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Books in our Reference Section:  SEE THESE and more~

Call Number Information
R 909 KIN The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia.    New York, N.Y. : Kingfisher, 1999.    A reference guide to world history, featuring a timeline, key date boxes, and biographies of historical figures.  

 
R 909 WOR World History: Original and Secondary Source Readings.    San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, [1998], c1999.    A collection of original and secondary source readings that provide a survey of world history from the Stone Age to A.D. 1500.  

 
R 909.07 KNI Knight, Judson. Middle Ages.    Detroit : UXL, c2001.    Presents a comprehensive overview of the medieval period and its empires and societies, focusing on specific eras, geographical regions, and ethnic and religious groups. Each chapter also contains a list of related readings and Web sites.  

 
R 909.07 KNI Knight, Judson. Middle Ages.    Detroit : UXL ; c2001.    Presents alphabetically arranged biographical profiles of significant individuals who lived during the Middle Ages, each with a list of related readings and Web sites.  

 
R 909.07 KNI Knight, Judson. Middle Ages.    Detroit : UXL, c2001.    Presents nineteen historical and cultural writings from the Middle Ages, each with introductions providing context, plus lists of related readings and Web sites.  

 
R 909.07 MID The Middle Ages : An Encyclopedia for Students.    New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996.    Four volume set.  

 
R 909.07 TRA Trade, travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages : An Encyclopedia.   New York : Garland Pub., 2000.    Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide information on the people, places, technologies, and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel, and exploration during the Middle Ages, from the years A.D. 525 to 1492.  

 
R 909.1 MED Medieval World.    Danbury, Conn. : Grolier Educational, 2001.    v. 1. Abelard-Burgundy -- v. 2. The Byzantine Empire-Constantinople -- v. 3. Copts-Feudalism -- v. 4. Florence-Hospitals -- v. 5. House and home-Joan of Arc -- v. 6. Justinian-The Mediterranean -- v. 7. Mehmet II-Painting and sculpture -- v. 8. The papacy-Roman Empire -- v. 9. Rome-Thomas Aquinas -- v. 10. Tools and technology-Writing.   Provides an overview of the medieval societies of Europe and other countries, as well as a comparison to contemporary societies.  

 
R 940.1 BUN Bunson, Matthew. Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages.    New York Facts on File 1995    This work covers all aspects of the medieval world, with some 2,000 entries that include rulers, artists and writers, religious figures, events, and more  

 
R 940.1 SIN Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Medieval Europe.    Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.    An introduction to medieval society that describes the general dynamics that shaped the medieval experience and explains what daily life was like during that time.  

Internet Resources

Grolier Online - Use the keyword "crusades" to find maps of each of the crusades in GME (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Also look in GME for general information about the crusades.

Homework Center - European History http://www.multcolib.org/homework/eurohist.html#mediv

Jump to Internet sites for these topics:

Jerusalem Holy Sites Crusader Cards
Artifacts from Battles of the Crusades A Crusades Roadmap
Cross Cultures Shared Ideas Poster

 

Jerusalem Holy Sites

BBC News In Depth - Holy Places - Al Aqsa Mosque http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/middle_east/2000/holy_places/al_aqsa.stm

BBC News In Depth - Holy Places - The Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/middle_east/2000/holy_places/temple.stm

Holy Sites in Palestine http://members.tripod.com/~khaleelee/holysite.html

Virtual Jerusalem Tour http://www.md.huji.ac.il/vjt/

 

Crusader Cards

Catholic Encyclopedia Richard I, King of England http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13041b.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia The Knights Templars http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia - Peter the Hermit http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11775b.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia -  Pope Bl. Urbana II  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15210a.htm

The Encyclopedia of the Orient - Saladin http://i-cias.com/e.o/saladin.htm

Knights and Armor, Life of a Knight http://www.knightsandarmor.com/life.htm

Knights of the Crusades http://library.thinkquest.org/18110/knights.html

 

Artifacts from Battles of the Crusades

PBS - Secrets of Lost Empires - Medieval Siege - Medieval Arms Race http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/race.html

Medieval Times - Sword and Shield Images http://www.medievaltimes.com/giftshop/sword&shieldimages.htm

European Armor http://www.umich.edu/~marcons/Crusades/topics/war/carmour.htm

Islamic Armor http://www.umich.edu/~marcons/Crusades/topics/war/Islamic_Armour.html

Engines de Guerre http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bbcp/english/engins/engins.html

A Dictionary of Terms used in the Middle Ages:  http://langs.eserver.org/feudal-dictionary.txt

 

A Crusades Roadmap

Maps of the Crusades http://kspark.kaist.ac.kr/1st%20Crusades.files/Maps.htm

Maps of the Crusades http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~hsb11/Maps/Maps.html

Medieval Internet Sourcebook : Maps http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbookmap.html

Search the Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/  for:

Acre

Constantinople

Dorylaeum

Nicaea

Antioch

Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

 

Cross Cultures Shared Ideas Poster

The Cultural Crusades - List of Topics http://www.umich.edu/~marcons/Crusades/topic_link.html

"What did we gain from the crusades?" http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cru3.htm