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The Peasants: Advances in Agricultural Technology, 800-1000 Open in a new windowLink Details
- A lecture on medieval agricultural technology and its relationship with the daily lives of peasants by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
- http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/peasants.html

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The Medieval Paupers Open in a new windowLink Details
- The Medieval Paupers, a lecture by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Nelson examines Medieval paupers by categorising them into three groups, physically incompetent, socially marginalise
- http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/paupers.html

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The Great Famine and the Black Death Open in a new windowLink Details
- Lectures on the famine of 1315-1317 and the Black Death, by Lynn Harry Nelson, The University of Kansas.
- http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/black_death.html

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The Sundering of Society 1350-1500 Open in a new windowLink Details
- A lectures in medieval history, by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Nelson examines the divisions in society and how the lives of individuals in the difference classes were effected.
- http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/sundering_society.html

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Medieval Life Open in a new windowLink Details
- A look at different peoples roles.
- http://www.camelotintl.com/village/street.html

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Footwear of the Middle Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- An examination of the history, development, and techniques up to the end of the 16th century.
- http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM

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Manorial Language Open in a new windowLink Details
- Definitions of terms used on the manor.
- http://home.olemiss.edu/~tjray/medieval/manorial.htm

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The Feudal Society of the Middle Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- Brief explanation of major roles in the feudal hierarchy.
- http://www.camelotintl.com/village/society.html

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Tales of the Middle Ages: Food and Drink Open in a new windowLink Details
- A look at what was cooked and how.
- http://www.godecookery.com/mtales/mtales14.htm

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Historical Recipes of Different Cultures Open in a new windowLink Details
- This site has sections on both Anglo-Saxon and general Medieval recipes. It lists the recipes themselves with some detail on customs and ritual associated with the meals.
- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/index.html

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Instruments of Torture, Medieval Times Open in a new windowLink Details
- Provides an overview of instruments of torture, including illustrations and descriptions of how they were used.
- http://www.awesomestories.com/history/torture/torture_ch1.htm

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Medieval Diet Open in a new windowLink Details
- Medieval diet recipes, low in fat and calories.
- http://www.medievaldiet.com

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A New Theory on the Costumes of the Oseberg Queen and Her Attendant Open in a new windowLink Details
- A translation of a part of the chapter in a book based on a ship-burial of a wealthy (perhaps royal) woman from the Vestfold
- http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Oseberg/dress/OSEBERG.HTM

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What the Irish Wore Open in a new windowLink Details
- An article on the Moy gown, an Irish Medieval gown that includes the discovery, description, and reconstruction.
- http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/irish/moy.html

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Middle Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- Knights in shining armor, lavish banquets, wandering minstrels, kings, queens, bishops, monks, pilgrims, and glorious pageantry, but it was harsh, uncertain, and often dangerous.
- http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

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Medieval Muses Open in a new windowLink Details
- Information on herbs, recipes and traditions.
- http://www.moonsmuses.com/Medieval.html

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The Meadery Open in a new windowLink Details
- Marc Shapiro looks into that most ancient of fermented beverages, mead, with information on wine, beer and cider as well. Short histories of each beverage are included, as well as information on the brewing methods used.
- http://mysite.verizon.net/mshapiro_42/

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Collection: Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes Open in a new windowLink Details
- Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes, taken from the "British Museum Cookbook" by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson
- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-anglosaxon-coll.html

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The Royal and Delightful Game of Piquet Open in a new windowLink Details
- The game of Piquet (or Cent, the game's English name in this period), has been played since at least the end of the 15th century. This site provides instructions on how to play the game.
- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/org/Medieval/www/src/contributed/grm/games/piquet.html

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Richard III Society-15th Century Life: Food Open in a new windowLink Details
- An overview of medieval culinary traditions for both lower and upper classes.
- http://www.r3.org/life/articles/food1.html

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Costuming Open in a new windowLink Details
- This site was intended as a guide to costuming for the game Murder on the Road to Santiago, but contains many details of what clothing was worn for daily life in medieval times. Sections include laypersons clothing and clothing worn by members of religiou
- http://enigma.cs.ucla.edu/games/santiago/costuming.html

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Medieval Women An Interactive Exploration Open in a new windowLink Details
- An interactive website featuring aspects of medieval women's daily lives, such as life in a religious order, or life for members of different classes of society.
- http://mw.mcmaster.ca/home.html

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Viking Men's Clothing Open in a new windowLink Details
- While this site is intended for individuals interested in reconstructing historical costume, many details of Viking mens costume are analysed. These include materials used, general types of clothing and ornamentation.
- http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/mensgarb.html

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The Flour of Chivalry Open in a new windowLink Details
- A short history of medieval bakers' guilds, focusing on pricing, aspects of membership and issues with local authorities and the growth of urbanisation.
- http://www.whirlwind-design.com/madbaker/bakerguild.html

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ancient Cookery Open in a new windowLink Details
- These recipes are aimed at modern re-creation, but the original recipes are given.
- http://www.panix.com/~nexus/cooking/

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Medieval Mustard Open in a new windowLink Details
- Medieval recipes and uses for mustard are included in this page, drawing heavily on primary sources.
- http://www.greydragon.org/library/mustard.html

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Cauldrons and the Development of Cast Iron for Domestic Use Open in a new windowLink Details
- This article contains a paragraph on the use of cauldrons for medieval domestic use along with relevant illustrations.
- http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jselmer/cauldrons.htm

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Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Daily Life In Viking Age Scandinavia Page Open in a new windowLink Details
- Contains detailed information about such aspects of Viking daily life as clothing, food, naming practices and sexual politics. Contains some analysis of primary sources to provide this information.
- http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/VALDailyLife.htm

