Library
The Barony has a goodly selection of books that are available for loan to members of the Barony of Three Rivers. If you would like to borrow a book, contact the baronial librarian:
Lucia Octavio da Siena
email: librarian@threeriver.org
The books are divided into several categories. *Please note this is not a
complete listing currently*
- General History Books
- Books About Arts and Sciences of the Middle Ages
- Books Written During the Middle Ages
- Books specifically about the SCA or books written by members of the SCA.
History Books - alphabetical by title
- The Age of Reformation
Harbison, E. Harris / edited by Edward W. Fox , 1955
- Arthur's Britain
Alcock, Leslie
- The Atlas of Medieval Man
Platt, Colin
- The Beginnings of English Society (Pelican History of England vol.2)
Whitelock, Dorothy, 1977 reprint
- Bulfinch's Mythology Illustrated
Bulfinch, Thomas ed. 1987
Includes the complete texts of the Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne)
- Castles of the Middle Ages
Brochard, Phillipe / illustrated by Patrice Pellerin 1982
(Silver Burdett Picture Histories Series)
- Central Italy an Archaeological Guide
Paget, R. F.
- The Churches of Rome
Gunn, Peter / Photos by Rolloff Beny 1981 British ed.
- Civilization: Paleolithic Man to the Emergence of European Powers
Mac Kendrick, Paul (editor) 1968
- Civilization Past and Present Bk.I: Prehistory to 1500
Wallbank, T. Walter 1976
- Civilization Past and Present Bk.II: 1300-1815
Wallbank, T. Walter 1976
- The Collector's Encyclopedia of Antiques
Phillips, Phoebe (editor) 1978
- Days of Knights and Castles 1066-1485
Silver Burdett Picture Histories Series)
Miquel, Pierre / Illustrated by Pierre Probst 1985 printing
- The Deeds of Frederick Barbarosa
(Records of Civilization Sources and Studies Series)
Otto of Freisling; Rahewin
translated and annotated by Charles Christopher Mierow and Richard Emery 1966
- Discovery: Exploration through the Centuries
Flaum, Eric 1990
- A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
Tuchman, Barbara W. 1978
- The Elizabethan World
Smith, Lacey Baldwin 1972
- Europe in the Middle Ages
Ault, Warren 1937
- Florence (Famous Cities of the World)
Hutton, Edward (text) / Photos by Guilio Guzzoni and Lazzaro Donati 1961 reprt of 1960 ed.
- History of England
Willson, David Harris 1972
- History of Scotland
Mitchison, Rosalind 1970
- History of Medieval Europe 11th impression
Thorndike, Lynn / edited by James T. Shotwell c.1917
- The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics Series)
Geoffrey of Monmouth / trans. and intro. by Lewis Thorpe 1979
- History of the World: Prehistory to the Renaissance
Wright, Esmond (editor)
- The Horizon Book of Lost Worlds
Cottrell, Leonard (narrative) / Edited by Marshall B. Davidson
1962 Casebound ed.
- An Illustrated History of Russia
Carmichael, Joel / edited by Georges and Rosamond Bernier
(Swiss printing) English Language Ed.
- The Journey Through Wales [with] The Description of Wales
(Penguin Classics Series)
Gerald of Wales / translated and introduced by Lewis Thorpe 1978
- Luis de Leon and the Spanish Inquisition
Reynolds, Susan
- The Magic of a Mediaeval Town
Bucina, Ferdinand / Text by Ladislav Stehlik; Translation by Edith Pargeter
- Medieval and Early Modern Times: The Age of Justinian to the 18th Century
Hayes, Carlton 1966
- Medieval People
Barnes and Noble Everyday Handbooks
Power, Eileen 1963
- Medieval Society 400-1450 (The Structure of European History Vol.II)
Cantor, Norman F. and Michael S. Werthman (editors) 1967
- The Medieval West 400-1450: A Preindustrial Civilization
Nicholas, David 1973
- The Middle Ages
Mills, Dorothy 1935
- The Origins of the Middle Ages: Pirenne's Challenge to Gibbon
Lyon, Bryce 1972
Historical Controversies Series
- Penguin Atlas of Medieval History
McEvedy, Colin
- Persia an Archaeological Guide
Matheson, Sylvia A.
- Rise of Civilization
Oates, David; Joan Oates
- The Rise of the Feudal Monarchies
Painter, Sidney
- The Romance of Chivalry
Hope-Moncrieff, A.R. 1976
- The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
reprint abrudged by Alrfed W. Pollard / Illus. by Arthur Rackham c.1917
- Rome (Famous Cities of the World Ser.)
