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Table of Contents
	1. Overview of the Middle Ages	7. The Arts
	Historical Background, Maps and People, Timeline, Legacy	Tapestries, Stained Glass, Illuminated Manuscripts
	2. Life in the Middle Ages	8. Tragedies
	Daily Life, Women and Family, Education, Food, Medicine, Clothing, Entertainment	Vikings, Little Ice Age, The Black Death, Hundred Years War
	3. The Economy and Trade	9. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts
	Careers, The Merchant Class, The Farm Economy, Trade Routes	Videos, Images, PowerPoints, Podcasts
	4. Rulers and Government	10. WebQuests and Tasks
	Leaders, Knights, Feudalism, The Law, Crime & Punishment	WebQuests, Tasks
	5. Technology	11. Fun and Museums
	Architecture, Castles, Churches, The Printing Press Arms and Armour, Misc.	Fun, Museums
	6. Religion	12. Miscellaneous Resources
	Christendom, The Clergy, Pilgrimages, The Crusades, Luther and Reformation,	Doing Research, Translate, Misc., Folktales and Stories

1. An Overview of the Middle Ages: C.E. 500 to 1400

Historical Background to the Middle Ages

1. Between ancient and modern (mrdowling.com)

2. Dark Age (answers.com)

3. Medieval history (historyforkids.org)

4. Middle Ages see countries on left of page (medieval-life.net)

5. The Middle Ages (University of California, USA)

6. Medieval Summary PowerPoint Presentation (Susan M. Pojer, Horace Greeley HS, Chappaqua, New York, USA)

7. Middle Ages (wikipedia.org)

8. This day in Medieval history (historymedren.about.com)

Changing Face of Europe

The Changing face of Europe in Maps

The barbarian migrations in the 4th and 5th Centuries (University of Oregon, USA)


European Change: Century by Century: PowerPoint (Stewart Savard, SD#71 eLibrarian, Comox Valley, BC, Canada)


Europe in the year 500 (euratlas.com)	Europe in the year 1000 (euratlas.com)
Europe in the year 600 (euratlas.com)	Europe in the year 1100 (euratlas.com)
Europe in the year 700 (euratlas.com)	Europe in the year 1200 (euratlas.com)
Europe in the year 800 (euratlas.com)	Europe in the year 1300 (euratlas.com)
Europe in the year 900 (euratlas.com)	Europe in the year 1400 (euratlas.com)

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Early Middle Age Peoples and Tribes

1. The Anglo-Saxons #1 (The BBC, U.K.)	6. The Huns #1 (mrdowling.com)
1. The Anglo-Saxons #2 (simple.wikipedia.org)	6. The Huns #2 (historyforkids.org)
1. The Anglo-Saxons #3 (The BBC, U.K.)	6. The Huns #3 (David Koeller at thenagain.info)
1. Anglo-Saxons (The BBC, U.K.)	6. The Huns: 44 minute video (video.google.ca)
1. Anglo-Saxon invasions of Britain: 2 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

2. The Burgundians #1 (simple.wikipedia.org)	7. The Ostrogoths #1 (historyforkids.org)
2. The Burgundians #2 (David Koeller at thenagain.info)	7. The Ostrogoths #2 (David Koeller at thenagain.info)
2. Burgundy (Kali Harlansson)	7. The Ostrogoths #3 (historyworld.net)

3. The Celts #1: click on "Celts" at left for more facts (resourcesforhistory.com)	8. The Vandals #1 (historyforkids.org)
3. The Celts #2	8. The Vandals #2 (David Koeller at thenagain.info)
3. The Celts #3 (britainexpress.com)	8. The Vandals #3 (wikipedia.org)
3. The Celts part 1, and 2, and 3: 3 videos (video.google.ca)	8. The Vandals: 44 minute video (video.google.ca)

4. The Franks #1 (historyforkids.org)	9. The Vikings #1 (simple.wikipedia.org)
4. The rise of the Franks #2 (University of Kansas, USA)	9. The Vikings #2 (historyforkids.org)
4. The Franks #3 (David Koeller at thenagain.info)	9. The Vikings #3 (The BBC, U.K.)
4. The Franks: 45 minute video (video.google.ca)	9. The Vikings: 32 videos (watchknow.org)

