These online Bibliographies to primarily print sources are in alphabetical order and do not reflect any kind of hierarchy.
They are selected to complement the medieval and medieval women episodes of Dr. John Lienhard's
The Engines of Our Ingenuity from the University of Houston's KUHF Public Radio station, and
to assist in further research.
Anglo-Saxon Studies:
A Select Bibliography by C.P. Biggam is actually rather exhaustive. Subjects include not only
history, language, literature, and archaeology, but also numismatics, fiction, and children's books, among others.
NEW LINK! Sharon Deborah Michalove has compiled a set of
Bibliographies: Education, Women, and Later Medieval England for the massive
ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies at Rhodes University.
The
Bibliography of Early Women Writers Whose Works Are Still in Print emphasizes "works written
before 1800." This is part of the Sunshine for
Women site.
Medievalist and author Sharan Newman provides a
good Bibliography for the Non-Specialist,
whether adult or juvenile, which could also prove useful in some way(s) to the specialist, as well.
This Bibliography is part of ORB.
The lengthy Bibliography on
Women in Byzantium edited by Thalia Gouma-Peterson at The College of Wooster in Ohio features
both Primary and Secondary sources in translation available in print.
The
Bibliography of Works by and about Women Writers of the Middle Ages is an extensive bibliography
of print sources, both General Sources and sources for Individual Women Writers, prepared by
Juliet Sloger of The Robbins Library at the University of Rochester. It is part of Alan Lupack's
excellent Robbins Library Bibliographies site.
One of the most impressive Web indexes to primarily print material
on medieval women is the
FEMINAE: Medieval Women and Gender Index edited by Margaret Schaus
of Haverford College. MFI indexes over 350 journals as well as essay collections, and provides an
easy-to-use search page. In addition, MFI includes links to
the catalogs of several university libraries known for their holdings in medieval studies,
and information about the Society for Medieval
Feminist Scholarship.
NEW LINK! A
General Bibliography, Focusing on Medieval Women and Medieval Music comes from McMaster University.
NEW LINK! A Bibliography of
Jewish Life and Philosophy
on the Continent before 1215 is provided by Sharon Newman for ORB.
NEW LINK! Claremont Graduate University offers a
Matristics Bibliography Page, which primarily
focuses on medieval women mystics.
NEW LINK!
Medieval Cookbooks: An Annotated Bibliography comes from the thoughtful study of Judy Gerjuoy.
Gerjuoy specifically states whether or not she recommends a particular cookbook, and why.
NEW LINK! Robert A. Laures'
Medieval Medical Bibliography
is part of ORB.
NetSERF's Bibliographies
Page provides links to online bibliographies on medieval subjects as diverse as St. Augustine,
medicine, the Lollards, medieval Spain and Portugal, the Khazar kingdom, and philosophy.
Also check ViVa:
A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals, "a current
bibliography of articles about women's and gender history" compiled at the International Institute
of Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands.