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CASTLES

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CHILDREN

How did these throwaway doodles from the Middle Ages survive? Think birch bark. Check them out at The Art of Onfim: Medieval Novgorod Through the Eyes of a Child
Riveting read about the The Children's Crusade that begins with a charismatic 12-year-old and ends in entire village populations killed or lost in battle...

CHRISTMAS

Nicely turned out facts and images at Tales of the Middle Ages: Christmas, with a link to the The Bibliothèque Nationale de France for more ...
Christian and pre-Christian origins of a Ukrainian Christmas, and a rousing rendition of 'Carol of the Bells.' Real Player required ...
Holiday hedonism in medieval France. Check out The Feast of Fools ...
Images of the Magi in medieval/renaissance art ...
Lore and legend at Medieval Tales of the Child Jesus.
Warm to an Icelandic Medieval Yule.
Go on a church crawl at Nativity Scenes from English Churches...
The page here at New York Carver that answers the question: What Ever Happened to the Real St. Nick?...

CHURCHES

"For those who love churches" A Site of the Month archive and a great image gallery at The Ecclesiological Society
A Czech masterpiece painted in photos, and a video at St. Bartholomew's Church
Saint Foy Abbey Church Check out the big tour in the little village of Conques, France....
Our Lady Collegiate Church - Get a good background on related medieval history that surrounds this 11th century Gothic gem in Vernon, France. Check out the woodcarving and stained glass in photos, or take the complete virtual tour...
A primary lesson in how to teach math at Cunning Geometry: The Design of Medieval Churches and even if you're not into medieval geometry, (circa 1262) it's an eye opener...
Clever idea, intelligently laid out...From Mapping Margery Kemp, The Model Parish Church sampled from the best of the U.K....

CLOTHING

Get up to speed on what's coming down the runway in, say, the 13th century:

Watch the changes of Medieval costume as you follow a chronological tour of medieval fads at Wikipedia...
Images & links from the Costumer's Manifesto include dress, armor, jewelry and more from the 12th, as well as 13th, 14th, and 15th century Europe...

COINS

Begin "with a little history lesson" and explore Jim's Medieval Coin Collection - A Virtual Tour ...
With narrative and photos, Belgium coin trader Jean Elsen offers a history of medieval coins in France, Spain and Italy, with special collections that span the Visigoths to the Crusades...
Calgary Coin offers great graphics and descriptions with a separate link to an awesome medieval Irish and British hoard ...
Start at Coins of Islamic Dynasties and tool around the rest of the site for the mother lode...
More and more French Coin Collecting through the ages (and more interesting history) on view.
Grab this royal collection that comes with mint-condition information on English and French Royal and Medieval Coins

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

Read an authentic list of why prisoners were jailed and their often horrible fates at Tower of London Prisoners ...
The Medieval Crime Museum, a brief online peak at behavior modification in medieval Rothenburg...
The drunkard's cloak, shrew's fiddle, Stocks & Pillories.
Interesting research on American colonial Curious Punishments of Bygone Days with origins pointing back to medieval England...
Animals on Trial ... Pigs were the worst offenders. A brief review of the odd medieval practice, The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals...

CRUSADES

"God wills it!" was the battle cry from Pope Urban II that began the medieval Crusades - the eight campaigns in the Mideast that erupted in 1095 and only ended in 1270. Manifest destiny and a certain righteous indignation were the bedrocks on which the church based its right to rule the Holy Lands, a hot spot of warring contention that continues even now. Take a look at its origins with a trip back to The Crusades.

Take a virtual sample of the food eaten, the costumes worn, and more - at this full blown treatment of the Crusades from Wikipedia and scroll down the page for a rich collection of related resources.

DEATH & BURIAL

The Tombs of Elgin Cathedral still survive - amid the ruins of what was once Scotland's most magnificent cathedral...
View info and graphics at The Dance of Death illustrating how the French medieval Dance Macabre was interpreted across centuries and cultures. Life is short...
And they're tips and tricks at Medieval Wills to finding your own English medieval relations...
Unique, alright, as you'll see at A Unique Memorial to a Learned Lady. In medieval India, memorials to the dead were usually reserved for men alone....

DRAGONS

Christians joust with Satan in the guise of dragons at The Dragon Waging War. At the Detroit Institute of Arts medieval collection...
Museum Dragons at the Vorarlberger Landesmuseum leads visitors on a local museum tour of German dragon legends...
Images of St. George Throughout The Ages, 1) starring Satan himself, or 2) the allegory of the deliverance of the Church from persecution, or 3) the triumph of innocence over evil...
St. Michael and St. George are the dragon killers here at Dragons & Dragon Killers, with a link to Dragon Hill that holds an age-old mystery...
Carved figures at the entrance to a medieval stave church in Norway illustrate the story of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

FOOD

St. Martin' s Day, or Martinmas, was celebrated with Pourcelet Farci, a recipe from the Boke of Gode Cookery ...
Belly up to the table for a three course meal described in detail at Food and Drink in Medieval England ...
Meet the baker at Wichamstow Village.

14^th CENTURY

Devastating climate changes, famine, the Black Death, massacres, assassinations, beheadings, a peasant revolt. Did we mention pillaging? Welcome to the 14th century...

God's curse or the devil's work? It's The Pestilence Tyme.
Bone up on the The End of Europe's Middle Ages with this illustrated archeological dig into the surrounding civilization - and political intrigue - out of which arose the mayhem of the 1300's.

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