Historical Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Makers of nineteenth century culture, 1800-1914 by Call Number: Jones Ref CT119 .M23xISBN: 0710092954High brow and elitist in coverage of 19th Century biography. Most useful for researching very prominent theologians, biblical scholars and Christian philosophers of period.- Encyclopedia of the Victorian era by Call Number: Jones Ref DA550 .E527 2004ISBN: 0717258602Publication Date: 2004Good for background on British clergy like Spurgeon.
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment by Call Number: Jones Ref B802 .E53 2003ISBN: 0195104307Good for background on clergy like Bishop Butler and George Berkeley.
The Oxford encyclopedia of the Reformation by Call Number: Jones Ref BR302.8 .O93 1996ISBN: 0195064933Entries for many important Reformation era Protestant theologians and clergy.
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance by Call Number: Jones Ref CB361 .E52 1999ISBN: 0684805146Good for background on preachers like Savonarola.
Dictionary of the Middle Ages by Call Number: Jones Ref D114 .D5 1982ISBN: 0684190737Good for background on monks, theologians and priests like Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas.
Encyclopedia of early Christianity by Call Number: Jones Ref BR162.2 .E53 1997ISBN: 0815316631Good for background on saints, scholars and preachers like John Chrysostom, St. Ambrose and St. Augustine of Hippo.
