Learners compare a castle in Wales to a fort in Oregon and design and build a castle or fort. In this structure study lesson, students complete activities to study castles in Wales to forts in England. Learners then design their own fort...

Twelfth graders use the internet to examine how the Gutenberg press affected society as a whole. Using examples of illuminated type, they develop type in three different formats. They share their types with the class and answer...

Bestiaries, illustrated volumes of animals and birds, were an expression of the intersection of the natural and religious worlds in medieval art and science. At this large database on the subject, you can learn about the symbolic content...

A 34-page summarization of key events and issues in the history of medicine and public health since medieval times.

Enhance learning and teaching of colonial America with the cross-curricular lessons, activities, videos, writings, etc. offered. Students will enjoy seeing the impact and progress of science in the early days of the United States.

For most westerners, and indeed for many Arabs, the spectacular achievements of Arabic language science from the eighth through the 16th centuries come as a startling discovery, as if an unknown continent had suddenly appeared on the...

Fordham University provides this site with information on "On Experimental Science, 1268." Roger Bacon reviews "the principles of wisdom from the point of view of experimental science."

Epact is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums: the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, the British Museum,...

This Science, Optics, and You site offers a biography of Roger Bacon with focus on his treatises on optics.

Medieval and Renaissance-era scientific instruments are catalogued and displayed. Find references to the makers of the instruments and the ways the tools were once used.

In this historical interactive, see beautiful examples of stained glass artistry, and learn how the craftsmen of the Middle Ages used chemistry to create them.

An extensive overview of the art and architecture of Croatia. Includes biographical sketches of the artists as well as links to more information.

Following brief introductory information, this excerpt from Roger Bacon's "Compendium Studii Philosophiae" includes notes. The excerpt is C.G. Coulton's modernized version. Site by Fordham University.

The field of archaeology has been specializations that investigate the past through many different lenses, e.g., environmental relationships, landscape study, and aerial investigation. This resource describes many of these specialties.

Series of illustrated essays on the different ways that the human body has been represented in art and science across history considers medieval astrology, the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture, Vitruvius's notion of body symmetry,...

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...

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...

This site offers an intuitive look at "Occam's Razor," the philosophical statement of the "principle of unnecessary plurality." Content focuses on the life and role of William Ockham; the history of this particular philosophy; as well as...

This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides materials for Harvard's Chaucer classes. It provides a wide range of texts and translations of Chaucer's works along with critical articles from various perspectives and general...

This site from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides an in depth look at the life and works of Baruch Spinoza. Includes links to related material.

Well-rounded biography of Roger Bacon with very clear explanation of his philosophy. The focus is on his belief that knowledge can be attained through scientific experiments and through divine inspiration. Includes brief excerpt from...

A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.