Medieval Links
Overview
Sites
Guided tour of Medieval Life- Learn about the lives of individuals in different social classes. THIS IS YOUR CLASS WEBQUEST!
Middle Ages Easily the
Best Site on the Internet for Middle Ages. Includes topics of Feudal life,
Religion, Homes, Clothing, Health, Arts and Entertainment, and town life. Has
many small interactive sections.
Medieval Fiefdom This site has great information about a Fiefdom and the people that live there.
Internet
Medieval sourcebook A wealth of Information on numerous topics from the
fall of
Virtual renaissance Has a virtual town with people who will tell you about their lives and professions.
History of Western Civilization a college course with a series of lectures on various topics.
Medieval History links to sites on royalty, art and history of the medieval period.
Castles, Sieges,
Knights, and Combat
Nova: Medieval Siege Life in a Castle, an overview of siege technology and a castle wrecking game make up this site.
Castle Learning Center Everything you wanted to know about Castles and the people who lived in them.
Battle of Hastings Great Information about this pivotal battle as well as what came before and after. William the Conqueror information here as well.
Knights and Chivalry Codes of chivalry and information about knights. (Go halfway down the page for examples of codes of chivalry).
Heralds & Heraldry The history and duties of heralds.
Heralds A history of heralds duties.
Art,
Architecture, and Heraldry
Cupola's Medieval Architecture This site has many pictures of buildings originally constructed in the Middle Ages.
Beginner's Heraldry Page Outlines what colors and symbols on shields stand for.
Bayeux Tapestry Takes a while to load but has great images and tells all about what it depicts.
Renaissance Artists and Explorers learn about inventions made during the Renaissance, as well as artists and explorers of the time.
Food and Fun
A Boke of Gode Cookery Lots of recipes from the Middle Ages written in or translated into modern recipes.
Rules for medieval games Contains rules for three games of Viking Origin.
Medieval Games List of Games with rules and pictures on how they are played.
Technology
and Science
Mythical Plants of the
Middle Ages Also has a interesting link to mythical and real fishes
described in the Middle Ages.
Costumes/Dress
History of Costume
Pictures from different time periods
Clothing
- Description of dress in Medieval times
Costumes through the Ages
pick a time period and find out how people dressed back then!
Jester Costume
instructions for how to make a jester costume
CATALOGS We have no idea if these places are any
good, but they may give you some ideas!
Fun n Folly catalog
Red Dawn Simplicity
Red Dawn McCalls
People
Robin
Hood Has lots of information about both the Legend and the Real Robin Hood.
The Robin Hood Project more information on Robin Hood
The Camelot Project Arthurian legends and information
The Journal of Arthurian Studies basic and not-so-basic information about the legends of King Arthur
Chaucer information about and works by Geoffrey Chaucer
Richard The Lionhearted and the Crusades This site has a good overview of Richard's life as well as many sections covering other topics on the Crusades.
Charlemagne I This site has an overview of Charlemagne with good links to pictures and more information.
The Creativity of Joan of Arc This is a paper that is arguing that Joan of Arc was creative. It has good information about her life and many pictures of her.
Royalty
links to short biographies of royalty from Europe and
