Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Covering concepts, persons, places, institutions, and objects which are of importance for Augustine's life, work, and teaching. Articles in English, French & German.

The essential new encyclopedia for medievalists,.

An extraordinary compendium of Catholic theology.

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Includes more than 21,000 entries on Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelle, Cesare Boria, Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, and Juan de Herrera - figures great and small, famous and little known, all contributed to the outpouring of genius known as the Renaissance. This set of volumes treats the full period of the Renaissance, from 1350 to 1650, encompassing Italy and the rest of Europe in the context of the broader world. It contains topical entries and biographies, and alphabetically arranged articles on culture, literature, philosophy, religion, economics, politics, science, and the arts, - revealing how people thought, what they believed and how they lived."

Despite its obvious denominational perspective, still one of the best encyclopedias for medievalists. The paper version of the 1967-79 edition is available in the Bobst 1st-floor Reference Center at: BX841 .N44 1967 and the 2003 edition is at IFA: BX841 .N44 2002.

Also available at NYU Special Collections: BR95 .H58 1877.

This is a completely new and expanded version of Hoops' original, 4-volume work of 1911-19.