6. Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Directories
Abbreviationes
Electronic dictionary of medieval
Latin abbreviations designed for use in both researching
and teaching medieval Latin paleography.
Catholic Encyclopedia
Full text of 1908 edition available through New Advent. Browsable by article title. Keyword searching is not available.
Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Index to European royal genealogy in print and online. Includes many useful links. Created and maintained by faculty at the University of Hull.
Ecole Initiative
Project to create a hypertext encyclopedia of early church history. Created and maintained by faculty and staff at the University of Evansville and the St. Pachomius Library.
L'Encyclopédie Médiévale
Index to selected full-text French medieval literature.
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae
Online version of John Le Neve's Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1716), a list of the cathedral clergy of England and Wales. Revised in 1854 and enlarged to three volumes by T. Duffus Hardy. Online edition makes use of the many new sources of information now available. Traces the chronology and careers of all the bishops, deans, archdeacons and canons of the cathedral churches of England and Wales from the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century. Created and maintained by the Institute of Historical Research
Lexikon des Mittelalters
Standard encyclopaedia of the European Middle Ages containing over 36,700 signed articles by 3000 authors. Coverage from 300 to 1500 AD/CE for the whole of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa.
The Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages
Extensive, well-organized website with links to manuscript
images, full text, and bibliography.
Mittelhochdeutsche Wörterbuch
Dictionary of Middle High German.
Rois Français du Moyen Âge
Browsable index to French royal genealogy in the Middle Ages. In French.