5. Goths (howstuffworks.com)	10. The Visigoths #1 (historyforkids.org)
5. Where did the Goths come from? (about.com)	10. The Visigoths #2 (David Koeller at thenagain.info)
5. Invasion of the Goths (Princeton University, USA)	10. Visigoths #3 (wordiq.com)
5. The Goths part 1, and 2, and 3, and 4, and 5: videos (watchknow.org)

Timeline

1. History of the World timeline (lukemartin.com)

2. Timeline of the Dark Ages AD 500 - 800 (The BBC, U.K.)

3. Western Europe AD 500-1600 (thenagain.com)

4. Middle Ages timeline (middle-ages.org.uk)

5. Timeline - peoples and people (people.timelineindex.com, Netherlands)

6. Wales - the Dark Ages or Medieval Wales (The BBC, U.K.)

7. British History timeline (britannia.com, U.K.)

8. Technological timeline (New York University, USA)

9. Timeline of Art History 500 - 1000 A.D. and 1000 - 1400 A.D. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA)

10. Atlas of the Middle Ages (commons.wikimedia.org)

Legacy

1. What is a legacy? (simple.wikipedia.org)

2. Medieval achievements (mrdonn.org)

3. Dark Ages (wikipedia.org)

4. Middle Ages (History Channel, USA)

5. The Early Middle Ages or High Middle Ages or Late Middle Ages (wikipedia.org)

6. "The Legacy of the Middle Ages": eBook (Edited by G.C. Crump and E.F. Jacob - archieve.org)

