The Dictionary of the Middle Ages is a 13-volume encyclopedia of the Middle Ages published by the American Council of Learned Societies between 1982 and 1989, with a supplemental volume added in 2003. It was first conceived and started in 1975. Joseph Strayer (1904-1987), Princeton University, was editor-in-chief.

The encyclopedia covers over 100,000 persons, places, things and concepts of "legitimate scholarly interest" in 5,000 discrete articles in over 8,000 pages written by over 1,300 contributing editors from academic institutions mainly in the United States but also Europe and Asia.

It is the largest and most detailed modern encyclopedia of the Middle Ages in the English language.

The "upside-down-T in a circle" symbol on the spine and cover is an artistic interpretation of the T and O map, which was first described in the Etymologiae, the most influential encyclopedic work of the Middle Ages.

References

• Joseph Strayer, editor (1989). Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0684190737
• William Chester Jordan, editor (2003). Dictionary of the Middle Ages: Supplement 1. Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0684806428
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages, publisher website.
• Dictionary of the Middle Ages: Supplement 1, publisher website.

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