CSSLibraryGuides: Medieval & Renaissance Resources in the CSS Reference Collection: Biography

Sultan of the Turks

Sultan Mehmet II, 1432-1481, called the Conqueror, c. 1475. Attributed to Sinan Bey.
Image from Art Museum Image Gallery.

Kings, Rulers, & Statesmen
Call Number: Ref. D107 .W5 1976
Does not provide biographical information, but does provide chronological list of rulers for each country.
The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens
Call Number: Ref. DA28.1 .A85 1999
Biographies, chronologies, maps, family trees, and special sections such as "Most Gruesome or Unusual Deaths."
Medieval People: Vivid Lives in a Distant Landscape from Charlemagne to Piero della Francesca
Call Number: Ref. CB351 .P727 2014
Sixty-nine short biographies of men and women who lived between 800 A.D. & 1500 A.D. A nice "appetizer" of a book to browse in searching of interesting people for further research.

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