2. Daily Life in the Middle Ages

Daily Life

1. Medieval life (historyonthenet.com)

2. Life in Medieval Europe (Minnesota State University, USA)

3. Life during the Middle Ages (medieval-life.net)

4. Being a kid in the Dark Ages (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

5. Feudal life (learner.org)

6. Life in medieval Europe: 24 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

7. The High Middle Ages: 24 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

7. Peasants (Minnesota State University, USA)

8. Peasants and serfs (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

9. Building a peasant's house (Stockton State College)

10 Viking and Saxon buildings (lore-and-saga.co.uk)

11. Peasants (westernreservepublicmedia.org)

12. Peasants (answers.com)

13. Village life #1 (thingquest.org)

14. Country life (Department of Education, Catalonia, Spain)

15. Village life #2 (medieval-life.net)

16. The village (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

17. Village roles (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

18. A village forever - life in a German village (roadstoruins.com)

19. Village life (regia.com)

20. Stowa - an Anglo-Saxon village: 4 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

21. Saxon walled towns (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

22. Saxon trading towns (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

23. Medieval life in towns (Camelot Village, UK)

24. Town life (learner.org)

25. Towns (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

26. Doomsday book map of English towns (britainexpress.com)

27. Life in the city (Department of Education, Catalonia, Spain)

28. City life (medieval-life.net)

29. The urban poor (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

30. Paris in the Middle Ages (philippe-auguste.com)

31. Life at the castle (Department of Education, Catalonia, Spain)

32. Medieval castle life (castles.me.uk)

33. Life in a Medieval castle (castlewales.com)

34. Castle life (castles-of-britain.com)

35. Castles for kids (castles.org)

36. Medieval times - castle life: 10.5 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

The Role of Women

1. Medieval women interactive site (McMaster University, Ontario, Canada)

2. Women in the Middle Ages (Camelot Village, UK)

3. Medieval weddings (medieval-weddings.net)

4. The distaff side (thinkquest.org)

5. Medieval women (castles.me.uk)

6. Famous people of the middle ages (Government of the Yukon, Canada)

7. Biographies of notable women (about.com)

Education

1. Medieval education #1 (medieval-life.net)

2. Medieval education #2 (historylearningsite.co.uk)

3. Medieval schools and universities (britainexpress.com)

4. The birth of the university (Virtual Library)

5. The education of medieval women (California State Polytechnic University, USA)

6. Medieval universities (California State Polytechnic University, USA)

Food

1. Medieval food (historyonthenet.com)

2. Middle Ages daily meals (middle-ages.org.uk)

3. Food (British Library, UK)

4 Spices in the Middle Ages (middle-ages.org.uk)

5. Food and drink (godecookery.com)

6. Feasting and fasting (regia.com)

7. Inns and taverns (godecookery.com)

8. A boke of gode cookery - recipe book (godecookery.com)

9. A history of eating utensils (California Academy of Sciences, USA)

Medicine

1. Health and medicine in Medieval England (historylearningsite.co.uk)

2. Hospitals - in the Dark and Middle Ages (knowitall.org)

3. Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (schoolhistory.org.uk)

4. Indian Medicine (eLibrary.sd71.bc.ca)

5. Islamic medicine (eLibrary.sd71.bc.ca)

6. Health (learner.org)

7. Medieval medicine (intermaggie.com)

8. History of leprosy (Stanford University, California, USA)

9. Life with leprosy (Kenyon College, Ohio, USA)

10. Treatment of leprosy (Kenyon College, Ohio, USA)

11. Leper hospitals (buildinghistory.org)

Clothing and Fashion

1. Medieval peasant clothing (Redcar & Cleveland Museum, UK)

2. Medieval clothing (medieval-life.net)

3. Clothing (learner.org)

4. Medieval and Renaissance costume (marquise.de)

5. Clothing from the 10th to 14th Centuries (Southern Illinois University, USA)

5. Medieval costumes (collectorspost.com)

6. Medieval hats (learner.org)

7. Footwear of the Middle Ages (University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)

8. Making Medieval clothing (Cynthia Vitue)

9. Medieval embroidery (Timothy J. Mitchell)

Culture and Entertainment

1. Arts & entertainment (learner.org)

2. Holidays and celebrations (medieval-life.net)

3. Religious festivals (middle-ages.org.uk)

4. Medieval games and recreation (medieval-life.net)

5. Sports and entertainment (regia.com)

6. Medieval games (historyforkids.org)

7. Medieval dance links (rendance.org)

8. Medieval falconry (medieval-life.net)

9. British and Saxon minstrels (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

10. Medieval music (medieval-life.net)

11. Medieval music links (collectorspost.com)

12. Gregorian chant samples: scroll down page for free samples (last.fm)

13. Medieval music samples (curtisclark.org)

14. A guide to Medieval instruments (Iowa State University, USA)

15. Medieval drama links (collectorspost.com)

16. Online medieval and classical library (omacl.org)

3. The Economy and Trade

Careers

1. Medieval guilds (Iowa State University, USA)

2. Guilds (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

3. Guilds (newadvent.org)

4. Artisans (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

5. Medieval occupations (hkcarns.tripod.com)

6 Medieval occupations (castles.me.uk)

7. Medieval jobs (castles-of-britain.com)

8. Tradesmen (PBS via westernreservepublicmedia.org)

9. Medieval women: click links on right for images and explanations (British Library, UK)

10. Women in Medieval Guilds (virtualworldlets.net)

11. Worst jobs in history (Channel4, UK)

The Growth of a Merchant Class

1. Merchants (Minnesota State University, USA)

2. Saxon trading towns (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

3. The growth of a middle class and the end of the Middle Ages (learner.org)

4. Banking in the Middle Ages (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

5. Economic history (Skip Hall, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

6. Anglo-Saxon coins (Cambridge University, U.K.)

7. Trade in the Middle Ages (Rachel Bellerby at suite101.com)

8. Trade and commerce links - meta site (Fordham University, New York, USA)

The Farming Economy

1. Medieval farming: slow to load (historylearningsite.co.uk)

2. The farming year (historyonthenet.com)

3. UK countryside history 700 AD or 1100 AD or 1300 AD or 1400 AD: includes animation - full movie is slow to load (ukagriculture.com)

