Medieval Studies

Edited by Alan V. Murray.
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2006. 4 volumes.
[For print version locations see UofT Catalogue]
[St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – D155 .C78 2006]
Focused on the crusading movement from roughly 1095 and 1291, this 4-volume set covers such topics as persons (Saladin), families and dynasties (Embriaci Family), anonymous literary works (Melisende Psalter), places and countries (Tripoli, City of), events (Ankara, Battle of (1402), and general subjects (Crusades against Christians). With individual bibliographies for each entry as well as a lengthy general bibliography, and with a substantial index in the final volume as well as some primary texts, this encyclopedia should prove useful for students studying the Crusades.

Edited by Matthew Bennett. London: Thames and Hudson, 2009.
[St. Michael’s 2nd Floor – D128 .M47 2009]
Use this book for an engaging introduction to war in the Middle Ages. With colour photos, colour maps, and key events highlight boxes, as well as a general index and a further reading section, this title is an ideal starting place for undergraduate research on the topic.

By Everett Crosby. New York: Garland, 2000.
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[Robarts Library 4th Floor Reference Area – U37 .C76 2000X]
Citing 3,000 or so articles, books, and other sources on mediaeval warfare, Crosby covers from the late Roman Empire to the 16th century and sounds such topics as recruitment, the spoils of war, financing an army, and laws of combat.

By Alfred J. Andrea. Westport, Conn: Greenwood, 2003.
[Victoria University E.J. Pratt Library Reference Area – D155 .A6 2003]
This A-Z encyclopedia explores the phenomenon of the Crusades in all of its complexity, ranging from the classic numbered crusades in the Middle East to the Reconquista in Spain, and from the Baltic Crusades to the crusades against Albigensian heretics in France.

By Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
[St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – G1034 .H6 1996]

By Kelly DeVries. Leiden: Brill, 2002
[Robarts Library 4th Floor Reference Area – Z6721 .D48 2002]

By Aziz Suryal Atiya. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1962.
[St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – Z6207 .C97A8 1962]

Provides articles, primary sources and book reviews related to medieval warfare and the crusades.