The standard encyclopaedia for medieval studies

The Lexikon des Mittelalters is an indispensable tool for medievalists across all disciplines. It deals with all branches of Medieval Studies and covers the period from 300 to 1500 AD/CE for the whole of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. The ancient roots of Western Culture, as well as neighbouring cultures, such as the Byzantine, the Arabic and the Jewish, occupy a prominent position in the encyclopaedia.
The information of the printed edition has been enriched by Brepols Publishers with English headwords, inbuilt translation aids and a live link to a Cumulative Bibliography (via the International Medieval Bibliography and the Bibliographie de Civilisation Médiévale).
The LexMA is fully integrated with the International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages – A supplement to LexMA, a new encyclopaedia offering supplements that complete or supplement the coverage already offered by LexMA.

Contents

• 36,700 signed articles by 3,000 authors, providing unrivalled coverage of the European Middle Ages from the world's leading encyclopaedia (published 1977-1999)
• Coverage of period from c. 300-1500, encompassing Europe, Western Asia and North Africa
• Full searching by headwords, subjects; free word-searching; fully exportable

Features of LexMA Online

• Fully searchable in English and German of headwords and subjects
• Full Text Search
• Inbuild Translation Aids
  • Headwords translated into English and subject-terms harmonised to international standards and library norms
  • German abbreviations expanded and translated; proper nouns and key concepts translated into English where helpful to the scholar
  • Multilingual interface in Englishm French and German
• 'Live links' to a bibliography of articles (International Medieval Bibliography) and to a Bibliography of monographs (Bibliography de Civilisation Médiévale)
• Fully integrated with the International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages - A supplement to LexMA (IEMA)
• Also available as part of Brepolis Medieval Encyclopaedias, the encyclopaedic cluster of Brepolis

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