4. Farming in the Middle Ages (middle-ages.org.uk)

5. Medieval farm tools (spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk)

6. Farming (Minnesota State University, USA)

7. The farm economy (hyw.com)

8. Fishing in Medieval times (regia.org)

Trade and Commerce

1. Travel and trade (Minnesota State University, USA)

2. History of spice in the Middle Ages (spiceadvice.com)

3. Spices in the Middle Ages (The Spice Trader, New Zealand)

4. Medieval trade routes (Colorado College, USA)

5. Trade routes: Western Europe and Trade routes: Eastern Europe

6. Mediterranean and Black Sea trade routes (Brown University, RI, USA)

6. Map of the commerce of Christendom (University of Texas)

7. Trade routes across Asia (University of South Florida, USA)

8. Northern European trade routes (University of South Florida, USA)

9. Urban supply routes AD 1000 (University of Sheffield, UK)

4. Leaders and Government

Clovis - King of the Franks

1. Clovis (infoplease.com)

2. Franks and Merovingians (historyforkids.org)

3. Rise of the Franks: scroll down to "#2. Clovis" and "#4. Bases of Frankish strength" (historyforkids.org)

4. Clovis I (wikipedia.org)

5. The European Middle Ages: PowerPoint (Mr. Albers, St. Peter's Prep, New Jersey, USA)

6. The "Story of Clovis": historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

Charles Martel - King of the Franks

1. Charles Martel #1 (infoplease.com)

2. Battle of Tours in 732 (trivia-library-com)

3. Battle of Tours (thenagain.info)

4. Charles Martel - 'The Hammer' (wikipedia.org)

5. Charles Martel #2 (Answers.com)

6. The story of Charles Martel and Pepin: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

7. Battle of Tours 732 AD: 8 minute video (youtube.com)

Charlemagne - King of the Franks

1. Charlemagne #1 (historyforkids.org)

2. Charlemagne #2 (simple.wikipedia.org)

3. Charlemagne 742-814 (historyguide.org)

4. Charlemagne - King of the Franks (infoplease.com)

5. Charlemagne: Leader of the Franks (Friesland History)

6. Charlemagne #3 (wikipedia.org)

7. The story of Charlemagne: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

8. The story of Roland: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

9. Dark Ages : PowerPoint (Mr. J from slideshare.net)

9. The age of Charlemange: 24 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

Alfred the Great - King of England

1. Alfred the Great #1 (simple.wikipedia.org)

2. Alfred the Great #2 (birkshirehistory.com)

3. Alfred (The BBC, U.K.)

4. Alfred the Great 871-899 (englishmonarchs.co.uk)

5. Treasurers of a Saxon King (Museum of London, U.K.)

6. Anglo-Saxon gold hoard (The BBC, U.K.)

7. The story of Alfred the Great: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

8. Images - Alfred the Great (Nashford Publishing, UK)

William the Conqueror - King of England

1. William I of England (simple.wikipedia.org)

2. William - Duke of Normandy (infoplease.com)

3. William 'the Conqueror' 1066-1087 (englishmonarchs.co.uk)

4. Invasion of England, 1066 (eyewitnesstohistory.com)

5. William, the Conqueror (btinternet.com)

6. Battle of Hastings video clip: requires Real Player (bbc.co.uk)

7. Battle of Hastings Interactive Game (bbc.co.uk)

8. Battle of Hastings: requires Google Earth - slow to load (bbc.co.uk)

9. The Doomsday book (National Archives, UK)

10. William I of England (wikipedia.org)

11. The story of William the Conqueror: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

12. William the Conqueror - part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5: videos (watchknow.org)

13. Battle of Hastings - part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5: videos (watchknow.org)

Richard the Lionhearted - King of England

1. Richard I #1 (royal.gov.uk)

2. Richard I #2 (westair-reproductions.com)

3. Richard I #3 (inforplease.com)

4. Richard I 'The Lionheart' 1189-1199 (englishmonarchs.co.uk)

5. Richard the Lionhearted massacres the Saracens, 1191 (eyewitnesstohistory.com)

6. Richard I of England (wikipedia.org)

7. The story of Richard the Lion-Hearted: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

8. The crusade of Richard the Lionhearted: 1 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

Frederick I - Holy Roman Emperor

1. Frederick I (inforplease.com)

2. Barbarossa (howstuffworks.com)

3. Frederick Barbarossa (authorama.com)

4. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (wikipedia.org)

