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Lexikon des Mittelalters

German encyclopedia on the history of the Middle Ages

Lexikon des Mittelalters

German encyclopedia on the history of the Middle Ages

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The Lexikon des Mittelalters (; LMA or 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."{{cite journal

The CD-ROM edition was chosen as one of the "Selected Reference Books of 2001-2002" by College & Research Libraries.

Editions

  • Lexikon des Mittelalters. 10 vols. Munich: Artemis, 1980–1999. . Full edition, vol. 10 contains indices. Vols. 7–9 published by LexMA.
  • Lexikon des Mittelalters. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1999. . Abridged "study" or "pocket" edition, no separate index volume. Reprinted by Deutschen Taschenbuch, 2003.
  • Lexikon des Mittelalters Online. Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. .

References

References

  1. Green, Karen. (March 2008). "Selected Reference Books of 2001/2002". [[Association of College and Research Libraries]].
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