg_anzungsband. Munich, 1978.
Gams, P. B. Series episcoporum Ecclesia
Catholica. Ratisbonae: G. S. Manz, 1873.
[AM]- a compilation of the church hierarchy from
its foundation to 1885 - less accurate than Eubel, which is thus
preferable post- 1198.
Manitius, M. Geschichte der lateinischen Literatur des
Mittelalters. Munchen: Beck, 1911-1931. [AM &
REF]
Morlet, Marie. Les Noms de personne sur le territoire de
l'ancienne Gaule du au XIIe siecle. Paris, 1968 - .
[AM] - 3 vols.: 1. Les noms issus du germanique
continental et les cr_eations gallo-germaniques.--2. Les noms
latins ou transmis par le latin.-- 3. Les noms de personne contenus
dans les noms de lieux.
Potthast, A. Bibliotheca historica medii aevi: Wegweiser
durch die Geschichtswerke des europaischen Mittelalters bis
1500. Berlin: W. Weber, 1896. [REF] - An
index to medieval writers, alphabetized by author. Lists mss.,
editions and translations.
Repertorium fontium historiae medii aevi.
Romae: Instituto storico Italiano, 1978 - . An updating of Potthast
(above). Far more detailed, but still incomplete - only goes to K.
[REF]
Wattenbach, W. Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im
Mittelalter. Weimar: H. Bohlaus Nachfolger, 1952-1973.
This bibliography has been redone in parts by W. Levison (Vorzeit
u. Karolinger), R. Holtzmann (Deutsche Kaiserzeit, Die Zeit der
Sachsen u. Salier, Das Zeitalter des ottonischen Staates, Das
Zeitalters des Investiturs. [REF]
- PLACE NAMES
-Note: There are several
periodicals devoted to onomastics and the narrower subject of
place names:
-
Beitraege zur Namenforschung. Heidelberg, 1949-
. - [BUT]: P769 .B45 & 929.4 B397.
-
Belgium. Commission royale de toponymie et dialectologie.
Bulletin de la Commission Royale de Toponymie &
Dialectologie = Handelingen van de Koninklijke Commissie voor
Toponymie & Dilectologie. Brussels, 1927- .
-
Naamkunde, continues: Mededelingen van
de Vereniging voor Naamkunde te Leuven en de Commissie voor
Naamkunde te Ansterdam. Louvain, 1925- .
-
Onoma: Bulletin d'information et de bibliographie =
Bibliographical and information bulletin. Louvain, 1950-
. An international bibliography of work in onomastics.
-
Revue internationale d'onomastique. Paris,
1949-1977.
-
Zeitschrift fuer Namenforschung, continues
Zeitschrift fuer Ortsnamenforschung. Munich
& Berlin, 1925-1943.
Deschamps, Pierre. Dictionnaire de geographie ancienne
et moderne a l'usage du libraire et de l'amateur de
livres. Paris, 1870. [REF]
Ekwall, Eilert. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English
Place-Names.Oxford, 1960; rp. 1970. - [REF]: R910
.3N42 A631
Foerstmann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. 2
vols. Bonn, 1900-1916; rp. Munich, 1966-67. - Vol. 1: Personal
names; Vol. 2: Places and other geographic names. This is Hermann
Jellinghaus' revision of the work originally issued in 1855-59.
It is being replaced by Hausner below.
France. Comite des travaux historiques et scientifiques.
Dictionnaire topographique de la France, comprenant les
noms de lieu anciens et modernes. Paris, 1861- . - The set
thusfar has treated present and former place names in approximately
one third of the departments of France.
Dizionario Toponomastico Atesino. ed. Carlo
Battisti et al. Issued by the Istituto di glottologia della R.
Universita di Firenze. Florence, 1936- .
Graesse, J. G. , F. Benedict, H. Plechl. Orbis latinus:
Lexicon lateinischer geographischer Namen. Braunschweig:
Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1971.[AM] - A
dictionary of Latin place names and their vernacular equivalents.
The 3-volume set, not the single volume abridgement.
Gysseling, Maurits. Toponymisch woordenboek van Belgie,
Nederland, Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en West-Duitsland. 2
vols. Brussels, 1960. - An excellent source including place names
from the Low Countries, the Rhineland, northeastern France and
areas beyond up to 1225.
Hausner, Isolde & Elisabeth Schuster. Altdeutsches
Namenbuch : die Uberlieferung der Ortsnamen in Osterreich und
Sudtirol von den Anfangen bis 1200. Vienna, 1989- . -
Issued in fascicules by the Kommission fuer Mundartkunde und
Namenforschung of the Austrian Academy.