5. Frederick I - German King (Answers.com)

6. The story of Frederick I - Barbarossa part 1 and Barbarossa part 2: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

Robert the Bruce - King of the Scots

1. Robert I of Scotland (robertsewell.ca)

2. Robert I (infoplease.com)

3. Robert the Bruce, his heart and the story of the spider (aboutscotland.com)

4. Robert the Bruce 1306-1329 (The BBC, UK)

5. Robert the Bruce timeline (btinternet.com)

6. The story of Robert the Bruce: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

7. Braveheart's Scotland: 5 videos (watchknow.org)

Henry V - King of England

1. Henry V of England (simple.wikipedia.org)

2. Henry V (inforplease.com)

3. Henry V - 1413-1422 (englishmonarchs.co.uk)

4. The Battle of Agincourt (eyewitnesstohistory.com)

5. King Henry V of England (wikipedia.org)

6. King Henry V: select Henry V clip on right of screen (Turner Classic Movies) sample 2

7. The story of Henry V: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

8. Images - Henry V (Nashford Publishing, UK)

9. Battle of Agincourt: 5 videos (watchknow.org)

Joan of Arc - from France

1. Animated hero classics - Joan of Arc: 28 minute video (unitedstreaming.com)

2. Joan of Arc #1 (simple.wikipedia.org)

3. Joan of Arc #2 (infoplease.com)

4. Jeanne d' Arc (wikipedia.org)

5. Joan d' Arc biography (historyguide.org)

6. Joan d' Arc: 9 minute video (metacafe.com)

6. Joan d' Arc 1999 video clip #1: and clip #2 fictional movie

7. The story of Joan d' Arc: historical fiction (The Baldwin Project)

Prominent Women

1. Eleanor of Aquitaine #1 (womeninworldhistory.com)

2. Eleanor of Aquitaine #2 (wikipedia.org)

3. Middle Ages Women (middle-ages.org.uk)

4. Women in the Middle Ages

5. Notable women around the year 1000 (womeninworldhistory.com)

6. Medieval women: interactive exploration (McMaster University, Ontario, Canada)

Knights

1. Knights (Minnesota State University, USA)

2. A knight's daily life (Skip Knox, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

3. The knightly ethic (Skip Knox, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

4. The knightly "Code of Chivalry" (middle-ages.org.uk)

5. Women Knights (heraldica.org)

6. The upper nobility and The lesser nobility (Skip Knox, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

7. Knights Quest: webquest (medieval-life.net)

8. The tournament (medieval-life.net)

9. Tournaments (Skip Knox, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

10. The "Time of the Knights" (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia)

11. Medieval times - the knights: 5 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

Feudalism Review progressed to here - January 24, 2010.

