Mary: The Complete Resource by
This handbook on the history and contemporary practice of the cult of the Virgin Mary gives overviews of particular areas of study—both historical and thematic—together with texts from primary sources and important scholarly articles, some of which appear in English for the first time.
The Oxford Handbook of Mary (Online) by
Offers an interdisciplinary guide to Marian Studies, including chapters on textual, literary, and media analysis; theology; Church history; art history; studies on devotion in a variety of forms; cultural history; folk tradition; gender analysis; apparitions and apocalypticism.
Marienlexikon (Marian Lexicon) by
Commissioned by the Institutum Marianum Regensburg, the Marienlexikon consists of six volumes in German on the Virgin Mary in support of theological work, ministry, and private devotion.
Theotokos: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Blessed Virgin Mary by
An encyclopedia on key theologians, concepts, and practices with regard to the Blessed Virgin Mary by a noted Catholic mariologist and ecumenist.
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Online) by
Includes an entry on "Theotokos, the Blessed Virgin."
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium: Virgin Mary (Online) by
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium is a three-volume, comprehensive dictionary of Byzantine civilization. Non-circulating copies are available at the Classics library, Divinity Trowbridge Reference Room, Haas, and SML, but the link provided above goes to the entry on the "Virgin Mary", which is accessible to YUL users online through Oxford Reference.
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity: Mary, the Blessed Virgin (Online) by
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity covers history, culture, religion, and life in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East between the mid-3rd and the mid-8th centuries AD. A non-circulating copy is available at the Classics library, but the link provided above goes to the entry on "Mary, the Blessed Virgin", which is accessible to YUL users online through Oxford Reference.
The following entries come from Oxford Bibliographies Online:
From the Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed.):
From the Brill Dictionary of Religion:
From the Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages:
From the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (4th ed.):
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