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An Annotated Index of Medieval Women. By Anne Echols and Marty Williams. New York: Markus Wiener Publishing, 1992.

[St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area - CT 3220 .A56 1992]

[Robarts Library 4th Floor Reference Ara - CT 3220 .A56 1992]

This work offers short entries on hundreds of medieval women, plus methods for finding women based on when and where they lived, as well as by their occupation. Contains a large bibliography of primary and secondary sources that are useful for the study of women in the Middle Ages.

Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary. By Carole Levin. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2000.

[Victoria College, Pratt Library Reference Area - HQ 1143 .E93]

[Robarts Library 11th Floor Stacks - HQ 1143 .E93 2000X]

This resource brings together biographical profiles of 70 women, representing 18 countries. They include artists, builders, mystics, political leaders, religious activists, diarists and dramatists, poets and writers, and scholars.

Medieval Women. By Eileen Power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1143 .P68]

Divided into five sections: Medieval ideas about women; The lady; The working woman in town and country; The education of women; Nunneries.

The Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages. By Shulamith Shahar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1147 .E85 S5213 1991]

Concentrates on western Europe; one of the most influential works on this topic.

Studying Medieval Women: Sex, Gender, Feminism. Edited by Nancy F. Partner. Cambridge: The Medieval Academy of America, 1993.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1143 .S78 1993]

A collection of articles from an issue of the journal Speculum, all of which deal with women in the Middle Ages.

Power of the Weak: Studies on Medieval Women. Edited by Jennifer Carpenter and Sally Beth MacLean. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1143 .P69 1995]

Contains seven essays on a wide range of topics.

Women in Medieval English Society. Prepared for the Economic History Society by Mavis E. Mate. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1599 .E5M38 1999]

Women in religious,economic, educational, and political life from 600-1530.

Women in Medieval Society. By Brenda M. Bolton ... [et al.] ; edited by Susan Mosher Stuard. [Philadelphia] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1143 .W64]

A collection of articles concerning the legal aspects of women in medieval society. A range of topics are discussed such as infanticide, divorce, female felon, doweries and child custody.

Memory and Gender in Medieval Europe, 900-1200. By Elisabeth van Houts. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Press, 1999.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - D 113 .V36 1999]

The author examines the role of memory and perceptions of gender in the literary sources in central Europe from c. 900 - 1200 in chronicles and annals, saints' lives and miracles and family histories. The last chapter examines the use of other non-literary objects to record memories. Includes a selected annotated bibliography and index.

Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs, 900 - 1700. By Eva Levin. Ithica, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1989.

[Robarts Library 11th Floor Stacks - HQ 18 .E852L48 1989]

Includes a bibliography.

The Lady in Medieval England 1000-1500. By Peter Coss. [S.l.] : Wrens Park Publishing, 1999.

[St. Michael's - HQ 1147 .G7C677 1999]

Illustrated, with recommended reading list and index.

Clothes Make the Man : Female Cross Dressing In Medieval Europe. Valerie R. Hotchkiss. New York : Garland, 1996.

[Robarts - HQ 77 .H67 1996X]

[Pontifical Institute - HQ 77 .H67 1996]

The Depiction of Women in Medieval French Manuscript Illumination. By Patricia M. Gathercole. Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen Press, 2000.

[St. Michael's - ND 3337.5 .G38 2000]

Includes 29 plates.

Women in the Days of the Cathedral. By Regine Pernoud. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1998.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1147 .F7 P4713 1998]

Concentrates on women in medieval France.

Women in Medieval Italian Society, 500 - 1200. By Patricia Skinner. London: Longman, 2001.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1147 .I8 S58 2001]

Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450 - 1500. By Henrietta Leyser. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1147 .G7 L49]

Women in Medieval Western European Culture. Edited by Linda E. Mitchell. New York: Garland Publishing, 1999.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - HQ 1147 .E85 W655 1999]

A collection of twenty essays, grouped into various categories, including law, marriage, work, religion, and art.

Woman Defamed and Woman Defended : An Anthology of Medieval Texts.Edited by Alcuin Blamires ; with Karen Pratt and C.W. Marx. Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor - PR 1912 .A2W65 1992]

A selection of primary texts grouped according to their role in formulating medieval antifeminism. The selections reveal the early roots in pre-Christian material, the theme in writings of the Church Fathers, antifeminist tales and concludes with defensive responses by contemporary figures.

Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal. Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1990.

[St. Michael's 2nd Floor- HQ 1143 .M44 1990]

A collection of essays addressing the perceptions of women in a number of different sources such as French sigillographic sources, Old Norse sources, in obstetric and gynecological literature, coins and saints' lives.

Women's Lives in Medieval Europe : A Sourcebook.Edited by Emilie Amt. New York : Routledge, 1993.

[Robarts - HQ 1143 .W65 1993]

[New College Library - HQ 1143 .W65 1993]

[Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Library - DA 170 .W655 1995]

Includes index and bibliography.

Women in England, c. 1275-1525: Documentary Sources.Trans. And edited by P.J.P. Goldberg. Manchester; New York : Manchester University Press, 1995.

[Robarts - DA 170 .W655 1995X]

[Pontifical Library - DA 170 .W655 1995]

Includes index and bibliography.

Spiritual Economies : Female Monasticism In Later Medieval England. By Nancy Bradley Warren. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. The Middle Ages series.

[St. Michael's - BX 4220 .G7W37 2001]

Includes extensive notes and a good index.

Holy Women of Byzantium: Ten Saints' Lives in Engish Translation.Byzantine Saints' Lives in Translation, no.1. Edited by Alice-Mary Talbot. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1996.

[St. Michael's - BX 393 .H65 1996]

Each translation is preceded by an introduction and bibliography.

Woman under Monasticism; Chapters on Saint-Lore and Convent Life between A.D. 500 And A.D. 1500. By Lina Eckenstein. New York: Russell & Russell, 1963.

[St. Michael's - BQX 6821 .E34]

Includes an index.

Women's Monasticism and Medieval Society: Nunneries in France and England, 890-1215. Bruce L. Venarde. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.

[St. Michael's - BX 4220 .E85V46 1997]

A study of religious orders for women from 600-1500.

The Convent And The Community in Late Medieval England: Female Monasteries in the Diocese of Norwich, 1350-1540. Marilyn Oliva. Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 1998. Studies in the history of medieval religion., v. 12.

[St. Michael's - BX 4220 .G7O57 1998]

Includes an index and bibliography.

The Making of the Magdalen : Preaching and Popular Devotion in the later Middle Ages.By Katherine Ludwig Jansen. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.

[St. Michael's - BS 2485 .J36 2000]

Includes illustrations, bibliography, and index.

Women and Christianity. Mary T. Malone. Ottawa : Novalis, 2000.

[St. Michael's - BV 639 .W7M334 2000]

Includes an index and bibliography.

Chaste Passions: Medieval English Virgin Martyr Legends.Edited and translated by Karen A. Winstead. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2000.

[BX 4656 .C43 2000]

Translations of legends about female saints.

Norm und Wirklichkeit religiöser Frauengemeinschaften im Frühmittelalter : die Institutio sanctimonialium Aquisgranensis des Jahres 816 und die Problematik der Verfassung von Frauenkommunitäten.By Thomas Schilp. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998.

[Robarts - BX 4205 .S35 1998]

Rule for canonesses issued in 816 by the Council of Aachen (Aix). Similar to Bendictine Rule except a canoness had the right to retain property but not manage it.

Regula Sanctarum Virginum: The Rule For Nuns Of St. Caesarius Of Arles.By Caesarius, of Arles, Saint, 470?-542. Translation with introduction by Maria Caritas McCarthy. Washington: Catholic University of American Press, 1960.

[Trinity - BX 4212 .C313 1960]

Sixth century female rules written for the monastery of St.John of Arles, France.

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses : A History of Women Healers.By Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English. 2d ed. - Old Westbury, N.Y. : Feminist Press, 1973.

[Gerstein - RT 31 .E33 1973]

[New College Library - RT 31 .E33 1973]

48-page pamphlet sketching the suppression of witches in medieval Europe.

Women Healers Through History. By Elisabeth Brooke. London : Women's Press, 1993.

[Gerstein - R 692 .B76 1993]

Includes a bibliography.

Women Healers in Medieval Life and Literature.Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press, 1968 (reprint).

[St. Michael's - R 133 .H8]

Includes an appendix of Women Practitioners of the Later Middle Ages, a Glossary of Herbs, a bibliography, and an index.

Hildegard of Bingen's Medicine.By Wighard Strehlow & Gottfried Hertzka ; translated from the German by Karin Anderson Strehlow. Santa Fe, N.M. : Bear & Co., 1988.

