Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Middlel Ages: Clothing
Clear and concise overview of the kinds of clothing worn during the medieval period by different classes of persons: peasants, royalty, clerics.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Middle Ages: Arts & Entertainment
Description of the entertainment that occurred during the Middle Ages. Types of instruments and involvement in religious life discussed.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Middle Ages
Description and links to descriptions of the various peoples during the Middle Ages. Covers everything from religion to feudal life.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Literature and the Middle Time
This is an essay from the University of Evansville discussing the evolution of the Middle Ages and the formation of various languages that would yield literature.
Other
Western Michigan University: Richard Rawlinson Center: Anglo Saxon Studies
Learn more about Anglo Saxon studies and research from the Richard Rawlinson Center. The page provides a wide range of links to different medieval resources.
Boise State University
Boise State University: Medieval Society Serfdom
This article from the Boise State University focuses on serfdom and its practice during the Middle Ages in Europe.
Global Catholic Network
Global Catholic Network: Saint Gregory, Pope, Doctor of the Church
A biographical sketch of St. Gregory the Great by St. Bede the Venerable. Details of his life, his career as the Pope, and efforts to convert the English are recorded.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Camelot Times: Writing a Newspaper
As part of a unit on Arthurian literature and medieval culture, students imagine they are reporters living in the realm of King Arthur and create newsletters/newspapers based on their study and research.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Women Writers
This guide will help students explore the lives and works of women writers using our Discovering Literature website.[PDF]
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 12: Hero
Students explore the essential qualities of a leader and/or hero and the journey required for someone to become one. They consider how Anglo-Saxon and medieval writings have influenced the concept of modern-day heroes in literature....
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Lyric Poetry
A brief note about the English lyric poetry prior to Chaucer and how it relates to Chaucer's "tales." Links provided to related topics.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Lease Granted to Chaucer
The text of a 1374 lease document that sheds light on the legal affairs of Geoffrey Chaucer and the real world of The Canterbury Tales.
Harvard University
The Harvard Chaucer Page: The Great Vowel Shift
This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides examples showing the difference between Chaucer's language and our own. The name of the site is the Great Vowel Shift and the text provided is medium in length, with several examples...
Harvard University
The Harvard Chaucer Page: "Flower and the Leaf"
John Dryden's (1631-1700)translation from the middle English of a poem once attributed to Chaucer. Preface to The Fables (1700)Modern English translation by John Dryden of Chaucer's "The Flower and the Leaf."
University of Florida
University of Florida: Dante, Chaucer, and the Currency of the Word
Website containing links to various medieval poetry and poets including Dante, Chaucer, and other famous works.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Ancient and Medieval Europe
Created for the high school student who is taking classes in European history.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Middle English Lyrics: Texts
A site with links to various Middle English works and their lyrics. Several images and related links.
Other
Periodo Altomedioevale E Romanico
View all of the many pictures representing Romanesque art forms. Descriptions are in English and Italian.
Other
Henry Davis Consulting: Index of Early Medieval Maps
This site from Henry Davis Consulting provides hand drawn maps of the world from Early Medieval times. Very interesting to see.
Other
Sherwood Times: Lancelot and Guinevere
An adapted version of a work by Chretien of Troyes that deals with the relationship between Lancelot and Guinevere.
Other
Pace University: Sir Gawain Room
This site from Pace University provides extremely easy-to-follow summary of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," along with some brief background information.
Other
The Middle Ages: Barons
Introduction and summary of noblemen and barons during the Middle Ages. Related links provided.
Other
Bences: Archabbey of Pannonhalma
This site from the Archabbey of Pannonhalma offers both a written description of the monastery and a photo album showing the interiors and exteriors of the buildings. The photo album has titles only. To understand the buildings one must...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Language in the Middle Ages
Article discusses the rise of vernacular language in the late Middle Ages. Covers reasons vernacular language grew and what the conditions were.