Moreau, Jean. Dictionnaire de geographie historique de
la Gaule et de la France. Paris, 1972.
Oesterley, Hermann. Historisch-geographisches
Woerterbuch des deutschen Mittelalters. Gotha, 1883; rp.
Aalen, 1962. - as with Foerstmann, there are errors.
Smith, Albert. English Place-name Elements. 2
vols. Cambridge, 1956.- [AM]: DA645 .A4
v.25-26
Tillmann, Curt. Lexikon der deutschen Burgen und
Schloesser. Stuttgart, 1957-1961. - Three volumes and an
atlas.
- DIPLOMATICS &
PALEOGRAPHY -Bischoff, Berhard. Latin
palaeography : antiquity and the Middle Ages.
translated by Daibhi o Croinin and David Ganz. Cambridge, 1990.
[BUT]: Z114 .B5713 1990
Boyle, Leonard E. Medieval Latin Palaeography: A
Bibliographical Introduction. Toronoto, 1984.
[REF]: R016 .9401 B697
Briquet, Charles M. Les Filigranes: dictionnaire
historique des marques de papier des leur apparition vers 1282
jusqu'en 1600. 4 vols. Fasc. rp. of 2nd ed. of 1923.
[RB - Graphic Arts]: Z237 .B75 1984g - Also:
facsimile of the 1907 ed. with supplementary material contributed
by a number of scholars, edited by Allan Stevenson. Amsterdam,
1968. [RB - Graphic Arts]: Z237.B845 1968
Brown, Michelle. Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts:
A Guide to Technical Terms. Malibu, Calif., 1994.
[AM]: ND2889 .B76 1994 & [AVE]: ND50 B81
Cappelli, A. Cronologia, cronografia e calendario
perpetuo: Tavole chronografiche e quadri sinottici per verificare
le date storiche dal principio dell'Era Cristiana ai giorni
nostri . Milano: Hoepli, 1930. [AM] - a
useful tool for interpreting the dating elements of medieval
documents - not the only one.
Cappelli, A. Lexicon abbreviaturarum: dizionario di
abbreviature latine ed italiane usate nelle carte e codici
specialmente del Medio-Evo. . Milano: Hoepli,
1990.[AM - earlier ed. in REF]
Chevalier, C. U. Repertoire des sources historiques du
moyen age. Bibliographie. Paris: Societe bibliographique,
1877-1903. [AVE]
Cottineau, L. H. & G. Poras. Repertoire
topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieures. Macon:
Protat Freres, 1935-1970. [AM - also AVE &
UTS]
Erben, W. , L. Schmitz-Kallenberg & O. Redlich,
Urkundenlehre. Munchen: R. Oldenbourg, 1907-1911.
[BUT] - Vol. 1 is a general introduction and vol.
3 treats private documents. Vol. 2 never appeared.
Fawtier, R. Les sources de l'histoire de France des
origines a fin a la fin du XVe siecle. Paris:Editions A.
et J. Picard, 1971- . [BUT ]
Giry, A. Manuel de diplomatique.
Paris:Hachette, 1894 - rp. Olms, 1972. [REF]
Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes. In
principio <computer file> : incipit index of Latin texts
=incipitaire des textes latins. Turnhout, 1993- .
[Electronic Text Center] Based on the 400,000
incipits from the cardfiles of the Latin Section of the Institut de
recherche et d'histoire des textes, covering ancient,
patristic, medieval and humanist Latin literature.
Molinier, A. Les sources de l'histoire de France.
Des origines aux guerres d'Italie. Paris:A. Picard,
1901-1906. [REF]
Muzerelle, Denis. Vocabulaire Codicologique: Repertoire
Methodique des Termes Francais Relatifs aux Manuscrits.
Paris, 1985. [REF]: R417 M98
Reynolds, Leighton D. & Nigel G. Wilson. Scribes and
scholars : a guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin
literature. 3rd ed. Oxford, 1991. [BUT]: PA47 .R4
1991
Wattenbach, Wilhelm. Das Schriftwesen im
Mittelalter. 3rd ed. Leipzig 1896; rp. Graz, 1958.
[AM & RB - Graphic Arts]: Z105 W34 1896 -
still useful.
PRIMARY SOURCES
- GREAT
NATIONAL AND OTHER SOURCE COLLECTIONS -Background:
See David Knowles, Great Historical Enterprises:
Problems in monastic history. London, 1963. -
[usually on Reserve] and/or R. C. Van Caenagem,
Guide to the Sources of Medieval History - see
above.
