Norris J. Lacy

Edwin Erle Sparks Professor
      of French and Medieval Studies
The Pennsylvania State University

This page offers some links to useful Arthurian and medieval sites and a brief listing of Arthurian and medieval reference and bibliographical resources.

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Good Arthurian and medieval sites (though naturally with a good deal of overlap in some cases) include...

• The Camelot Project , highly recommended, a superb site for Arthurian bibliographies, images, and texts; designed by Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack.
• Arthuriana , a major journal published quarterly. In addition, the Arthurnet bulletin board has fully searchable archives .
  
• Britannia , an Internet Magazine with a number of Arthurian links.
• Arthuriana (UK), an excellent site by by Thomas Green; authoritative information and lists of Arthurian links. The literature link will lead to a brief but very helpful introduction to Welsh Arthurian texts.
• King Arthur , an attractive site that offers a good deal of information on Arthurian history, legend, literature, characters, etc., but presents some of the material very briefly and contains occasional factual or bibliographical errors.
• Numerous links to Arthurian sources, texts, etc.; by Iman Keuchenius.
• Medieval texts, organizations, encyclopedias, libraries, etc. , an extensive list of links from the Université de Rennes 2.
• NetSerf , by Beau Harbin of the Catholic University of America; includes over one thousand links, a "medieval" search engine, and a hypertext glossary of medieval terms.
• The Labyrinth , a Medieval Studies server maintained by Martin Irvine and Deborah Everhart of Georgetown University.
• Medieval technology , fascinating pages, including a technology timeline, by Paul J. Gans.
• Medieval texts and sources (links created by David Gatwood from a list by Bob Peckham).
• ORB (Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies); a great source of texts, tools, links, lists, etc.
• WWW Medieval Resources , by Dan Mosser.
• Medieval Art and Architecture , by Alison Stones; wonderful images, as well as an illustrated glossary of medieval architecture.
• Medieval and Renaissance Activities , useful links from a page created by Kathryn M. Talarico; click on "Medieval and Renaissance Links/Activities."
• Manuscripts , great links to a large number of medieval manuscripts.
• Ménestrel , a site for medieval sudies, principally in French, with glossary, index, and a search engine in development.
• Manuscript: Paleography, Codicology , an excellent resource, with numerous links to related sites.
• Medieval academic discussion groups (a list of about thirty-five).

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Arthurian Reference Sources

Bruce, Christopher W. The Arthurian Name Dictionary. New York: Garland, 1999.

Guerreau-Jalabert, Anita. Index des motifs narratifs dans les romans arthuriens français en vers (XIIe-XIIIe siècles). Geneva: Droz, 1992.

Hill, David. An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1981.

Lacy, Norris J., ed. A History of Arthurian Scholarship. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 2006. 

-----, ed. Medieval Arthurian Literature: A Guide to Recent Research. New York: Garland, 1996.

-----, and Geoffrey Ashe. The Arthurian Handbook. New York: Garland, 1988; rev. ed. (with Debra N. Mancoff), 1997.

-----, et al., eds. The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1991, 1996.

Minary, Ruth, and Charles Moorman. An Arthurian Dictionary. Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1990. (Originally published as Moorman, Charles, and Ruth Moorman. An Arthurian Dictionary . [University, MS]: University Press of Mississippi, 1978.

Moorman, Charles, and Ruth Moorman: see Minary and Moorman.

Muir, Richard. The National Trust Guide to Dark Age and Medieval Britain, 400-1350. London: George Philip, The National Trust, The National Trust for Scotland, 1985.

West, G.D. An Index of Proper Names in French Arthurian Verse Romances, 1150-1300. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1969.

-----. An Index of Proper Names in French Arthurian Prose Romances. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1978.

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Arthurian Bibliographical Sources

Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society. Annual. 1 (1949)- .

Bonser, Wilfrid. An Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Bibliography (450-1087). Oxford: Blackwell, 1957.

Last, Rex. The Arthurian Bibliography, 3. Cambridge; Brewer, 1985.

-----. The Arthurian Bibliography, III: Supplement 1979-83. Cambridge: Brewer, 1987.

Nastali, Daniel P., and Phillip C. Boardman. Arthurian Annals: The Tradition in English from 1250 to 2000. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.

Palmer, Caroline. The Arthurian Bibliography, III: 1978-1992. Author Listing and Subject Index . Cambridge: Brewer, 1998.

Parry, John J. A Bibliography of Critical Arthurian Literature for the Years 1922-29. New York: Modern Language Association, 1931.

-----, and Margaret Schlauch. A Bibliography of Critical Arthurian Literature for the Years 1930-35 . New York: Modern Language Association, 1936.

-----, and Paul A. Brown. A Bibliography of Critical Arthurian Literature for the Year... . [Annual] Modern Language Quarterly 1 (1940)-24 (1963).

Pickford, Cedric E., and Rex Last. The Arthurian Bibliography, I: Author Listing. Cambridge: Brewer, 1981.

-----, Rex Last, and C.R. Barker. The Arthurian Bibliography, II: Subject Index . Cambridge: Brewer, 1983.

Reiss, Edmund, Louise Horner Reiss, and Beverly Taylor. Arthurian Legend and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography (vol. I: The Middle Ages). New York: Garland, 1984.

Sharrer, Harvey L. A Critical Bibliography of Hispanic Arthurian Material. London: Grant and Cutler, 1977- .

• Click here for more bibliography , provided as a joint venture of Arthuriana and The Camelot Project.

Other Medieval Reference Sources

Godefroy, Frédéric. Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IVe au XVe siècle . 10 vols. Paris: Vieweg, 1881-1902. [Vols. 6-10 have imprint Paris: E. Bouillon.]

Grandsaignes d'Hauterive, R. Dictionnaire d'ancien français: Moyen Age et Renaissance . Paris: Larousse, 1947. [Largely replaced by the following.]

Greimas, A.J. Dictionnaire de l'ancien français jusqu'au milieu du XIVe siècle . Paris: Larousse, 1968. [Gives etymons and dates of first use of words.]

Hindley, Alan, Frederick William Langley, and Brian J. Levy. Old French-English Dictionary Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. [The only comprehensive Old French/English dictionary; extensive listing of non-technical words and of variant forms, but without etymons or illustrative textual examples.]

Tobler, Adolf, and Erhard Lommatzsch. Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch. Berlin: Weidmann; Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1925-. [issued in parts; still unfinished (complete through "V")]

Reference Volumes for Medieval France, French Medieval Literature, and the Middle Ages in General

Berlioz, Jacques. Identifier sources et citations. [Turnhout]: Brepols, 1994. [This volume will direct you to reference sources that will help you identify anonymous texts, locate proverbs, resolve pseudonyms, etc.]

Kibler, William W., and Grover A. Zinn, eds. Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1995.

Strayer, Joseph R., ed. Dictionary of the Middle Ages. 13 vols. New York: Scribners, 1982-89.

• Medievalists, as well as classicists and others, will be interested in these pages devoted to rhetorical figures .

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