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Modern Bibliography
  • The Age of Picts - W.A.Cummins, Barnes & Noble, 1995. (yes, I know tis is early period) (BN)
  • The Annals of European Civilization: 1501-1900 - Alfred Mayer, NY, 1993. (BN) G
  • Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight - David Edge & John Miles Paddock, Crescent Books, 1988. (lcpl) A
  • Arthurian Legends - Marie Trevelyan, Siena, 1998. (The Land of Arthur, 1895.) G
  • Atlas of British History - Martin Gilbert, Dorset Press, 1968. (lcpl)
  • Atlas of World History - John Haywood Ph.D., Barnes & Noble Books, NY, 1997. (R&S) A
  • The Atlas of Shipwrecks and Treasures - Pickford, Nigel? (B)
  • Beowulf -translated by Frederick Rebsamen, IconEditions, NY, 1991. (lcpl)
  • The Book of Costume - Millia Davenport, volume 1, Crown Pub, NY, 1948. (lcpl) A
  • A Chronological History of Voyages - Burney, James A
  • Civilizations of the Middle Ages - Norman F. Cantor (pr598)
  • Civilizations of the West: Volume A: from Antiquity to 1500 -Richard L. Greaves, Robert Zaller & Jennifer Tolbert Roberts, Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. (lcpl)
  • College Outline Series: Ancient, Medieval & Modern History - J.A. Rickard & Albert Hyma (pr59) G
  • The Costume Technician's Handbook - Rosemary Ingham & Liz Covey, Heinemann Educational Books, Portsmouth, NH, 1992. (lcpl)
  • The Crusades Through Arab Eyes - Amin Maalouf (pr598)
  • Dante: Past Masters Series - George Holmes, Hill and Wang, NY, 1980. (lcpl) A
  • Dante: Modern Critical Views - edited by Harold Bloom, Chelsea House Publishers, NY, 1986. (lcpl)
  • Dante: Poet of Love - Monroe Stearns, Franklin Watts Inc., NY, 1965. (lcpl)
  • Dante: Twentieth Century Views: a Collection of Critical Essays - edited by John Freccero, Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1965. (lcpl)
  • The Discoverers - Daniel J. Boorstin (mf)
  • The Divine Comedy - Dante' Alighieri (mf005) A
  • European Arms and Armor - Ashdown, Charles Henry
  • Famous Scottish Battles - Philip Warner, Barnes & Noble Books, NY, 1975. (BN) G
  • Famous Welsh Battles - Philip Warner, bArnes & Noble Books, NY,1977. (BN) G
  • Flowers, Birds, and Unicorns: Medieval Needlepoint, Candace Bahouth, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993. G
  • Genghis Khan - R.P. Lister, Barnes & Noble Books, NY, 1960. (BN) G
  • Great Ages of Man: Renaissance - John R. Hale, Time Inc., 1965. G
  • Great Books - David Denby, Simon & Schuster, 1996. (tpl)
  • Highlandry - MacLean, Fitzroy
  • A History of Knowledge - Charles Von Doren (pr595)
  • A History of Private Life: Revelations of the Medieval World - (mf597)
  • A History of the Crusades - Steven Runciman
    volume 1 (pr594)
    volume 2 (pr595)
    volume 3 (pr595)
  • History of the Sword - Bruce LaFontaine, Dover Publications Inc, Mineola, NY, 1998. G
  • A History of the Vikings - Gwyn Jones (pr597/5951)
  • History's Timeline - ISBN 0-7607-0386-8 (B)
  • The Honest Courtesan - Margaret F. Rosenthal, University of Chicago Press, 1992. G
  • How To Make A Pierced Tin Lantern: Complete Instructions and Patterns - Bud Dudley & Albert Lees: Tinsmith, Old Sturbridge Village, 1979. (mfb002) G
  • Iliad - Homer (mf005)
  • The Iron Lance: the Celtic Crusades - Stephen R. Lawhead, HarperPrism, 1998. (period fiction) G
  • King Arthur - Norma Lorre Goodrich (pr597) A
  • The Later Middle Ages: 1272-1485 - George Holmes (pb543x)(mf007) G
  • Life in the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Thirteenth Century - Hans-Werner Goetz, Transalted by Albert Wimmer, Edited by Steven Rowan, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN, 1986/1993.
