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Catholic Encyclopedia: Jean Clopinel De Meun
An encyclopedia article about the second author of the Romance of the Rose, Jean Clopines de Meun (or Meung). The article focuses on classical and medieval sources. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference...
Stanford University
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Divine Illumination
Excellent article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy tracing the development of "divine illumination" throughout the classical and medieval Christian philosophical tradition. Describes how this distinctively Christian...
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Berger Collection Educational Trust: Berger Art Collection
At the online home of the Berger Art Collection, which comprises two hundred works of British art and spans more than six centuries (earliest work dates from 1395), find access to information about and analysis of all the art in the...
Smart History
Smarthistory: The Golden Haggadah
Features a description of the Haggadah which is used to tell the story of Passover around the Seder table each year, in particular, the Golden Haggadah, which is one of the most lavishly decorated medieval Haggadot. With links to...
Smart History
Smarthistory: Architecture and Liturgy
Explore the relationship between architecture and liturgy going all the way back to its Jewish origins. Provides discussion on early Christian worship, Medieval worship, pilgrimage, and spiritual architecture. With links to additional...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Drawbridge
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about torque balance in the context of a medieval drawbridge using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:47]
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Anselm of Canterbury
Introduction to Anselm's life and thought. Recounts his political difficulties while archbishop. Summarizes his contributions to medieval philosophy and theology, including his famous ontological argument for the existence of God, and...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Elegies of the Exeter Book
The poems in the Exeter Book known as the 'Old English elegies' focus on loss, separation, and the transience of earthly things. This article explores these poems, which include The Wanderer and The Wife's Lament, and highlights the...
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Thirteenth Century Polyphony
Detailed article about polyphonic music and its components in the 13th century.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Focus on Environment: Trade
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the environment and its influence on trade.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Key Concepts: Environment and Trade
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the environment and its influence on trade.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Female 'Soveraynetee' in Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale'
This article explores the character of the Wife of Bath and the ambiguity surrounding her outspoken views on marriage, power, and religious doctrine.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Exeter Book Riddles in Context
The Exeter Book, compiled by 10th-century clerics, contains a number of surprisingly euphemistic riddles. This article explores what these bawdy puzzles tell us about sex and gender in Anglo-Saxon England.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Saracens and Racial Otherness in Middle English Romance
This article considers how 'Saracen' characters are portrayed in Middle English romances, and what these texts can reveal about ideas of Otherness in this period.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Old English Heroic Poetry
This article introduces some of the key texts of Old English heroic poetry, including Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the Rood, and Judith.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Love and Chivalry in the Middle Ages
This article explores the ideal of chivalry through several works of the Middle Ages.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: An Introduction
This article explores Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and reflects on how he approached his own translation of the poem.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Old English
This article charts the evolution of Old English through the 700 years during which it was written and spoken.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: William Caxton and the Introduction of Printing to England
This article explains how William Caxton brought the printing press to England and published printed versions of works by writers including Chaucer, Malory, Gower, Cicero, and Virgil.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Earliest World History in English
This article considers what we can learn from the Old English Orosius about the Anglo-Saxons and their relationship to the wider world.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Edicts Against Christians
This site from the Fordham University provides some primary source documents on Emperor Diocletian. Great information, and it shows the level of persecution against the Christians in ancient Rome.
University of Pittsburgh
Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
On this website you can find a definition and a picture of a barrel vault and tunnel 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.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Sack of Constantinople
This site from the Fordham University provides Niceta Choniate's first person account of the sacking of Constantinople by the crusaders of the fourth crusade.
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