1. Feudalism #1 (mrdowling.com)

2. Feudalism #2 (simplewikipedia.org)

3. Feudal relationships chart (Grossmont Union High School District, CA)

4. Medieval feudal system (castles.me.uk)

5. Feudal society (camelotintl)

6. Oaths of homage and fealty

7. Feudalism and Medieval life (britainexpress.com)

8. The rise of feudalism: 5 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

9. Peasants (westernreservepublicmedia.org)

10. Medieval times - the serfs: 5 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

11. Forming town governments (learner.org)

12. Decline of feudalism (middle-ages.org.uk)

13. The rise of towns and the decline of feudalism (fsmitha.com)

The Law

1. The legal system (historyonthenet.com)

2. Anglo-Saxon law (Yale University, Connecticut, USA)

3. Law in the late Middle Ages (Skip Hall, Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

4. Stautes of William the Conqueror (Yale University, Connecticut, USA)

5. Thomas Aquinas on Law (Fordham University, USA)

6. Canon law (kidsnet.au)

7. Categories of documents (Dianne Tillotson)

8. Primogeniture (mrdowling.com)

9. King John and the Magna Carta (bbc.co.uk)

10. The Magna Carta (bbc.co.uk)

11. The Magna Carta (britannia.com)

12. Britannia - history - documents (britannia.com)

13. The Magna Carta (University of Evansville, IL, USA)

14. High Middle Ages - the Magna Carta: 3 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

15. Franco/German law - Salic Law (Yale University, Connecticut, USA)

16. German law - Barbarossa's "Peace of the Land" (Yale University, Connecticut, USA)

Crime and Punishment

1. Crime and punishment in the Middle Ages (Camelot Village, UK)

2. Crime and punishment (Powys Digital History Project, UK)

3. Some forms of punishment (University of Aberdeen, UK)

4. Crime and punishment (National Archives, United Kingdom)

5. Hung, drawn and quartered (berkshirehistory.com)

6. Middle Ages torture (middle-ages.org.uk)

7. "Curious Punishments of Bygone Days" (getchwood.com)

8. Stocks and Pillories

5. Technology

Architecture

1. Medieval architecture (historyforkid.coms)

2. Romanesque architecture click on "Pictures" at bottom and then #s on left-hand side for more pictures (historylink101.com)

3. Gothic architecture: click on "Pictures" at bottom and then #s on left-hand side for more pictures (historylink101.com)

