I.  Histoire

Heer, Friedrich. The Medieval World. World University Press, 1962.

Huizinga, Johan. The Waning of the Middle Ages. E. Arnold, 1927.

Mazzeo, Joseph E. Renaissance and Revolution. Pantheon, 1965.

Pirenne, Henri. Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe. Harcourt Brace, 1937.

Sypher, Wylie. The Four Stages of the Renaissance. Doubleday, 1955.
 

II.  Littérature

Bakhtin, Mikhail. Rabelais and His World. MIT Press, 1968.

Calin, William. The Epic Quest. Johns Hopkins, 1966.

Campbell, Joseph. The Hero of 1000 Faces. Princeton UP, 1968.

Gadoffre, Gilbert. Ronsard par lui-même. Seuil, 1970.

Ker, William P. Epic and Romance. Dover, 1957.

Paris, Jean. Rabelais au futur. Seuil, 1970.

Rougemont, Denis de. Love in the Western World. Pantheon, 1956.

Weston, Jesse L. From Ritual to Romance Anchor Books, 1957.