Aldington, Richard (text) / Photos by Ronald Magowan 1960
- Saxon, Viking and Norman
Wise, Terence / Edited by Martin Windrow; colour plates by G.A. Embleton 1979
(Osprey Man at Arms Series)
- Shanghai: Treasures of the Shanghai Museum 6000 Years of Chinese Art
Southern England an Archaeological Guide
Dyer, James 1973
- Southern Greece an Archaeological Guide
Cook, Robert; Kathleen Cook 1973
- Southern Italy an Archaeological Guide
Guido, Margaret 1973
- A Short History of England for School Use
Coman, Katherine; Elizabeth Kendall 1908
- The Story of the Irish Nation
Hackett, Frances 1922
- Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Mertz, Barbara
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Arts and Sciences Books - alphabetical by title
- Art of Lace-making in Hungary
Csernayanszky, Maria, 1962
- Art Then and Now
Lee, Kathryn Dean; Katherine Tyler Burchwood, 1949
- Better Homes and Gardens Stichery and Crafts
1966
- Bread Sculpture The Edible Art
Wiseman, Ann 1975
- Ceramics and Potterymaking for Everyone
Janeway, Carol 1950
- Chess in a Nutshell
Reinfeld, Fred 1958
- Crewel Embroidery
Wilson, Erica 1962
- The Dance in America
Terry, Walter 1956
- Designs for Holbein Embroidery: 110 New Geometric Patterns
Scheuer, Nikkif 1976
- Discovering Hallmarks on English Silver
Bly, John 1968
- Elizabethan Embroidery
Victoria and Albert Museum 1948
- The Encyclopedia of World Costume
Yarwood, Doreen 1986
- Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral
Bacon, Francis
Reprint with dedications to the editions of 1597, 1612 and 1625)
- Evolution of Fashion: Pattern and Cut from 1066 to 1930
Hill, Margot; Peter Bucknell
- Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony
Cosman, Madeleine Pelner 1976
- Flickering Flames: A History of Domestic Lighting Through The Ages
Thwing, Leroy 1958
- Food in History
Tannahill, Reay 1973
- Grand Diplome Cooking Course
Willan, Anne (editor)
- Great Architecture of the World: an Illustrated History from Stonehenge to the Twentieth Century
Norwich, John
- Gregory's Angels
Comparetti, Alice 1972
- Italian Stained Glass Windows British
Marchini, G. ed. 1956
- Japanese Flower Arrangement: A Complete Primer
Allen, Ellen G. 1957
- Left-handed Needlepoint
Hurlburt, Regina 1972
- Make Your Own: Teenage Clothes Accessories and Gifts
Hardy, Kay
- The Making of Tools
Weygers, Alexander G.1973
- The Margaret Boyles Bargello Workbook a Collection of Original Designs
Boyles, Margaret 1976
- McCalls Knitting for Beginners Bk.3
Comstock, Nanina (ed.-in-chief) / Gena Rhoades (knitting ed.) 1967
- Medieval English Gardens
McLean, Teresa 1981
- Musical Instruments
Gjeringer, Karl 1945
- Music in History
McKinney, Howard D.; W.R. Anderson 1940
- Renaissance in Italy: the Fine Arts
Symonds, John Addington
- The Teaching of Folk Dance
Duggan, Anne Schley; Jeanette Schlottman; Abbie Rutledge 1948
- The Technique of Woven Tapistry
Beutlich, Tadek 1979
- To The Queen's Taste: Elizabethan Feasts and Recipes Adapted for Modern Cooking
Sass, Lorna J. 1976
- What People Wore: A Visual History of Dress from Ancient to 20th Century America
Gorsline, Douglas 1952
- Wine Into Words: a History and Bibilography of Wine Books in the English Language
Gabler, James M. 1985
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Period Works - alphabetical by title
- Beowulf A New Verse Translation
Leonard, William Ellery, 1923
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
(Avenel Illustrated ed.) 1975
Shakespeare, William
- The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
(Modern Library Series)
Alighieri, Dante Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed translation; intro by C.H. Grandgent 1950
- Geoffrey Chaucer (British ed.)
Legouis, Emile / Translated by L. Lailavoix 1928 reprt of 1913 ed.
- Gerard's Herbal: The History of Plants
Woodward, Marcus (editor) 1985 (reprint of 1636 Thomas Johnson ed.)
- King Herla's Quest
Leekley, Thomas 1957
- Medieval English Literature
The Home University of Modern Knowledge V.43
Ker, William Paton 1955
- The Medieval Pageant: Readings in Medieval History
Downs, Norton 1964
- Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Hamilton, Edith / Illus. by Steele Savage 1942
- The Name of the Rose
Eco, Umberto 1983
- On Divers Arts: The Foremost Medieval Treatise on Painting, Glassmaking and Metalwork
Theophilus / Translated by John G. Hawthorne; Cyril Stanley Smith 1979
- Romanesque Illuminated Manuscripts
Turner, D. H. 1966
- Turner's Herbal, Vol.I
- Two Hundred Ninety-Three Renaissance Woodcuts for Artists and Illustrators
Amman, Jost 1968
Jost Amman's Kunstbuchlin
- Warwick the Kingmaker
Kendall, Paul Murray 1957
- The Vineland Sagas: the Norse Discovery of America
Magnusson, Magnus amd Hermann Palsson; translated by Betty Radice 1965
Penguin Classics Series
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Books About the SCA
- Ye Boke of Caidan Lawe AS XXII
4th ed. 1987
- Book Of Feasts for the Barony of Three Rivers
Linet Bridget Langdon
- Huginn's Saga
Mistress Morgana Bro Morganwyg (mka Carole Shieber) 1983
- An Introduction into the Hyrd, Fyrd and the Role of Archery in the Middle Ages
ASXVIII
Ld. Jeorg Kratz
- The Complete Anachronist 13: Period Pornography
William Darcy of Montrose (June 1984)
- An Introduction to Cookery in the Current Middle Ages: Being a Collection of Medieval Reciepts Adapted to Modern
Taste and Usage
Asenath Chamberly of Morrismount (compiler and editor) AS XII (1977) 3rd ed. 1979
- The Known World Handboke 2nd ed.
Baroness Tamera FitzGloucestre of Kilcarren and Baron Vargskol Halfblood (editors) 1982
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