The CrusadesAcademie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
Documents relatifs a l'histoire des croisades.
Paris, 1946- . - [AM]: D157 .A22 - This is really
a continuation of:
Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Recueil des
historiens des croisades. Subseries: Lois, Historiens
occidentaux, Historiens grecs, Historiens orientaux, Documents
armeniens. Paris, 1841-1906. [AM]: D151 .R312
FranceAcademie des Inscriptions et
Belles-Lettres.Chartes et diplomes relatifs a
l'histoire de France. Paris, 1908- .
[BUT] - publishing the French royal charters.
Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Recueil des
historiens de la France. There are three series:
-
Documents financiers. Paris, 1899- . Continued
by: Documents financiers et administratifs.
Paris, 1992- .
-
Obituaires. Paris, 1902- . The series began anew
under the same title in 1984.
-
Pouilles. Paris, 1903- .
Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Recueil
des historiens des Gaules et de la France. 24 vols. Paris,
1738-86, 1806-1904. - [AM]: DC3 .B76 1967 - Begun
by Martin Bouquet, reprinted by Leopold Delisle and continued by
the Academie, the series is actually incomplete, though in some
respects it is continued by Recueil des historiens de la
France above.
Albanes, Joseph. Gallia christiana novissima. Histoire
des archveches, eveches & abbayes de France, accompagnee des
documents authentiques recueillis dans les registres du Vatican et
les archives locales. 7 vols. Montbeliard, 1899-1920.
[AM] - histories & documents of the following
dioceses: 1) Aix, Apt, Frejus, Gap, Riez & Sisteron; 2)
Marseille; 3) Arles; 4) Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux; 5) Toulon; 6)
Orange; 7) Avignon.
Comite des Travaux historiques et scientifiques.
Collection de documents inedits sur l'histoire de
France. Paris, 1835- . - [BUT] - This
enormous enterprise, treating medieval and modern documents,
appears in quarto and octavo series arranged in the following
sections:
- 1. Chroniques, memoires, journaux, recits et compositions
historiques
- 2. Cartulaires et recueils de chartes
- 3. Correspondances et documents politiques et
administratifs
- 4. Documents de la periode revolutionnaire
- 5. Documents philologiques, philosophiques, juridiques...
- 6. Publications archeologiques
Gallia christiana in provincias ecclesiasticas
distributa. 16 vols. Paris, 1715-1874. - [AM]:
BR842 .G34 1715g - Begun by the Assemblee du Clerge,
continued by the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles- Lettres.
Paris, 1715-1874. A unique collection of sources on the French
church, and each volume also contains a number of charters
[instrumenta] as an appendix.
Lemarignier, Jean-Francois. Gallia monastica : tableaux
et cartes de d_ependances monastiques. Paris, 1974- .
[AM] - only Vol. 1 treating the Benedictine abbeys
of the diocese of Reims, by Francoise Poirier-Coutansais, has been
complete.
GermanyMonumenta Germaniae Historica
Subseries: Scriptores, Leges, Diplomata, Antiquitates, Deutsches
Mittelalter & Quellen zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters,
Scriptores in usu scholarum, Schriften, as well as the MGH
journals: Deutsches Archiv, Archiv and Neues Archiv.
[AM] - the national set for Germany.
- For a fuller guide to this large and complex enterprise, click
HERE.
Great BritainRerum Britannicarum medii aevi
scriptores. London, 1858-96; rp. 1964-65. - [AM]:
DA25 .B5 1964g
- The British contribution to the PL/MGH approach to source
gathering, controlled by the head of the Public Rolls Office. For
those working in English history, see also the collections
developed by the Camden Society, the Royal Historical Society and
the Pipe Roll Society, among others.[BUT]
ItalyIstituto storico italiano. Fonti per la
storia d'Italia.[BUT]
Muratori, L. A. Rerum italicorum scriptores.
[AM]- An updating of Muratori, in progress, is
being produced by G. Carducci & V. Fiorini.
For information on how to navigate the chronicles in many of the
above- mentioned sources, see M. McCormick, Les annales du
haut moyen age (=Typologie des sources du Moyen Age
occidental, fasc. 14).[AM]
- THE CHURCH:
PATRISTICS ET AL. -Corpus
Christianorum
Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum.
Vienna, 1866- . Published by the Oesterreichische Akademie der
Wissenschaften and often simply termed the Vienna corpus, this
series parallels the Corpus Christianorum in its
efforts to improve upon Migne. - Many texts are also available in
the CETEDOC datafile.
