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Encyclopedias for Humanities I

Encyclopedias (Print)

A Sampler of Over Thirty Different Encyclopedias
on Ancient Civilizations, Antiquity, and the Medieval World.

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  • Bunson, Matthew. 2002. Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire. New York: Facts on File.
    UNI Reference   DG270 .B86 2002 
  • Condra, Jill. 2008. The Greenwood encyclopedia of clothing through world history. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
    UNI Reference   GT507 .G74 2008

  • Cotterell, Arthur, and Arthur Cotterell. 2001. Mythology: an encyclopedia of gods and legends from Ancient Greece and Rome, the Celts and the Norselands. London: Southwater.
    UNI Stacks   BL312 .C6 2001
  • Coulter, Charles Russell, and Patricia Turner. 2000. Encyclopedia of ancient deities. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland.
    UNI Reference   BL473 .C67 2000  

  • Davis, Paul K. 1996. Encyclopedia of invasions and conquests from ancient times to the present. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
    UNI Reference   D25.A2 D38 2006 

  • Dixon-Kennedy, Mike. 1998. Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman mythology. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
    UNI Reference   BL715 .D56 1998  

  • Dupuy, R. Ernest, and Trevor N. Dupuy. 1993. The Harper encyclopedia of military history: from 3500 BC to the present. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
    UNI Reference   D25 .D86 1993 

  • Friedman, John Block, and Kristen Mossler Figg. 2000. Trade, travel, and exploration in the Middle Ages: an encyclopedia. Garland reference library of the humanities, vol. 1899. New York: Garland Pub.
    UNI Stacks   HF1001 .T7 2000 

  • Glick, Thomas F., Steven John Livesey, and Faith Wallis. 2005. Medieval science, technology, and medicine: an encyclopedia. Routledge encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, 11. New York: Routledge.
    UNI Reference   Q124.97 .M43 2005

  • Gurney, Gene. 1982. Kingdoms of Europe: an illustrated encyclopedia of ruling monarchs from ancient times to the present. New York: Crown Publishers.
    UNI Stacks   D107 .G85 1982  

  • Huyghe, Rene. 1963. Larousse encyclopedia of Byzantine and medieval art. New York: Prometheus Press.
    UNI A/M Reference   N5970 .H813   

  • Jeep, John M. 2001. Medieval Germany: an encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub.
    UNI Reference   DD157 .M43 2001  

  • Kibler, William W. 1995. Medieval France: an encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub.
    UNI Reference   DC33.2 .M44 1995 

  • Kohn, George C. 2001. Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence: from ancient times to the present. New York: Facts on File.
    UNI Reference   RA649 .E53 2001 

  • Lambdin, Robert T., and Laura C. Lambdin. 2000. Encyclopedia of medieval literature. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
    UNI Reference  PN669 .E53 2000 

  • Lawson, Russell M. 2004. Science in the ancient world: an encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO's history of science series. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
    UNI Reference   Q124.95 .L39 2004  

  • Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen. 1996. Encyclopedia of world sport: from ancient times to the present. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
    UNI Stacks   GV567 .E56 1996 

  • Lindahl, Carl, John McNamara, and John Lindow. 2000. Medieval folklore: an encyclopedia of myths, legends, tales, beliefs, and customs. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
    UNI Reference   GR35 .M43 2000 

  • Meri, Josef W., and Jere L. Bacharach. 2006. Medieval Islamic civilization: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge.
    UNI Reference   DS36.85 .M434 2006 

  • Northrup, Cynthia Clark. 2005. Encyclopedia of world trade: from ancient times to the present. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference.
    UNI Reference   HF1373 .W67 2005 
  • Redford, Donald B. 2001. The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    UNI Reference   DT58 .O94 2001 

  • Ruggles, C. L. N. 2005. Ancient astronomy: an encyclopedia of cosmologies and myth. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
    UNI Stacks   QB16 .R84 2005  

  • Sacks, David, Oswyn Murray, and Margaret Bunson. 1995. Encyclopedia of the ancient Greek world. New York: Facts on File.
    UNI Reference   DF16 .S23 2005  

  • Salisbury, Joyce E. 2001. Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO.
    UNI Reference   HQ1127 .S25 2001  

  • Salisbury, Joyce E. 2004. The Greenwood encyclopedia of daily life: a tour through history from ancient times to the present. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
    UNI Reference   GT31 .G74 2004  v.1   (The Ancient World)
    UNI Reference   GT31 .G74 2004  v.2   (The Medieval World)

  • Salisbury, Joyce E. 2009. The Greenwood encyclopedia of global medieval life and culture. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
    UNI Stacks   CB351 .G743 2009

  • Schmitz, Hermann. 1957. The encyclopedia of furniture; an outline history of furniture design in Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome ... . New York: F.A. Praeger.
    UNI Stacks   NK2270 .S363 1957  

  • Speake, Graham. 2000. Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic tradition. London: Fitzroy Dearborn.
    UNI Reference   DF757 .E53 2000 

  • Szarmach, Paul E., M. Teresa Tavormina, and Joel Thomas Rosenthal. 1998. Medieval England: an encyclopedia. New York: Garland Pub. UNI Reference   DA129 .M43 1998  

  • Warry, John Gibson. 1980. Warfare in the classical world: an illustrated encyclopedia of weapons, warriors, and warfare in the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. New York: St. Martin's Press.
    UNI Stacks   U29 .W37 

  • Wilson, Bernice. 1996. Art of the ancient Mediterranean world. International encyclopedia of art. New York, NY: Facts on File.
    UNI Stacks   N5340 .W55 1996 

  • Wilson, Nigel Guy. 2006. Encyclopedia of ancient Greece. New York: Routledge.
    UNI Reference   DF16 .E52 2006 

  • Woodard, Roger D. 2004. The Cambridge encyclopedia of the world's ancient languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    UNI Reference   P371 .C357 2004