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The Vikings - Snayfwickby Open in a new windowLink Details
- Contain information about aspects of daily Viking life such as eating habits, animal rearing and travel. The site is aimed at 7 to 8 year old children, and was produced by Snaith Primary School in East Yorkshire, England.
- http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/village.htm

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The Marketing of Grain in England, 1250-1350 Open in a new windowLink Details
- Aspects of grain marketing in Medieval England such as pricing, famines and transportation issues. This includes discussions on how these issues impacted on the lives of all classes of people in this time period.
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/articles/Grainframe.htm

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Rural and Urban Elites in England During the Later Middle Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- Article on rural and urban elites, the interaction between them, and a bibliography.
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/articles/Elites.htm

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Food in England Since 1066 -- A Vegetarian Evolution? - Part 1: The Middle Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- An article about vegetarian diets in the Middle Ages, detailing specific foods and the ways in which they were used. Relevant quotes from various secondary sources are included with a commentary from the writer of the article.
- http://www.ivu.org/history/renaissance/middle-ages.html

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Medieval Rules and Rituals: Love and Marriage Open in a new windowLink Details
- A collection of essays on the topic of Medieval relationships.
- http://www.dfwx.com/medieval_cult.html

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Medieval Clothing Open in a new windowLink Details
- Medieval costume. Men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, sanitary napkins, diapers, wool, linen, silk, leather, fur
- http://www.octavia.net/9thclife/Clothing.htm

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Daily Life--Peasants Open in a new windowLink Details
- An overview of the daily lives of Medieval Peasants including aspects such as clothing, food, marriage and children.
- http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/pdailylife.html

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Viking Age Foodstuffs Open in a new windowLink Details
- Archaeological Finds of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Viking Foodstuffs
- http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikfood.html

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Markets and Fairs in Britain and Ireland before 1216 Open in a new windowLink Details
- A comparative study on the growth of trade in Britain and Ireland before 1216.
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/articles/Earlymarkets.htm

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Women Left Behind (Women in World History Curriculum) Open in a new windowLink Details
- A brief study of the impact of the Crusades on women. Includes links to information on Women of note.
- http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine3.html

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The Peasant Land Market in Southern England, 1260 - 1350 Open in a new windowLink Details
- A Research paper studying the peasant land market in Winchester, with an analysis of the transactions and how these reflected property rights of the time.
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Winchester%20before%201350.htm

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Forme of Cury Open in a new windowLink Details
- Medieval recipes from "A Roll of Ancient English Cookery", which was compiled about 1390 CE.
- http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/foc/

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The Dark Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- Online presentation giving an overview of Dark Ages themes such as daily life, economic revival and science.
- http://www.fscwv.edu/users/dyoung/Middle/

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Dominion and Domination of the Gentle Sex: Lives of Medieval Women Open in a new windowLink Details
- This site explores aspects of Medieval Women's lives such as economics, religion , politics and the family.
- http://library.thinkquest.org/12834/

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Business in the Urban Home Open in a new windowLink Details
- This article relates to the trade in commodities from people's homes in the Middle Ages
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Colchester_trade.htm

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Meals & Manners Open in a new windowLink Details
- The page is part of Harvard's Geoffrey Chaucer page, and it contains information on what food was eaten and the manner in which it was consumed, with links expanding the text.
- http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/lifemann/manners/

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Wichamstow Village Open in a new windowLink Details
- Roland Williamson presents a fictional village to illustrate the type of buildings the Anglo-Saxons created and the daily life of villagers. Hosted by Regia Anglorum.
- http://www.regia.org/village.htm

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Life in the Middle Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- Series of short essays by gifted resource students from Kyerene de las Brisas Elementary School. Many of the essays are illustrated by the children, and contain short summaries of aspects of everyday life in the Middle Ages.
- http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/Brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm

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Life in a Medieval Castle Open in a new windowLink Details
- Brief account of daily life in a Medieval Castle. Touches on such aspects as religion, hygiene and water.
- http://www.castlewales.com/life.html

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The 'Law Merchant' and the Fair Court of St. Ives, 1270-1324 Open in a new windowLink Details
- A detailed analysis of the "law merchant" and commercial law in the Middle Ages, focusing on the court records of a medieval English fair.
- http://www.stevesachs.com/papers/paper_thesis.html

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GodeCookery.Com Open in a new windowLink Details
- A selection of recipes and cookery books and related information, mainly from the late Middle Ages.
- http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm

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Medieval Technology Page Open in a new windowLink Details
- A very interesting look at medieval technology; how it was created, how it worked, and how it was used.
- http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Technology.html

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Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe Open in a new windowLink Details
- This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival, impact and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europ
- http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html

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Do Exempla Illustrate Daily Life? Open in a new windowLink Details
- A critical discussion on the merits and pitfalls of using medieval 'exempla' to determine facts about daily life in the middle ages.
- http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/e-center/johnston.html

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Medieval Pottery Research Group Open in a new windowLink Details
- For those with an interest in pottery vessels made, traded, and used in Europe between the end of the Roman period and the 16th century.
- http://www.medievalpottery.org.uk

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Marriage During the Middle Ages Open in a new windowLink Details
- Information on traditions, laws, customs, ceremonies, weddings, feasts, clothing, jewelry, beauty treatment, gifts, dresses, showers, courtly love, and knights and chivalry.
- http://www.medieval-weddings.net/

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The Employees of Durham Priory, 1494-1519 Open in a new windowLink Details
- A research project by Durham University on conditions of employment in the late Middle Ages, derived from an exceptionally rich monastic archive.
- http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Priory_employees.htm

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The Visigothic Code - Forum Ludicum Open in a new windowLink Details
- The Law Code in translation with a preface.
- http://libro.uca.edu/vcode/visigoths.htm

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