[Emmanuel Library - R 144 .H54S77 1988]

[Gerstein - R 144 .H54S77 1988]

Includes an index.

Women at Work in Medieval Europe.Madeleine Pelner Cosman. New York : Facts on File, 2000.

[Robarts Library - HD 6134 .C67 2000X]

Organized by trade/profession. Includes illustrations and an index.

Women, Production, and Patriarchy in Late Medieval Cities.Martha C. Howell. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.

[St. Michael's - HD 6134 .H69 1986]

Includes and index and bibliography.

Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe : Documents In Translation. edited, with an introd., by Edward Peters. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1980.

[St. Michael's - BT 1319 .P47]

Discusses medieval sects and heresies.

Devils, Women, and Jews: Reflections of the Other in Medieval Sermon Stories.By Joan Young Gregg. Albany : State University of New York Press, 1997.

[St. Michael's - BV 4208 .E85D48 1997]

Includes an index and bibliography.

Lewd Women and Wicked Witches : A Study of the Dynamics of Male Domination.Marianne Hester. London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

[New College Library - HQ 28 .H47 1992]

[Robarts Library - HQ 28 .H47 1992]

Includes an index and bibliography.

Sorceress or Witch? : The Image of Gender In Medieval Iceland And Northern Europe. Katherine Morris. Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 1991.

[Robarts - PT 7162 .W56M67 1991]

Examines witches in Old Norse and German literature.

Noble Daughters : Unheralded Women In Western Christianity, 13th to 18th centuries. Marie A. Conn. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

[Knox Library - BV 639 .W7C58 2000]

[Robarts - BV 639 .W7C58 2000X]

[Emmanuel Library - BV 639 .W7C58 2000]

A history of forgotten Christian women: beguines, Anabaptists, witches and nuns.

Witchcraft Documents - Fifteenth Century. Internet Medieval Sourcebook.

Copyright Paul Halsall Mar 1996. halsall@murray.fordham.edu

"Sexual Equality in Medieval Canon Law" by James A. Brundage in Medieval Women and the Sources of Medieval History. Edited by Joel T. Rosenthal. University of Georgia Press, 1990.

[St. Michael's - HQ 1143 .M44 1990]

A concise article directing the reader to references in key legal texts by Gratian, Benard of Parma, Thomas Aquinas and earlier law codes such as the Digest of Justinian on women's sexual rights. The bibliography of primary and secondary sources is extensive.

Medieval Women and The Law. Edited by Noël James Menuge. Woodbridge, Suffolk; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2000.

[Robarts - K 644 .M43 2000]

A study of the legal status of women from 500 - 1500.

La femme et l'enfant dans le droit canonique médiéval. René Metz. London : Variorum Reprints, 1985.

[Robarts - BV 639 .W7M47 1985]

A collection of articles published from various sources (1951-76) on the legal status of women and children.

Canon Law and Cloistered Women : Periculoso and Its Commentators, 1298-1545. Elizabeth Makowski. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 1997. Studies in medieval and early modern canon law. ; v. 5

[St. Michael's - BX 1939 .M6M33 1997]

A historical view of canon law concerning convents and religious orders for women.

Common Women: Prostitution and Sexuality in Medieval England. By ruth Mazo Karras. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

[Robarts Library - HQ 186 A5 K37 1996]

[Victoria College Pratt Library - HQ 186 A5 K37 1996]

Dowry of Women Religious: A Historical Synopsis and Commentary. Ph.D. Dissertation by Thomas M. Kealy. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 1941. Canon law studies, no. 134.

[St. Michael's 3rd Floor - BX 1939 .M6K4 1941]

"In Accordance with the Canons of the Holy Apostles: Muscovite Dowries and Women's Property Rights," By Ann Kleimola in Russian Review, April 1992.

[St. Michael's - Periodical section]

Love and Marriage in Late Medieval London. Selected, translated, and introduced by Shannon McSheffrey. Kalamazoo, Mich. : Published for TEAMS (the Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages) by Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 1995.

[Robarts Library- KD 753 .L68 1995]

Primary documents translated from Latin.

Covert Operations : The Medieval Uses of Secrecy.Karma Lochrie. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Middle Ages series.

[St. Michael's - PR 275 .W6L63 1999]

Medieval law, secrecy, gossip, sodomy and social conditions about marriages in literature during the middle ages. Includes extensive bibliographical references.

