Since there is commonly some confusion about the citation style and bibliographic style for the papers in a Medieval Studies class, here are some rules:
1) Only include material that you actually used in your paper; this is not a list of research books.
2) Make sure the citation and the bibliographic reference coincide. For example, you might have this in your text:
We Huns are widely known as conquerors of nations (Jordanes, 96), and we justly deserve this fame. . . .
In the bibliography, you would have:
Jordanes. History of the Goths. In Readings in Medieval
History. Ed. Patrick Geary. 2nd Edition (Ontario:
Broadview Press, 1997). Pp. 78-110.
3) For the Bible, cite it in this way:
. . . you Christians are said to glorify your God (Psalm 104:1) . . .
or
. . . your writer Paul says you must sacrifice yourselves (Romans 12:1) . . .
It should be alphabetized under "B" (unlike other books, the Bible is not normally italicized):
The Holy Bible. Trans. Ronald Knox (New York: Sheed and
Ward, 1956).
4) Articles in a book, like the Dictionary of the Middle Ages should be cited by article author in the text:
. . . I have not be trained in your Roman rhetoric, but I know its value (Murphy, 351) . . .
In the Bibliography, this would be:
Murphy, James. "Rhetoric, Western European." In The Dictionary of the
;Middle Ages. Ed J. Strayer (New York: Scribner's, 1988- ). 10, 351-364.
The author's name can be found at the end of the article.
5) Web references: If an author is given, cite him in the text; otherwise, give the title of the web page:
. . . I'm now thinking of becoming an Accountant (Attila Home Page) . . .
Clearly you won't be able to give a page reference, but if some ordering system (like a section reference) is being used, include that.
In the Bibliography, give the title of the page and the uniform resource locator (the web address):
Attila Home Page: http://www.ucdavis.edu/Attila_the_Hun.
. . . I, Attila, believe that Honoria is free to marry (Office Hours), and
In the Bibliography, give the name of the person you talked with, and the date this occurred:
Office Hours, with Bea Crockett, Wednesday, 10/22/99.
Other Office Hours can be marked as differet persons or different days.
7) Email citations. If a subject is given, and the author is known, place it alphabetically under the author's name:
the Huns were not particulary vicious (Gardiner, 10/21), nor were they particularly sarcastic (Gardiner, 10/22)
This can be entered as:
Gardiner, Francis. Subject: Attila the Hun. October 21, 1999.
_______. Subject: Re: Attila the Hun. October 22, 1999.
If no subject is given, you may simply list that:
Gardiner, Francis. Email message mst020a. October 21, 2007.