Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: The Crusades
History for Kids presents a kid friendly explanation of the Crusades describing the causes and consequences of the intent to protect and spread the influence of Christianity.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hours of Jeanne D'evreux
Examine a book of hours, or prayer book, made for French queen Jeanne d'Evreux in the early 14th century at this Metropolitan Museum site. Illustrations, closeups, and explanatory annotations populate the site, which is especially...
Read Works
Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes in writing and poetry during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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University of Illinois: The Early Centuries of the Greek Roman East
Read about the history of the Romiosini, or Greek Middle Ages and the development of the Greek-Roman east. The article is divided into two different sections. The first section includes the foundation of Constantinople as a means to...
Irelands Eye
The Curse of Cromwell
A history of religious struggles during the mid-1600's in Ireland between the Catholics of Ireland and Protestants from England, led by Oliver Cromwell.
Other
Ets: "The Summa Theologica" by St. Thomas Aquinas
This site presents the entire text by Aquinas in translation. It covers material from the explanation for the existence of God to treatises on law and justice.
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Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance Art
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about changes in art during the Renaissance. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Manuscript artworks accompanied by descriptions that were part of a museum art exhibit on Medieval and Renaissance food. The exhibit looked at how food was portrayed in art from those times.
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame: Specimen Pages From the Summa Theologica of St. Thomas
This site from the University of Notre Dame provides an easy guide to understanding the complex Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas. It does not cover all of his work, but the main tenets such as Aquinas's views on the Scripture and...
Kenyon College
Kenyon College: Marginality and Community in Medieval Europe: Heretics
An overview of heretics and a link to the different heretical groups from a project designed by students at Kenyon College. Part of a larger examination of the marginality of groups in medieval Europe.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Ancient and Medieval Europe
Created for the high school student who is taking classes in European history.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: A Brief History of Western Culture
History is divided into time periods in order to better understand the culture and characteristics of that time. Read a brief description of the art and culture of historical time periods in this introductory article.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery: Medieval
Check out this site to learn about medieval times! Learn about the type of homes, clothes, religion, events, and medicine found in the medieval time period.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Manuscript Illuminators
Artcyclopedia maintains an impressive list of links related to known medieval European manuscript illuminators, from the 13th century to the 16th. Page includes links to museum sites and archives where images of illumination can be...
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Mapping Margery Kempe: Guide to Late Medieval Material
Margery Kempe's spiritual biography is often called the first autobiography in English this provides access to the material culture of Kempe's 15th century world.