  • The Life of King Arthur - Wace & Lawman (pr054)
  • The Literature of England: an Anthology and a History, revised single volume edition - George K. Anderson & William E. Buckler, Scott, Foresman & Co., 1953/1967. G
  • Makers of England - Sir Arthur Bryant, Barnes & Noble Books, NY, 1962/1993. G
  • The Medieval Expansion of Europe - J.R.S. Phillips (mf007)
  • Medieval People - Eileen Power (pr596)
  • The Medieval Reader - Norman F. Cantor (pr597)(B) A
  • Odyssey of Homer - Homer (mf005)
  • Patterns for Theatrical Costumes - Katherine Strand Holkeboer, 1984. (lcpl)
  • The Penguin Book of Italian Verse - edited by George Kay, Baltimore, MD, 1958. (lcpl)
  • Phaidon Guide to Antique Weapons and Armour - Robert Wilkinson-Latham, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981. (lcpl)
  • The Quest for El Cid - Richard Fletcher (B)
  • The Second Messiah: Templars, the Turin Shroud, and the Great Secret of Freemasonry - Christopher Knight & Robert Lomas, Element Books, Boston, 1997. (lcpl)
  • Sphere History of Literature: the Middle Ages - ed. by W.F. Bolton (pr593)
  • The Step by Step Needlecraft Encyclopedia - Judy Brittian, Portland House, 1997. G
  • The Timetable of History - new 3rd revised edition (pr599) A
  • Venetian Ships and Shipbuilders of the Renaissance - Lain, Richard A
  • Venice and History - Lane, Frederic
  • Victorian Shipwrecks - Loney, J K
  • The Vikings and Their Origins - David M. Wilson (pr594)
  • The West and the World: Second Edition, Volume 1 - Kevin Reilly, Harper & Row, NY, 1989. G

    Persona Bibliography
  • The Cid - 12th century Spanish epic of Ruy Diaz of Vivar, Ed Cid Campeador
  • Dante' - ~1300ish, The New Life
  • The Song of Roland: Shame and honor 1100 French Epic
  • Beowulf - 800 A.D.
  • Raoul De Cambria - 12th century French epic
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth - Arthurian legend origins (1136) Welsh cleric & grad student at Oxford
  • Life of St. Louis IX of France, reigned ~40 years in 13th cent., written early 14th cent to help get him cannonized
  • The Art of Love Ovid Roman Poet
  • Andreas Capellanus - (Andrew the Chaplain) 1175 - ???? prose treatise on courtly love
  • Wolfram von Eschenbach - continuation of Arthurian Legend, Search for the Grail
  • Gottfried of Strasbourg - Early 13th century France, The Quest of the Holy grail, Arthurian Romance
  • John of Salisbury - culture of complaints. Englishman, Bishop of Chartres, classical scholar, read Cicero and the Stiocs
  • Jean de Meun - Romance of the Rose (Rose). Original by a French nobleman in Paris? Wrote continuation of the work.
