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History resources

Links to guides to history resources in the Princeton University Library, plus JP and senior thesis help for history majors.

Starting points: Ancient and medieval history

Cambridge ancient history
Trustee Reading Room Reference (DR) D57 .C252

Oxford classical dictionary. Edited by Sander M. Goldberg Edition: 5th ed., [New York]: Oxford University Press, c2016.

Blackwell companion to late antiquity
A Companion to the Early Middle Ages
A Companion to the Medieval World
A Companion to the Reformation World

New Cambridge medieval history
History Reference (SH). Firestone D117 .N48 1995

Oxford dictionary of the Middle Ages

Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Joseph R. Strayer, editor in chief. New York: Scribner, [1982-1989].
History Reference (SH). Firestone D114 .D5 1982

Lexikon des Mittelalters online.

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Paul F. Grendler, editor in chief. New York: Scribner’s, 1999.
Trustee Reading Room Reference (DR) CB361 .E52 1999