Reference

The Dictionary of Art. 34 vols. New York: Grove Dictionaries, 1996. Articles on all aspects of art and architecture.

Encyclopedia of World Art. 16 vols. New York: McGraw Hill, 1972-83. Articles on all aspects of art and architecture.

Fossier, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages. 3 vols. Translated by Janet Sondheimer and Sarah Hanbury Tension. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1986-97. An authoritative historical survey.

Friar, Stephen. The Sutton Companion to Castles. Phoenix Mill, UK: Sutton Publishing, 2003. Over 1,000 entries including castles of England and Wales. Definitions and essays on individual topics arranged alphabetically. Friar provides wide-ranging essays on every aspect of castles, their uses and construction and design.

Holmes, G., ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. An authoritative and interesting survey.

Hooper, N., and M. Bennett. Warfare in the Middle Ages, 768-1487, Cambridge Illustrated Atlas. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996. A useful illustrated survey.

Kibler, William, and Grover A. Zinn. Medieval France, an Encyclopedia. New York and London: Garland, 1995. Articles on aspects of culture, art, and architecture.

Stenton, (Sir) Frank. The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066-1300. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961. A classic, a little dated, but useful.