  • Guillaume de Lorris - 1225, "Roman de la Rose", story of courtly wooing
  • Joachim of Flora - 1200ish, apocalyptic writing, Southern Italian abbot
  • Jocelin of Brakeland - 1173 - 1202, Monk at abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, narative of events
  • "Roman de Renard" - 1176, first version of the Reynard the Fox fables, in French
  • Walter Map - 1176, organizes the Arthurian legends into their present form
  • Wilhelm von Hirsau - German benedictine Monk, 1065- , writes manuals on musical theory, dies in 1091
  • Ulrich von Lichtenstein - "Frauendienst", poem about chivalry, 1255
  • Andreas Capellanus - The Art of Courtly Love
  • Gerald of Wales - The History and Topography of Ireland
  • Gerald of Wales - The Journey Through Wales
  • Gerald of Wales - The Description of Wales
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth - The History of the Kings of Britian, composed 1136

    Period Movies

     Historically based
    • Braveheart (late 13th Century Scotland)
    • The Viking Saga (10th? Century Scandanavia)
    • Dangerous Beauty, rated R, 1998. (15th Century Vienna)
    • Aguirre: the Wrath of God, no rating, 1972. (16th Century Spanish Conquistador)
    • Alexander Nevsky, no rating, 1938. (13th Century Russia)
    • Anne of the Thousand Days, rated PG, 1969. (16th Century England)
    • Becket, no rating, 1964. (12th Century England)
    • Blackbeard, the Pirate, no rating, 1952. (17th Century England)
    • The Crusades, no rating, 1935. (12th Century Europe)
    • The Fighting Prince of Donegal, no rating, 1966. (16th Century Ireland)
    • 1492: Conquest of Paradise, rated PG-13, 1992. (15th & 16th Century)
    • Ivan the Terrible, Part One, no rating, 1943. (16th Century Russia)
    • Ivan the Terrible, Part II, no rating, 1946. (16th Century Russia)
    • Luther, rated PG, 1974. (16th Century German monk)
    • Martin Luther, rated PG, 1953. (16th Century German monk)
    • Marco, rated G, 1973, musical. (late 13th century explorer)
    • Mary of Scotland, no rating, 1936. (16th Century Scotland)
    • Mary, Queen of Scots, rated PG, 1972. (16th Century Scotland)
    • Masque of the Red Death, rated R, 1989. (12th Century Europe)
    • The Masque of the Red Death, no rating, 1964. (12th Century Europe)
    • The Norseman, rated PG, 1978. (11th Century Viking explorer)
    • The Private Life of Henry VIII, no rating, 1933. (16th Century England)
    • The Titan: the Story of Michelangelo, no rating, 1950.
    • Tower of London, no rating, 1962. (15th Century England)
    Arguably Historical: placed in an historical setting
    • Ivanhoe, no rating, 1953.
    • Ivanhoe, no rating, 1982.
    • Ivanhoe, BBC-1996; A&E-1997.
    • The Three Musketeers, rated PG, Disney. (17th Century France)
    • The Adentures of Robin Hood, no rating, 1938. (12th Century England)
    • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, rated PG-13, 1991. (12th Century England)
    • Black Arrow, no rating, 1985. (medieval England)
    • The Black Arrow, no rating, 1948. (15th Century England)
    • The Black Rose, no rating, 1950. (13th Century England)
    • A Canterbury Tale, no rating, Chaucer, 1944. (14th Century England)
    • Robin and Marian,rated PG, 1976. (12th Century England)
    • Cyrano de Bergerac, no rating, 1950. (17th Century Paris)
    • Cyrano de Bergerac, rated PG, 1990. (17th Century Paris)
    • Edward II, rated R, 1992. (early 14th Century England)
    • El Cid, no rating, 1961. (11th Century Spain)
    • Erik the Conqueror, no rating, 1963. (10th Century Norway)
    • The Fifth Musketeer, rated PG, 1979. (17th Century France)
    • Flesh & Blood, rated R, 1985. (16th Century)
    • The Four Musketeers, rated PG, 1975. (17th Century France)
    • Robin Hood: Men In Tights. (12th Century England)
    • History of the World, Part 1, rated R, 1981. (spans period)
    • The Court Jester, no rating, 1956. (15th Century France)
    • If I Were King, no rating, 1938.
    • The Iron Mask, no rating, 1929. (17th Century France)
    • The Man in the Iron Mask, no rating, 1939. (17th Century France)
    • The Man in the Iron Mask, no rating, 1977. (17th Century France)
    • The Man in the Iron Mask, newish. (17th Century France)
    • Ladyhawke, rated PG-13, 1985. (13th Century Spain)
    • The Lion in Winter, rated PG, 1968. (King Henry II)
    • Man of La Mancha, no rating, 1966, French/dubbed. (16th Century Florence)
    • The Name of the Rose, rated R, 1986. (14th Century Italy)
    • The Prince and the Pauper, no rating, 1937.
    • The Prince and the Pauper, rated G, 19??, animated.
    • The Prince of Thieves, no rating, 1948. (12th Century England)
    • Rashomon, no rating, 1951. (12th Century Japan)
    • The Raven, rated G, 1963. (15th century Europe)
    • The Return of Martin Guerre, no rating, 1981. (16th Century France)
    • Robin Hood, rated G, 1973, animated. (12th Century England)
    • The Story of Robin Hood and Hid Merry Men, no rating, 1952.
