GERMAN HISTORICAL INSTITUTE WASHINGTON,DC REFERENCE GUIDE 21 MEDIEVAL GERMANY:RESEARCH AND RESOURCES CONTENTS INTRODUCTION &ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 1HISTORY AND THEORY IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN MEDIEVAL STUDIES ..................................................................................... 5 2HISTORY AND THEORY IN NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY GERMAN MEDIEVAL STUDIES .................................................................... 6 3GENERAL HISTORICAL SURVEYS OF GERMANY AND THE GERMAN EMPIRE IN THE MIDDLE AGES .................................................................. 8 3.1 Germany and the Empire ................................................................ 8 3.2 Austria .............................................................................................. 12 3.3 Switzerland ...................................................................................... 13 3.4 Italy ................................................................................................... 14 3.5 Eastern Europe and the Baltic ...................................................... 14 3.6 Ecclesiastical History ...................................................................... 15 3.7 Legal History ................................................................................... 15 3.8 Select Bibliography of Surveys and Studies of Medieval Germany and the Empire in English .......................................... 16 4REFERENCE WORKS:ENCYCLOPEDIAS,LEXICA,&PLACE-NAME GUIDES FOR MEDIEVAL GERMANY AND THE EMPIRE .......................... 18 4.1 Academic Directory ........................................................................ 18 4.2 General Medieval Studies ............................................................. 18 4.3 Art & Archaeology ......................................................................... 19 4.4 Biography/Prosopography ........................................................... 19 4.5 Regional Encyclopedias ................................................................. 20 4.5.1 Austria .............................................................................................. 20 4.5.2 Germany ........................................................................................... 20 4.5.3 Italy ................................................................................................... 20 4.5.4 Switzerland ...................................................................................... 20 4.6 Ecclesiastical History ...................................................................... 20 4.7 Intellectual & Political History ..................................................... 20 4.8 Legal History ................................................................................... 21 4.9 Literature & Authors ..................................................................... 21 4.10 Place Names & Historical Geography ........................................ 21 4.10.1 General Overviews ......................................................................... 21 4.11 Maps & Historical Atlases ............................................................ 21 5PERIODICALS .............................................................................................. 23 5.1 Medieval Studies Journals in German or with a focus on the German Middle Ages ........................................................ 23 5.2 Austria .............................................................................................. 24 5.3 Italy ................................................................................................... 24 5.4 Switzerland ...................................................................................... 25 5.5 Regional/Landesgeschichte .............................................................. 25 5.5.1 Germany ........................................................................................... 25 5.5.2 Austria .............................................................................................. 26 5.5.3 Italy ................................................................................................... 27 5.5.4 Switzerland ...................................................................................... 28 5.6 Subject Areas ................................................................................... 29 5.6.1 Auxiliary Sciences (Hilfswissenschaften) ....................................... 29 5.6.2 Art & Archaeology ......................................................................... 29 5.6.3 Economic & Social History ........................................................... 29 5.6.4 German Literature .......................................................................... 30 5.6.5 Legal History ................................................................................... 30 5.6.6 Latin Literature ............................................................................... 30 5.6.7 Ecclesiastical & Monastic History ................................................ 30 5.7 Collected Studies & Conference Proceedings ............................ 31 6FINDING AIDS AND HANDBOOKS FOR HISTORICAL SOURCE MATERIAL ................................................................................... 32 6.1 Guides to Source Collections, Research Tools, & Methods ........ 32 6.1.1 General .............................................................................................. 32 6.1.2 Germany ........................................................................................... 33 6.1.3 Austria .............................................................................................. 33 6.1.4 Italy ................................................................................................... 33 6.1.5 Switzerland ...................................................................................... 33 6.2 Guides to Narrative Sources ......................................................... 33 6.2.1 General .............................................................................................. 33 6.2.2 Germany and the Empire .............................................................. 34 6.2.2.1 Frankish Kingdoms & Early Middle Ages ................................ 34 6.2.2.2 High Middle Ages .......................................................................... 34 6.2.2.3 Later Middle Ages .......................................................................... 35 6.3 Guides to Diplomatic Sources ...................................................... 35 6.3.1 General Orientation and Methodology ...................................... 35 6.3.2 Royal Charters ................................................................................. 35 6.3.3 Papal Charters ................................................................................. 36 6.3.3.1 General .............................................................................................. 36 6.3.3.2 Germany ........................................................................................... 36 6.3.3.3 Italy ................................................................................................... 36 6.3.3.4 Switzerland ...................................................................................... 37 6.3.4 Private Charters .............................................................................. 37 6.4 Auxiliary Sciences (Hilfswissenschaften) ....................................... 37 6.4.1 General Introduction ...................................................................... 38 6.4.2 Chronology ...................................................................................... 38 6.4.3 Diplomatics ...................................................................................... 38 6.4.4 Heraldry ........................................................................................... 38 6.4.5 Numismatics .................................................................................... 38 6.4.6 Onomastics ....................................................................................... 38 6.4.6.1 Cities and Towns ............................................................................ 39 6.4.6.2 Ecclesiastical Foundations ............................................................. 40 6.4.6.3 Germanic Place-Names .................................................................. 40 6.4.6.4 Latin Place-Names .......................................................................... 40 6.4.6.5 Austria .............................................................................................. 40 6.4.6.6 Italy ................................................................................................... 40 6.4.6.7 Switzerland ...................................................................................... 41 6.4.7 Paleography ..................................................................................... 41 6.4.8 Prosopography and Genealogy .................................................... 41 6.4.8.1 Liturgical and Commemorative Sources for Prosopographical Research ........................................................... 41 6.4.8.2 Noble Families ................................................................................. 42 6.4.8.3 Popes and Bishops .......................................................................... 42 6.4.8.4 Universities .....................................................................................