4. Gothic geometry (newyorkcarver.com)

5. Medieval Art and Architecture (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

6. Build an Arch: animation (bbc.co.uk)

7. A-Z examples of British medieval buildings (timeref.com)

Castles

1. Welcome to Kids' Castle (kidsonthenet.org.uk)

2. Type of castles (historyonthenet.com)

3. Medieval Castle (castlewales.com)

4. Attacking a castle (castlewales.com)

5. How castles work (howstuffworks.com)

6. Siege warfare (pbs.org)

7. Medieval times - castle life: 10.5 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

8. Virtual 3d castle reconstructions: requires vrml (timeref.com)

9. Castles of Europe (medieval-castles.net)

10. Castle tours (newyorkcarver.com)

11. Bunratty Castle in Ireland (shannonheritage.com)

12. Castles in the Netherlands (castles.nl)

13. Welsh castles (The BBC, U.K.)

Churches

1. The Medieval cathedral (timeref.com)

2. Cathedral tours (newyorkcarver.com)

3. English castles, abbeys, and medieval buildings (castles-abbys.co.uk)

4. Church Gallery (bbc.co.uk)

5. Norman buildings (archnet.org)

6. Paint the cathedral: animation (bbc.co.uk)

7. Notre Dame Cathedral France: virtual tour (fromparis.com)

8. London Bridge Virtual Tour (bbc.co.uk)

9. The Tower of London KIDS Tour: requires a first name - type Henry or Elanor (toweroflondon.com)

10. Tower of London: a haunted mansion? (National Geographic Society, USA)

The Printing Press

1. Johann Gutenberg: the printing press (mrdowling.com)

2. Johannes Gutenberg (simplewikipedia.org)

3. Printing and thinking (learner.org)

4. Impact of the printing press (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

5. Moveable type printing press: 1 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

Arms and Armour

1. Arms and armour #1 (Metropolitan Museum, New York)

2. Arms & armour #2: scroll to bottom for more info (regia.com)

3. How swords work (howstuffworks.com)

4. Mediaeval sword virtual museum (Mediaeval Sword Virtual Museum)

5. Resource page (myarmoury.com)

6. Trebuchet

7. Non-gunpowder artillery (Societe de l'Oriflamme, France)

8. The medieval siege (NOVA PBC.org, USA)

Miscellaneous Inventions

1. Medieval technology page (New York University, USA)

2. Medieval technologies (wikipedia.org)

3. History of inventions and technology (historyworld.net)

4. Medieval inventions (neo-tech.com)

5. Medieval technology (Paul J. Gans, New York University, NY, USA)

6. Glasses (Indiana University)

7. Eyeglasses (newyorkcarver.com)

8. The invention of eyeglasses (arshermeneutica.org)

9. Mechanical clocks (icons.org.uk)

10. The clock (newyorkcarver.com)

6. Religion

Christendom

1. Christendom (mrdowling.com)

2. Medieval religion (historyforkids.org)

3. The Catholic Church (learner.org)

4. Middle Ages religion (middle-ages.org.uk)

5. The Western Christian Church (United Methodist Church)

6. Religious and village life: 12.5 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

7. Inquisition - general information

8. The Inquisition (Rice University)

The Clergy

1. Clergy (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

2. Monks and nuns (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

3. Nuns (Minnesota State University, USA)

4. Priests (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

5. Monks (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

6. Hermits (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

7. Monasteries (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

8. Medieval times - the clergy: 7 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

Pilgrimages

1. Relics and pilgrimage in Saxon times (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

2. Relics and pilgrimage in the Middle Ages (birkshirehistory.com)

3. A virtual pilgrimage (Boise State University, Idaho, USA)

4. Pilgrims passing to and fro (godecookery.com)

5. The Canterbury Tales (librarius.com)

6. Geoffrey Chaucer - timeline (britainunlimited.com)

7. Geoffrey Chaucer (bartleby.com)

8. The world of Chaucer (University of Glasgow, Scotland)

9. Anthology of Middle English Literature (luminarium.org)

The Crusades

1. The First Crusade (historyforkids.org)

2. Medieval Crusades (medievalcrusades.com)

3. Overview of the Crusades (Boise State University)

4. Maps (Boise State University)

5. Images (Boise State University)

6. Women and the Crusades (womeninworldhistory.com)

7. The Christian Crusades (United Methodist Church)

8. Richard The Lionheart Massacres The Saracens, 1191 (eyewitnesstohistory.com)

9. The Medieval era - Crusades to the Middle East : 7 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

10. Civilizations in conflict - the Crusades: 5 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

10. Crusader buildings (archnet.org)

Martin Luther and the Reformation

1. Martin Luther - the times (luther.de)

2. Martin Luther - 1483 to 1546

3. Martin Luther (University of Victoria, Canada)

4. Protestant Reformation (wikipedia.org)

7. The Arts

Tapestries

1. Tapestries (learner.org)

2. Tapestry - a brief history (Victoria and Albert Museum, UK)

3. The Bayeux Tapestry (Reading Museum, UK)

4. BBC - History - The Bayeux Tapestry Unpicking the Past

5. European tapestries (Metropolitan Museum, New York)

