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HIST 2590: Crusades (Spring 2025)

Tips

Encyclopedias are great for:

  • choosing a topic
  • quick self-education
  • perspective on a topic
  • variant spellings, vocabulary, terminology
  • bibliography

Cambridge Histories Online & Cambridge Companions

Recommended Medieval Encyclopedias

Medieval Encyclopedias

OED

English Language and its history

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)  The dictionary that is scholar's preferred source; it goes far beyond definitions.