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Britannia.com: The Britannia Lexicon
A dictionary of words used in Medieval England, many of which are no longer part of the modern, everyday English we speak. This collection of terms also includes words we use now. You can learn the Medieval definitions, and compare them...
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The Finer Times: Middle Ages: Guilds in the Middle Ages
Understand how the guild system worked and the variety of guilds that existed during Medieval times.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Middle Ages
This instructional activity focuses on the importance of record keeping, in journal or diary form, by people in the past. Students learn much about their lives from these documents and they study the Middle Ages as they create journal...
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Maulbronn Monastery, 850 Years Old
Explore Maulbronn Monastery, considered the best-preserved monastery/abbey north of the Alps. The monastery is a perfect example of medieval abbeys and is on the World Heritage List.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: Books of Hours
This website contains information about the Book of Hours: a private prayer book, liturgies or calendar. "In Books of Hours are preserved some of the finest works of medieval art." Seven Book of Hours with descriptions are shown. Though...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Is Romance Dead?
As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja)
The art of medieval India, like the art of medieval Europe, was primarily in the service of religion. The supple and expressive quality of the dancing Shiva is one of the touchstones of South Asian, and indeed, world sculpture. View...
National Archives (UK)
National Archives Learning Curve: Crime and Punishment: Punishment Before 1450
What were the purposes of punishments given by courts in the Middle Ages? This question is reviewed in this Learning Curve challenge. Students are given primary evidence and two case studies - Medieval punishments and Capital punishments...
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...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Moralities and Mysteries
This site from the University of Victoria, which is part of a much larger site on Shakespeare, describes morality plays. It also provides examples and links to complete texts of some medieval morality plays.
South Carolina Educational Television
Kids Work! History of Theater
A brief history of theater practice told in five snapshots and commentary: theater in ancient times, the medieval theater, the Renaissance theater, Kabuki, and modern-day community theater.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Middle English Literature (1350 1485)
Listed as Medieval literature, you can find authors from the 14th and 15th centuries here, as some are considered Renaissance writers. Excellent resource with links to extensive info on the writers including Chaucer, Langland, and Gawain.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Literary Criticism
Wikipedia offers a detailed history of literary criticism from medieval time up to its current state.
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Personal Site: The Missal
A nice description of the Catholic Mass as it was practiced during the Medieval period in Europe. The central event of the Mass was the Eucharist. The "Missal" refers to the complete service book for the mass.
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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...
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Lords and Ladies: Life in the Middle Ages
Explore what life was like during the medieval times. Among topics discover trends in clothing, food, and torture techniques of the age.
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