6. Historic tale construction kit: game (adgame-wonderland.de)

Stained Glass

1. Stained glass windows (mrdonn.org)

2. History trails - stained glass (bbc.co.uk)

3. Stained glass windows (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany)

4. Examples of stained glass windows (California State University, USA)

5. Medieval stained glass windows in Great Britain: click yes to agree to terms (King's College London, UK)

6. Stained glass: check out "gallery" section as well (wikipedia.org)

Illuminated Manuscripts

1. Authors, scribes, and libraries (Dianne Tillotson)

2. Books and manuscripts (earlybritishkingdoms.com)

3. Illuminated manuscripts (awesomestories.com)

4. Manuscripts: contains sample texts and videos (Getty Museum, USA)

5. Medieval manuscript manual (Central European University Hungary)

6. Art of the book in the Middle Ages (Metropolitan Museum, NY, USA)

7. Music, literature and illuminated manuscripts (British Library, UK)

8. Illuminating the Renaissance (British Library, UK)

9. Images of manuscripts (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, UK)

8. Middle Ages Tragedies

The Vikings

1. Why do civilizations fail? (learner.org)

2. The Vikings PowerPoint Presentation by David Ebong (worldhistory.pppst.com)

3. The fury of the Norsemen (vikinganswerlady.com)

The Little Ice Age

1. Dating the Little Ice Age (wikipedia.org)

2. UK countryside history 1400 AD (ukagriculture.com)

3. The Great Famine of 1315-1317 (wikipedia.org)

4. Little Ice Age (State University New York)

5. Famine and plague: 3 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

The Black Death

1. The bubonic plague (mrdowling.com)

2. Diseases during the Middle Ages (medieval-life.net)

3. The Black Death (bbc.co.uk)

4. Black Death video clip: requires Real Player (bbc.co.uk)

5. The Black Death 1347-1350 (Insecta-Inspecta Inc.)

6. The Black Death, 1348 (eyewitnesstohistory.com)

7. The Black Death PowerPoint Presentation by Shannon Duffy (worldhistory.pppst.com)

8. Modern information on the plague (Centers for Disease Control - CDC, USA)

9. The Medieval era - Europe's bubonic plague: 7 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

10. The Medieval era - the spread of the Black Death: 3 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

The Hundred Years War

1. The Hundred Years War - summary (Columbia Encyclopedia)

2. The Hundred Years War PowerPoint Presentation by Susan M Pojer (worldhistory.pppst.com)

3. Hundred Years' War (answers.com)

4. Late Medieval Troubles PowerPoint Presentation by Ms. Merilos (worldhistory.pppst.com)

5. Hundred Years' War: 2 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

9. Videos, Images, PowerPoints and Podcasts

Videos

1. Dark ages video clips (history.com)

2. Life in medieval Europe: 24 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

3. The High Middle Ages: 24 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

4. World History - the Medieval Era: 48 minute video (howstuffworks.com)

2. Battle of Hastings video clip: requires Real player (bbc.co.uk)

3. Romance of the Rose video clip: requires QuickTime (New York University, USA)

4. Beowulf movie trailers: 2005 version

5. Mac Beth movie trailer:

6. Hamlet movie trailer:

7. William Wallace - Braveheart trailers: movie trailer

8. Romeo and Juliet movie trailers: 1996 version and 1968 version

9. UK countryside history 700 AD or 1100 AD or 1300 AD or 1400 AD includes animation - full movie is slow to load (ukagriculture.com)

10. Manuscripts: contains sample texts and videos (Getty Museum, USA)

11. Black Death video clip: requires Real player (bbc.co.uk)

Images

1. Monthly pictures from the Duc de Berry collection (WebMuseum, Paris, France)

2. Medieval German towns and cities (Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA)

3. Toledo Spain (cyberspain.com)

4. Medieval clip art (about.com)

5. Celtic art and cultures (Dorothy Verkerk at the-orb.net)

5. Medieval woodcuts clip art (www.godecookery.com)

6. Medieval food and feast clip art (www.godecookery.com)

7. Dark ages photos: from TV show of same name (tvguide.com)

8. Digitized images (Oxford University Library, UK)

PowerPoint Presentations

1. Middle Ages timeline: PowerPoint (Arapahoe HS, Centennial, Colorado, USA)

2. Medieval times powerpoints (Mr. Donn and Phillip Martin)

3. European Change: Century by Century: PowerPoint (Stewart Savard, SD#71 eLibrarian, Comox Valley, BC, Canada)

4. Medieval Summary PowerPoint (Susan M. Pojer at worldhistory.pppst.com)

5. Build a Celtic Round House: PowerPoint (by Ms. Merilos worldhistory.pppst.com)

Podcasts

1. Attila the Hun - the scourge of God (podcasts.medievalstudies.info)	7. Beowulf (sportell.com)
2. Charlemagne (sportell.com)	8. English longbowmen (Military History Podcast)
3. Medieval Spain: a multi-religious society (HereOnEarth)	9. The Battle of Agincourt (thehistorynetwork.org)
4. "Close calls for Christendom" (Military History Podcast)	10. Medieval crime and punishment (iHistory Podcast Project)
5. Anglo-Saxon England (podcasts.medievalstudies.info)	11. Knight templar (Military History Podcast)
6. Castles click on green button to load (iHistory Podcast Project)	12. The story of the Middle Ages: 18 historical 'stories' (librivox.org)