History:Lexikon des Mittelalters
The Lexikon des Mittelalters ("Lexicon of the Middle Ages", LMA, LexMA) is a German encyclopedia on the history and culture of the Middle Ages. Written by authors from all over the world, it comprises more than 36,000 articles in 9 volumes. Historically the works range from Late Antiquity to about 1500, covering the Byzantine Empire and the Arab world .
The first six volumes were published by Artemis (later Artemis & Winkler), Munich and Zürich; volumes seven through nine by LexMA, Munich. In 2000, an electronic (standalone) edition of the Lexikon was published on CD-ROM by Brepols.
Reception
The first volume was widely praised upon publication; G.A. Holmes, in The English Historical Review, foresaw that the entire encyclopedia would be "a valuable reference work of a kind which medievalists hitherto lacked."[1] H. Chadwick, in The Journal of Theological Studies, called the lexicon "a necessary and valuable work of reference."[2] Its coverage of subjects related to Islam was praised,[3] though the same reviewer called the coverage of topics related to Judaism "comparatively modest."[4]
The CD-ROM edition was chosen as one of the "Selected Reference Books of 2001-2002" by College & Research Libraries.[5]
Editions
- Lexikon des Mittelalters. 10 vols. Munich: Artemis, 1980–1999. ISBN:3-423-59057-2. Full edition, vol. 10 contains indices. Vols. 7–9 published by LexMA.
- Lexikon des Mittelalters. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1999. ISBN:3-476-01742-7. Abridged "study" or "pocket" edition, no separate index volume. Reprinted by Deutschen Taschenbuch, 2003.
- Lexikon des Mittelalters Online. Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. ISBN:978-2-503-52415-3.
See also
- Dictionary of the Middle Ages
- List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge
References
- ↑ Holmes, G.A. (1979). "Rev. of Lexikon des Mittelalters". The English Historical Review (Oxford University Press) 94 (371): 440–41. doi:10.1093/ehr/xciv.ccclxxi.440. ISSN 0013-8266.
- ↑ Chadwick, H. (Apr 1997). "Rev. of Lexicon des Mittelalters". The Journal of Theological Studies 48 (1): 304. doi:10.1093/jts/48.1.304-a. ISSN 0022-5185.
- ↑ Koningsveld, P.Sj. van (Dec 1983). "Rev. of Lexikon des Mittelalters. I: Islam". Numen (Leiden: Brill) 30 (2): 265–68. doi:10.2307/3270066. ISSN 0029-5973.
- ↑ Koningsveld, P.Sj. van (Dec 1990). "Rev. of Lexikon des Mittelalters. II: Judaism". Numen (Leiden: Brill) 37 (2): 277–79. doi:10.2307/3269868. ISSN 0029-5973.
- ↑ Green, Karen; Eileen McIlvaine (March 2008). "Selected Reference Books of 2001/2002". College & Research Libraries (Association of College and Research Libraries) 64 (2): 151–62. ISSN 0010-0870. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/2003/march03/mcilvaine.PDF. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
External links
- Christian Heitzmann: Discussion, in: Information Media for Libraries (IFB) 7(1999) 1/4.
- Review
- Review of the CD-ROM edition
- Artikel in GenWiki
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