Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Development of New Trading Cities
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the development of medieval trading cities.
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Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Financial Institutions
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of medieval financial institutions.
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Khan Academy: An Introduction to the Song Dynasty (960 1279)
The Song dynasty was the second great "medieval" period of China. Northern Song (while it lasted) and the Southern Song (from 1127 until 1279) achieved incredible feats of learning, science, art, and philosophy. International trade and...
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Khan Academy: An Introduction to the Tang Dynasty (618 906)
Scholars often refer to the Tang (618-906) and Song (960-1279) dynasties as the "medieval" period of China. The civilizations of the Tang (618-906) and Song (960-1279) dynasties of China were among the most advanced civilizations in the...
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Khan Academy: What Maps Tell Us
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...
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Khan Academy: Great Square Headed Brooch From Chessell Down
Because buttons and zippers hadn't been invented, clothes in Anglo-Saxon England were fastened with pins or brooches. This fine silver-gilt and niello brooch is perhaps the most beautiful of all surviving great square-headed brooches....
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Imagining the Past in France, 1250 1500: Illuminated Manuscript
Cropped illustration, from a medieval French manuscript, of members of the court and clergy.
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The Castles of Wales
This resource includes an index and maps of castles in Wales, plus essays, glossary of castle words, FAQ's, plus other information related to castles.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Medieval Castle
Medieval Castle of the Holy Roman Empire. "1 Moat, 2 Drawbridge, 3 Wicket, 4 Merlons, 5 Embrasures, 6 Rampart, 7 Portcullis, 8 Donjon or Keep, 9 Turret, 10 Escutcheon." -Foster, 1921
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Medieval Town
Medieval town of the Holy Roman Empire in 1491.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Typical Medieval Castle
An example of a medieval castle.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Carnarvon Castle
This fortress was founded by Edward I in 1283. It is one of the most impressive of the decayed medieval strongholds of the British Isles.-Myers, 1905
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Antipodes in Derision
Cosmas lived in the sixth Christian century. In the cut here reproduced from his Topography, he ridicules the idea of a round earth with people on the under side whose heads hand downwards. The views of Cosmas as to the existence of an...
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Online Historical Fencing Manuals & Texts
Links to historical fighting manuals and analysis of these manuals. Intriguing reading for those with an interest in Renaissance fighting techniques.
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K 3 Learning pages.com: Web Resources: Middle Ages
Discover the Middle Ages through this comprehensive site. Offers lesson plans, art, projects, facts, research reports and more.
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Eugene School District: The Renaissance Begins [Pdf]
Chapter 28 of a middle school textbook on world history (7 pages). It explains how the Renaissance began in Italy, and the differences between classical, medieval, and Renaissance art. It discusses the expanding world of trade and...
Library of Congress
Loc: A Heavenly Craft: Woodcut in Early Printed Books
Online exhibit that represents the evolution of the woodcut as illustration during the late Medieval and early Renaissance period. This exhibition explores the development in technique, composition, perspective, and coloration of the...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Samurai Japan
A description of the culture and traditions of the samurai in medieval Japan.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Weaving Narratives in Museum Galleries
As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell thinks deeply about curating- not just selecting art objects, but placing them in a setting where the public can learn their stories. With glorious images,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Story Weaver
Reflect on a medieval tapestry and write a story about what you think is going on. Read stories that other site visitors have written about the tapestry.
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Worcester Art Museum: Chapter House
On this website you can find a picture of a ceiling which has a quadripartite vault.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Life of Leonardo Da Vinci by Giorgio Vasari
An exerpt from "Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects," which was written in 1550 by Giorgio Vasari, Leonardo da Vinci's first biographer.
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Web Gallery of Art: Skaters in Front of a Medieval Castle
An image of "Skaters in front of a Medieval Castle", created by Jan Van Goyen in 1637 (Oil on wood, 42 x 57 cm).
British Library
British Library: Illuminating the Renaissance: Flemish Manuscripts
A selection of high-quality images from the Flemish manuscripts in the British Library along with a timeline of contemporary European events.
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