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TheLexikon des Mittelalters (lit. 'Lexicon of the Middle Ages';LMA orLexMA) is aGerman encyclopedia on the history and culture of theMiddle Ages. Written by authors from all over the world, it comprises more than 36,000 articles in 9 volumes. Historically the works range fromLate Antiquity to about 1500, covering theByzantine Empire and theArab world .
The first six volumes were published byArtemis (later Artemis & Winkler),Munich andZürich; volumes seven through nine byLexMA, Munich. In 2000, an electronic (standalone) edition of theLexikon was published onCD-ROM byBrepols.
The first volume was widely praised upon publication; G.A. Holmes, inThe English Historical Review, foresaw that the entireencyclopedia would be "a valuable reference work of a kind which medievalists hitherto lacked."[1] H. Chadwick, inThe Journal of Theological Studies, called the lexicon "a necessary and valuable work of reference."[2] Its coverage of subjects related toIslam was praised,[3] though the same reviewer called the coverage of topics related toJudaism "comparatively modest."[4]
The CD-ROM edition was chosen as one of the "Selected Reference Books of 2001-2002" byCollege & Research Libraries.[5]
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