HSTY 1025 ‘The Middle Ages’

Skills & Resources

Textbooks & works of reference:

In order of their academic complexity… So to be consulted in that order preferably!

 Judith M. BENNET, Medieval Europe. A Short History, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011 (11th ed) [in
your Reader and at Fisher]
 Jo Ann H. MORAN CRUZ and Richard GERBERDING, Medieval Worlds. An introduction to European
History (300-1492), Boston-New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004 [Fisher]
 Malcolm BARBER, The Two Cities. Medieval Europe 1050-1320, New York-London: Routledge,
2004 (2nd ed) [Fisher]
 Jacques LE GOFF, Medieval Civilization, 400-1500, trans. to English, Oxford-New York: B.
Blackwell, 1988 [Fisher]
 Stephen HARRIS and Bryon L. GRIGSBY, Misconceptions about the Middle Ages, New York-London:
Routledge, 2008 [partly on Google Books]
 The New Cambridge Medieval History, vol. 4 to 7 [Fisher & electronic resources]

Dictionaries, encyclopaedias and atlases:

 Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, dir. André VAUCHEZ, Cambridge: James Clarke, 2000
[Fisher & electronic resources]
 The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, ed. Robert E. Bjork, Oxford-New York: Oxford
University Press, 2010 [Fisher]
 Atlas of medieval Europe, ed. Angus MACKAY and David DITCHBURN, London-New York:
Routledge, 1997 [Fisher]
 Colin MCEVEDY, The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History, London-New York, Penguin Books,
1992 [Fisher]

Where to find further reliable readings?

 Slide ‘References’ at the end of each lecture’s PowerPoint presentation (on Blackboard)
 Library list of readings for UoS [here for HSTY1025]
 References in textbooks and other resources listed above (generally at the end of chapters and
articles)
 Hanging out in the library’s shelves… (call numbers, Dewey classification)

How to get guidelines to research information and write assignments?

 Recording of Rena McGrogan’s presentation about the library’s resources will be available on
BlackBoard throughout semester
 Online modules of the tutorial LIBR1000 ‘Library and Research skills’
 Writing Hub (see here)
 Department of History Essay Writing Guide (online here)