• Introduction to Medieval History Site by Paul Halsall of Fordham University.
• Medieval Source Book
• Jewish Medieval Life Sourcebook

Maps

• Middle Ages map links
• Regional Maps of the Middle Ages from Brown University
• Medieval Maps and Images from the Medieval Sourcebook. Includes a map quiz
• Map of Roman Britain about 410
• Map of Rome in the Middle Ages
• Eastern Half of the Roman Empire through fifteen centuries
• British Isles Ecclesiastical Map in the Middle Ages

Medieval Texts

• Medieval Literature links. Most relate to the Canterbury Tales.
• Resources for Chaucer by the Washington State University.
• Beowulf Text Translated by Francis B. Gummere , The Harvard Classics, Volume 49. (P.F. Collier & Son., 1910).
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great, approximately A.D. 890, and subsequently maintained and added to by generations of anonymous scribes until the middle of the 12th Century. The original language is Anglo-Saxon (Old English), but later entries are essentially Middle English in tone.
• The Bayeux Tapestry
  • The Bayeux Tapestry Scene by Scene
  • Horizontal Scrollable Version of the Bayeux Tapestry Excellent means to view the tapestry. Includes outline, commentary and glossary (may no longer work)
  • The Bayeux Tapestry
  • Bayeux Tapestry thumbnails.
  • More Bayeux Tapestry information and versions (be sure to scroll down page)
  • The Norman Conquest and a Downloadable version of the Bayeux Tapestry from Osprey Publishing (click on Bayeux Tapestry word or image on right side of screen). Select Mac or Windows version. Page takes a long time to load.
• List of Medieval texts Full text access possible.

Resources about Medieval Times

• On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies Link to multitude of primary and secondary resources for the study of the Middle Ages.
• Medieval Studies Virtual Library for Medieval Studies Maintained by Georgetown; Excellent place to start. Includes a search engine for searching withing the site.
• Resources for Chaucer by the Washington State University.
• Medieval Resources-- for History and English

Medieval History

• Norman England
• The Crusades
• Laws of William the Conqueror
• Les Capetiens and Les Croisades Medieval resources in French. Great illustrations from the Medieval period
• Weid's History Page Index. Multimedia and multi-topic site with multi-links to primary sources, games, and multi-more. Created by Mary Weidenhaft of Sullivan High School in Sullivan, Missouri for her world history students

Medieval Art

• Art in the Crusades Era
• Art History resources of the Medieval Period from Sweet Briar College
• Tres Riches Heures. The medieval book of hours.
  • Virtual presentation of Les Tres Riches Heures manuscript.
    
  • Another site with information and images of Les Tres Riches Heures,

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Created 9 September 1997
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