Migne, J. P. Patrologiae cursus completus. . .
. Series Latina (221 vols.) & Series Graeca (161
vols). Paris, 1844-64. - [AM]: BR60 .M5 1844g & BR60
.M54 1857g &
Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina.
Supplementum, by Adalbert Hamman. 5 vols. Paris, 1958-74.
- [AM]: BR60 .M5 1884g Suppl. - Hamman's
purpose, less ambitious than the Vienna Corpus and the Corpus
Christianorum, was to providing patristic texts not available in
Migne plus notes on Migne's work and indices.
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Romanor. Pontific. vitae. Cologne, 1606.
[AM]
Collectio regia = Conciliorvm omnivm
generalivm et principalivm collectio regia. Paris, 1644.
[AM]
Hardouin, Jean. Acta conciliorum et epistolae
decretales, ac constitutiones summorum pontificum. Paris,
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concilia ad regiam editionem exacta quae nunc quarta parte prodit
auctior. Paris, 1671-72. [AM]
Mansi, Giovanni Domenico. Sacrorum conciliorum nova, et
amplissima collectio in qua praeter ea quae Phil. Labbeus, et Gabr.
Cossartius et novissime Nicolaus Coleti in lucem edidere, ea omnia
exhibentur, quae Johannes Dominicus Mansi evulgavit.
Florence, 1759. [AM]
- THE CHURCH: THE PAPACY
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Kaiserreichs : sachsisches Haus, 919-1024. Vol. 5 =
Papstregesten, 911-1024. Innsbruck, 1901; rp. Graz, 1971.
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& their legates to Germany in this period.
Jaffe, Philipp. Regesta pontificum romanorum ab condita
ecclesia ad annum post Christum natum MCXCVIII. 2nd ed.
corrected & supplemented by , Samuel Loewenfeld, Ferdinand
Kaltenbrunner & Paul Ewald. 2 vols. Graz, 1956. - Register of
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jahre 311 bis 476 n. Chr. Frankfurt am Main, 1919. rp.
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TextsNOTE: This is a large and complex
body of sources, which have been organized in a separate finding
aid treating papal documents medieval and modern. Click
HERE to see that finding aid.
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COLLECTIONS -MGH, Epistolae
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Jaffe, Ph. Codex Udalrici. Bibliotheca rerum
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1964.[AM]
Rolls Series 67(5) to 67(7) - Materials for the history
of Thomas Becket.[AM]
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ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE RECORDS -MGH
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Laur, P. & C. Samaran. Les originaux des
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.[AM]
Picot, G. Documents relatifs aux etats generaux et
assemblies reunis sous Philippe le Bel. Paris: Imprimerie
nationale, 1901.[BUT]
Deutsche Reichstagakten. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck
& Ruprecht, 1867 - .[BUT]
Beugnot, A. A. Les olim ou registres des arrets rendus
par la Cour du Roi. Paris: Imprimerie royale,
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Irminon ou denombrement des manses, des serfs et des revenus de
l'abbaye de Saint-Germaine-des-Pres sous le regne de
Charlemagne.[BUT]
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Saint-Germaine-des-Pres, redige au temps de l'abbe
Irminon. Geneve:Megariotis Reprints,
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a source for English agrarian history" in Economic
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Book. 38 vols. Chichester: Phillimore, 1975 -
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Fabre, P. & L. Duchesne. Le Liber censuum de
l'eglise romaine. 3 vols. = Bibliotheque des ecoles
francaises d'Ath`enes et de Romem, 2nd ser. 6. Paris,
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Germaniae.[AM]
Piper, P. Liber Confraternitatum Sancti Galli,
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- MANUSCRIPT AND
ARCHIVAL RESOURCES -
Guides to the Catalogues:Cranz, F. Edward. A
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manuscripts before 1600 A.D. based on P.O. Kristeller, Latin
manuscript books before 1600, 3rd ed. <microform>
New London, 1982. [Microfilm]
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of Extant Collections. Munchen: MGH, 1993. [REF
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last in 1987.[REF]
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Catalogue general des manuscrits
des bibliotheques publiques des departements . Paris,
1886-. [RB]
Codices Vaticani Latini. Romae: typis
polyglottis Vaticanis, 1902 - . [RB]
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Museum. London:Trustees of the Museum, 1836/40-.
[RB]
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biblioteche d'Italia. Firenze: L. S. Olschki, 1890- .
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si`ecle (= Spicilegii Friburgensis subsidia, v. 2-7).
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2-7 - Six volumes have appeared thusfar.
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