    • The Sword and the Rose, no rating, 1953. (Mary Tudor & Henry VIII)
    • Sword of Sherwood Forest, no rating, 1961. (12th Century England)
    • The Three Musketeers, no rating, 1933. (17th Century France)
    • The Three Musketeers, no rating, 1935. (17th Century France)
    • The Three Musketeers, no rating, 1948. (17th Century France)
    • The Three Musketeers, rated PG, 1974. (17th Century France)
    • Ugetsu, no rating, 1953. (16th Century Japan)
    • The Vikings, no rating, 1958. (10th Century Vikings)
    • The Warriors, no rating, 1955. (14th Century England)
    Shakespeare
    • Hamlet, no rating, 1948. (Denmark)
    • Hamlet, no rating, 1964.
    • Hamlet, rated G, 1969.
    • Hamlet, rated PG, 1990.
    • Henry V, no rating, 1944.
    • Henry V, no rating, 1989.
    • Macbeth, no rating, 1948. (11th Century Scotland)
    • Macbeth, rated R, 1971. (11th Century Scotland)
    • Otello, rated PG, 1982. (16th Century Venice)
    • Othello, no rating, 1952. (16th Century Venice)
    • Othello, no rating, 1966. (16th Century Venice)
    • Othello, new. (16th Century Venice)
    • Prospero's Books, from "The Tempest", rated R, 1991. (Medieval Spain)
    • Richard III, no rating, 1956.
    • Romeo and Juliet, no rating, 1936.
    • Romeo and Juliet, no rating, 1954.
    • Romeo and Juliet, no rating, 1966, musical.
    • Romeo and Juliet, rated PG, 1968.
    • Romeo + Juliet, newer.
    • The Taming of the Shrew, no rating, 1967. (16th Century Italy)
    • Rosencratz & Gildenstern - Are Dead, from "Hamlet".
    Period Fantasy
    • The Princess Bride, rated PG, 1987.
    • Dragonheart, rated PG-13, 1996.
    • Willow, rated PG, 1988.
    • Legend, rated PG, 1985.
    • Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1989.
    • The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire, no rating, 1981.
    • Army of Darkness, rated R, 1992.
    • The Barbarians, rated R, 1987.
    • Barbarian Queen, rated R, 1985.
    • The Beastmaster, rated PG, 1982.
    • The Black Cauldron, no rating, 1985, animated.
    • The Blade Master,rated PG, 1984.
    • Avalon, no rating, 1988.
    • Captain From Castile, no rating, 1947.
    • Cinderella, rated G, 1950, animated.
    • Conan the Barbarian, rated R, 1982.
    • Conan the Destroyer, rated PG, 1984
    • Crossed Swords, rated PG, 1978.
    • The Dark Crystal, rated PG, 1982, animated.
    • Dragonslayer, rated PG, 1981.
    • Erik the Viking, rated PG-13, 1989.
    • Fire and Ice, rated PG, 1983.
    • Time Bandits, rated PG, 1981.
    • The Invincible Barbarian, no rating, 1983.
    • Ironmaster, no rating, 1983.
    • the Lord of the Rings, rated PG, 1978, animated.
    • The Magic Sword, no rating, 1962.
    • Orpheus, no rating, 1950.
    • Red Sonja, rated PG-13, 1985.
    • Rumpelstiltskin, rated G, 1987, musical.
    • The Sword and the Sorcerer, rated R, 1982.
    • The Warrior and the Sorceress, rated R, 1984.
    Arthurian Legend
    • Camelot, rated G, 1967, musical.
    • Arthur the King, no rating, 1985.
    • Merlin
    • First Knight
    • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, no rating, 1949.
    • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, no rating, 1989.
    • Excalibur, rated PG, 1981.
    • Monty Python and the Holy Grail, rated PG, 1974.
    • The Sword in the Stone, rated G, 1963.
    • Sword of the Valiant, rated PG, 1984.
    Pre-period, but worth listing
    • Clash of the Titans, rated PG, 1981.
    • Ulysses, no rating, 1955.