Most cited papers in Medieval Literature and History

Medieval Literature and History

What are the most cited papers in Medieval Literature and History?

The most cited paper in Medieval Literature and History is "From memory to written record: England 1066–1307" (Robert N. Swanson, 1994), with 870 citations. Next come "The Epic Successors of Virgil: A Study in the Dynamics of a Tradition" (528) and "PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY" (505).

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Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 114 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	From memory to written record: England 1066–1307 Robert N. Swanson · History of European Ideas	Sep 1994	870
2	The Epic Successors of Virgil: A Study in the Dynamics of a Tradition William S. Anderson, Philip Russell Hardie · The Classical World	1995	528
3	PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY RICHARD M. HOGG · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	31 Jul 1992	505
4	The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages Joyce E. Salisbury	5 May 1994	353
5	Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network Anna Kornbluh · Nineteenth Century Contexts	21 Nov 2016	328
6	RITUAL, DRAMA AND SOCIAL BODY IN THE LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH TOWN Mervyn Evans James · Past & Present	1983	291
7	The hermeneutic style in tenth-century Anglo-Latin literature Michael Lapidge · Anglo-Saxon England	Dec 1975	287
8	The Age of Reform 1250-1550. An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Medieval and Reformation Europe Gert H. Mueller, Steven Ozment · Sociological Analysis	1981	275
9	THE GOLDEN AGE AND SIN IN AUGUSTAN IDEOLOGY Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill · Past & Present	1982	254
10	BALLADS, LIBELS AND POPULAR RIDICULE IN JACOBEAN ENGLAND Adam Fox · Past & Present	1994	239
11	The Huns and the End of the Roman Empire in Western Europe P. HEATHER · The English Historical Review	1995	238
12	A History of Liturgical Books from the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century Éric Palazzo, Madeleine Beaumont · Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)	1998	231
13	The Library of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries Rodney M. Thomson · Speculum	Oct 1972	230
14	Medieval monastic education George Ferzoco, Carolyn A. Muessig	1999	208
15	Peter Comestor, Biblical Paraphrase, and the Medieval Popular Bible James H. Morey · Speculum	1993	205
16	The "Crisis of Cenobitism" Reconsidered: Benedictine Monasticism in the Years 1050-1150 John Van Engen · Speculum	Apr 1986	201
17	Charity and Power: Caesarius of Arles and the Ransoming of Captives in Sub-Roman Gaul William E. Klingshirn · The Journal of Roman Studies	Nov 1985	198
18	Satires of Rome: Threatening Poses from Lucilius to Juvenal Cedric Littlewood, Kirk Freudenburg · Phoenix	2004	194
19	Cassiodorus and the Rise of the Amals: Genealogy and the Goths under Hun Domination Peter Heather · The Journal of Roman Studies	Nov 1989	193
20	Making martyrs in late antiquity Lucy Grig	2004	193
21	Law and Society in the Visigothic Kingdom K. F. Drew, P. D. King · American Journal of Legal History	Oct 1973	191
22	The origin of the Exeter Book of Old English poetry Richard Gameson · Anglo-Saxon England Open access	Dec 1996	186
23	The Making of Saint Louis: Kingship, Sanctity and Crusade in the Later Middle Ages Julian Haseldine · The English Historical Review	16 Jul 2009	186
24	Observations on English Government from the tenth to the twelfth century J. Campbell · Transactions of the Royal Historical Society	Dec 1975	185
25	The Shame of Headhunters and the Autonomy of Self Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo · Ethos	Sep 1983	185
26	Britons and Romans: Advancing an Archaeological Agenda Richard Hingley, Simon James, Martin J. Millett · Britannia	2002	184
27	The Idea of Public Poetry in the Reign of Richard II Anne Middleton · Speculum	1978	183
28	Constructing family: A typology of voluntary kin Dawn O. Braithwaite, Betsy Wackernagel Bach, Leslie A. Baxter et al. · Journal of Social and Personal Relationships	22 Apr 2010	182
29	Marking the Hours: English People and their Prayers 1240-1570 Peter K. Marshall · Journal of Early Modern History	2007	182
30	Aspects of the “Great” Persecution G. E. M. de Ste. Croix · Harvard Theological Review	Apr 1954	176
31	Machiavelli's Discorsi and the pre-humanist origins of republican ideas Quentin Skinner · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	10 Jan 1991	174
32	Statistics and the Conversion of the Roman Aristocracy Timothy David Barnes · The Journal of Roman Studies	Nov 1995	173
33	Women or Healers?: Household Practices and the Categories of Health Care in Late Medieval Iberia Montserrat Cabré · Bulletin of the history of medicine	Mar 2008	172
34	The school of Theodore and Hadrian Michael Lapidge · Anglo-Saxon England	Dec 1986	167
35	THE GREAT FAMINE AND AGRARIAN CRISIS IN ENGLAND 1315–1322 Ian Kershaw · Past & Present	1973	167
36	Monuments and the past in early Anglo‐Saxon England Howard M. R. Williams · World Archaeology	Jun 1998	165
37	Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook 1700-1820 William Baker · Reference Reviews	Feb 2001	164
38	Klaeber's Beowulf and The Fight at Finnsburg Hugh Magennis · English Studies	Apr 2009	161
39	Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century Robert D. Benson, Giles Constable, Carol Dana Lanham et al. · Renaissance and Reformation Open access	24 Jan 2009	161
40	Scribes and the City: London Guildhall Clerks and the Dissemination of Middle English Literature, 1375-1425 Ceridwen Lloyd‐Morgan · English Journal of the English Association	9 Oct 2014	160
41	Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages C. H. LAWRENCE	1984	160
42	CRAFTS, GUILDS AND THE NEGOTIATION OF WORK IN THE MEDIEVAL TOWN Gervase Rosser · Past & Present	Feb 1997	157
43	The Penitential State: Authority and Atonement in the Age of Louis the Pious, 814-840 Charles M. West · The English Historical Review	26 May 2010	156
44	Law, Marriage, and Society in the Later Middle Ages: Arguments about Marriage in Five Courts Charles Jr. Donahue	29 Feb 2008	156
45	Medieval Theories of Natural Law: William of Ockham and the Significance of the Voluntarist Tradition F Oakley · The American Journal of Jurisprudence	1961	153
46	The phylogeny of The Canterbury Tales Adrian C. Barbrook, Christopher J. Howe, Norman F. Blake et al. · Nature	27 Aug 1998	152
47	Society and Culture in Late Antique Gaul: Revisiting the Sources Ralph Whitney Mathisen, Danuta Shanzer · University of Michigan Library Repository	17 Dec 2001	151
48	Eternal light and earthly needs: practical aspects of the development of Frankish immunities Paul Fouracre · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	23 Nov 1995	148
49	Did the Twelfth Century Discover the Individual? Caroline Walker Bynum · The Journal of Ecclesiastical History	1980	148
50	Kingship and empire Janet L. Nelson · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	19 May 1988	146

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