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John M. Kelly Library Research Guides

Medieval Studies

This guide lists the key brief sources--both online and in print--for students of the Middle Ages.

Archaeology

Medieval Archaeology: An Encyclopedia.
Edited by Pam J. Crabtree.
New York: Garland, 2001.
[For print version locations see UofT Catalogue]
[St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – D125 .M42 2001]
A guide to contemporary research in mediaeval archaeology, this encyclopedia hones in mainly on Western Europe, but it also includes articles on the Balkans, Byzantium, and Eastern Europe. Aside from simply browsing the entries alphabetically, or using the index, you can find entries organized by country (e.g. Brno under Czech Republic or Wat’s Dyke under England) and subject (e.g. barrows under Cemeteries and Burials).
Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology.
Edited by Helena Hamerow, David A. Hinton and Sally Crawford.
Oxford UP, 2011.

Coins in Churches: Archaeology, Money and Religious Devotion in Medieval Northern Europe.
Edited by Svein H. Gullbekk, Christoph Kilger, Steinar Kristensen, and Håkon Roland.
Routledge, 2021.
Reflections: 50 Years of Medieval Archaeology, 1957-2007:
Edited by Roberta Gilchrist and Andrew Reynolds.
Routledge, 2018.
Studies in the Archaeology of the Medieval Mediterranean.
Edited by James G. Schryver.
Brill, 2010.
Northwest Europe in the Early Middle Ages, C. AD 600-1150: A Comparative Archaeology.
By Christopher Loveluck.
Cambridge UP, 2013.
Archaeology of the Mediterranean During Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Edited by Angelo Castrorao Barba, Davide Tanasi, and Roberto Micciché.
University of Florida Press, 2023.
Medieval Monasteries.
By J. Patrick Greene.
Continuum, 2005.
Medieval England: A Social History and Archaeology from the Conquest to 1600 A.D.
By Colin Platt.
Routledge, 1994.
The Archaeology of the Medieval English Monarchy.
By John Steane.
Routledge, 1999.
The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland.
By Nancy Edwards.
Routledge, 1999.
Archaeological Investigations of the Maldives in the Medieval Islamic Period: Ibn Battuta’s Island.
Edited by Anne Haour and Annalisa Christie.
Routledge, 2022.
Archaeology of Medieval England and Wales.
By John Steane.
Routledge, 2015.
Ecclesiastical Landscapes in Medieval Europe: An Archaeological Perspective.
Edited by José C. Sánchez-Pardo, Emmet H. Marron and Maria Crîngaci Țiplic.
Archaeopress Archaeology, 2020.
The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland.
By T. B. Barry.
Routledge, 1988.

Medieval Archaeology in Britain, Fifth to Eleventh Centuries.
By David A. Hinton.
Oxford Bibliographies - Medieval Studies
Oxford UP, 2010.
Medieval Archaeology in Britain, Twelfth to Fifteenth Centuries.
By David A. Hinton.
Oxford Bibliographies - Medieval Studies
Oxford UP, 2010.

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