Marriage, Family, and Law In Medieval Europe: Collected Studies by Michael M. Sheehan. Edited by James K. Farge ; introduction by Joel T. Rosenthal. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1997.

[St. Michael's - HQ 611 .S54 1996]

Studies on wills and marriage from 1066 - 1485.

The Marriage Exchange : Property, Social Place, And Gender in Cities of The Low Countries, 1300-1550. Martha C. Howell. Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1998.

[Robarts - KJC 1162 .H69 1998X]

A study of marital property and law in medieval Flanders and Douai, France.

Karaite Marriage Documents from The Cairo Geniza : Legal Tradition and Community Life in Mediaeval Egypt and Palestine. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. New York : Brill, 1998.

[Robarts - KRM 540.044 1998]

"Infanticide in Pre-Petrine Russia," by Eve Levin, in Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas, 34, No. 2, 1986, 215-224.
[Robarts D 1 .J3]

Gregory of Tours: The Merovingians

edited by Alexander Callander Murray

Georgius Florentius Gregorius, better known as Gregory, Bishop of Tours, was born about 538 to a highly distinguished Gallo-Roman family in Clermont in the region of Auvergne. Best known for his 10-book Histories, Gregory left us detailed accounts of his own times as well as those of the early Merovingian kings who united the Franks and took control of most of Gaul in the late fifth and early sixth century. Although he is one of the most important historians of pre-modern times, the complex, apparently disconnected elements of his work are often difficult for today's readers to understand. This selected, new translation is composed of extensive sections from Books II to X and follows in a connected narrative the political events of the Histories from the appearance of the first Merovingian kings, Merovech, Childeric and Clovis to the last years of the reigns of Guntram and Childebert II in the late 6th century. This book is designed to introduce new readers, and even experienced ones, to the political world of sixth century Gaul and to provide an up-to-date guide to reading the Bishop of Tours' fascinating account of his times. 282p, b/w illus (Readings in Medieval Civilizations and Cultures X, Broadview Press 2006)

Reading research papers ("primary articles") is partly a matter of
experience and skill, and partly learning the specific vocabulary of a
field. First of all, DON'T PANIC! If you approach it step by step, even
an impossible-looking paper can be understood.

1. Skimming. Skim the paper quickly, noting basics like headings,
figures and the like. This takes just a few minutes. You're not trying
to understand it yet, but just to get an overview.

2. Vocabulary. Go through the paper word by word and line by
line, underlining or highlighting every word and phrase you don't
understand. Don't worry if there are a lot of underlinings; you're still
not trying to make sense of the article.

Now you have several things you might do with these vocabulary and concept
questions, depending upon the kind of question each is. You can

1. 
   Look up simple words and phrases. Often the question is simply vocabulary--what's
   a lateral malleolus, or a christa, or the semilunar valve.
   A medical or biological dictionary is a good place to look
   for definitions. A textbook of physiology or anatomy may be a good
   source, because it give more complete explanations. Your ordinary shelf
   dictionary is not a good source, because the definitions may
   not be precise enough or may not reflect the way in which scientists use
   a word (for example "efficiency" has a common definition, but the physical
   definition is much more restricted.)



2. 
   Get an understanding from the context in which it is used. Often
   words that are used to describe the procedures used in an experiment can
   be understood from the context, and may be very specific to the paper you
   are reading. Examples are the "lithium-free control group" in a rat experiment
   or the "carotene extraction procedure" in a biochemical experiment. Of
   course, you should be careful when deciding that you understand a word
   from its context, because it might not mean what you think.



3. 
   Flag this phrase as belonging to one of the major concepts of the paper--it's
   bigger than a vocabulary question. For example, a paper about diet and
   cancer might refer to "risk reduction," which you would need to understand
   in context and in some depth.

In the Introduction, note how the context is set. What larger
question is this a part of? The author should summarize and comment on
previous research, and you should distinguish between previous research
and the actual current study. What is the hypothesis of the paper and the
ways this will be tested?

In the Methods, try to get a clear picture of what was done at
each step. What was actually measured? It is a good idea to make an outline
and/or sketch of the procedures and instruments. Keep notes of your questions;
some of them may be simply technical, but others may point to more fundamental
considerations that you will use for reflection and criticism below.

