This is a primary source document written by William of Tyre tracing the political problems surrounding Christianity's efforts to regain the Holy Land, at the time of the Third Crusade.

Detailed description of the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages and the power that it wielded. Summarizes some of the customs and beliefs, and takes a look at the life of a medieval monk.

The mystery plays and morality plays of the 15th and 16th centuries were very different from modern drama. This article takes us back in time to show how these plays portrayed scenes from the Bible, conveyed religious doctrine, and...

This is a primary source document written by Aymeric, Patriarch of Antioch, to King Louis VII of Franceat the time of the Third Crusade.

This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University provides a thorough discussion of the existence of slavery in early times giving the types of people who were taken as slaves and the work they performed. There were also...

This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...

A digital page-by-page walk through an illuminated Middle Age Book of Hours.

An extensive collection of resources designed to aid the teaching of architectural history. An introduction to the period of architecture accompanies images. Viewers can manipulate the images to achieve a panoramic view or close-up of...

A complete summary of medieval Englishwomen Margery Kempe's spiritual journey and an account of how her story came to be written, since she, herself, was illiterate. Site provides an interesting perspective on the Church in England and...

Maps are subjective, and like any form of art and design they have stories to tell and reveal a lot about the times in which they were produced. Maps involve selections of information, human editing, and a visual language legible to the...

Read brief biographies of astronomers who are grouped by time period.

Explore the Reconquista and Islam in Spain during the Middle Ages and Medieval times when the Christians fought the Moors for the Iberian Peninsula and Spain on this webpage.

Kids learn about the Crusades during the Middle Ages and Medieval times. Holy wars between the Christians and the Muslims over Jerusalem.

The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the technology and cultural transfers that occurred during the Crusades.

Franks Casket features scenes from Roman, Jewish, Christian and Germanic tradition. When it came to light in the nineteenth century, this magnificent rectangular casket was being used as a family workbox at Auzon, France. Some time...

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