In Results look carefully at the figures and tables, as they
are the heart of most papers. A scientist will often read the figures and
tables before deciding whether it is worthwhile to read the rest of the
article! What does it mean to "understand" a figure? You understand a figure
when you can redraw it and explain it in plain English words.

The Discussion contains the conclusions that the author would
like to draw from the data. In some papers, this section has a lot of interpretation
and is very important. In any case, this is usually where the author reflects
on the work and its meaning in relation to other findings and to the field
in general.

4. Reflection and criticism. After you understand the article
and can summarize it, then you can return to broader questions and draw
your own conclusions. It is very useful to keep track of your questions
as you go along, returning to see whether they have been answered. Often,
the simple questions may contain the seeds of very deep thoughts about
the work--for example, "Why did the authors use a questionnaire at the
end of the month to find out about premenstrual tension? Wouldn't subjects
forget or have trouble recalling?"

Here are some questions that may be useful in analyzing various kinds
of research papers:

Introduction:

OpenOffice/KBibTex/LyX/oolatex

The current way to create a bibliography in OOo makes it too difficult to produce a nicely formatted bibliography (at least it's too difficult for me). After trying a lot of the other alternatives, I found a way that works for me using KBibTex to create a BibTex database, LyX to create a nicely formatted bibliography, and oolatex to produce an OpenOffice .odt version of the LyX bibliography. First, use KBibTex to create the database (with your choice of formatting sytle) and export a BibTex database. Then open LyX and add a BibTex database. You have to add citations in order for the bibliographic entries to appear in the References or Bibliography. Export this to a latex file (either pdflatex or plain). Then we need to compile the latex - this takes several passes to resolve all the references. If the latex file is named "newfile1.tex", then use the following steps:

#Compiling Latex file with BibTex bibliography

#Takes several passes to resolve references

#Use LyX to create document, export to latex

latex newfile1.tex

bibtex newfile1

latex newfile1.tex

latex newfile1.tex

# Now convert to .odt

oolatex newfile1

# Open the .odt in OpenOffice

openoffice.org-2.1 --writer newfile1.odt &

At this point you should have a nicely formatted bibliography that you can paste into your OpenOffice document. An OpenOffice bibliographic database has been created using a user-defined format (thanks to oolatex).

Alternatively, you can use latex2rtf to create an .rtf version of the bibliography and open this in OpenOffice. My experience, however, is that it is not as nicely formatted:

latex2rtf newfile1

But of course, you can output an .rtf directly from KBibTex.

I did try to get LyX to export the .odt directly and I could swear I had it working (adding a new file format and a new converter in the Tools | Preferences) but I couldn't repeat it. LyX came with a set up for creating the older .swx format file - but this didn't seem to work. But the manual method outlined above works consistently.

--Rabil 19:35, 14 January 2007 (CET)

Publikationen und Abteilungen der Monumenta [Bearbeiten]

Die Publikationen der Monumenta Germaniae Historica erscheinen hauptsächlich in fünf Abteilungen:

• I. Scriptores (lateinisch „Schriftsteller“): Editionen narrativer Quellen (Viten, Chroniken, Annalen, Staatsschriften);


• II. Leges (lateinisch „Gesetze“): Editionen von Volksrechten, Kapitularien, Konzilsbeschlüssen, Formulae u. a.


• III. Diplomata (lateinisch „Urkunden“): Editionen von Urkunden, vor allem den Urkunden der deutschen Könige und Kaiser derzeit von den Merowingern 481 n. Chr. über die Karolinger, Ottonen und Salier bis hin zu dem Stauferkaiser Friedrich II. 1212.


• IV. Epistolae (lateinisch „Briefe“).


• V. Antiquitates (lateinisch „Altertümer“): Editionen von mittelalterlichen Gedichten, Nekrologien, Memorialbüchern.

Außerdem erscheinen (oder erschienen) bei den Monumenta Germaniae Historica:

• die Zeitschrift „Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters“ (seit 1937; Vorgänger: die Zeitschrift „Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde", 1876-1935);


• die Publikationsreihe „Quellen zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters“;


• die Publikationsreihe „Deutsches Mittelalter. Kritische Studientexte“;


• die Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gedächtnis-Ausgabe mit mittelalterlichen Quellen im lateinischen Originaltext und in deutscher Übersetzung;


• Einzelausgaben lateinischer Quellentexte zum Schulgebrauch („Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi“).