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Luminarium
www.luminarium.org/medlit/
Anthology of Middle English literature (1350-1485) with medieval plays and lyrics, plus works of Chaucer, Mallory, Langland and others.

Bodleian Library
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/
scwmss/wmss/medieval
Illustrated medieval manuscripts from the collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Geoffrey Chaucer
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/
Comprehensive site about the author of The Canterbury Tales with a 'Teach Yourself to Read Chaucer' section.

Books

The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England, edited by Nigel Saul (Oxford Paperbacks, 2000) £15
Colour plates of medieval art illustrate this comprehensive history.

Civilisation of the Middle Ages by Norman F Cantor (HarperCollins, 1994) £12.99
This short history of the Middle Ages includes accounts of science, arts and culture.

Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages by Umberto Eco (Yale University Press, 1988) £8.99
The development of aesthetic philosophy during the 6th-15th centuries, plus the theology, poetry, science, and mysticism of the period. By the author of the novel The Name of the Rose.

1066 and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford (Fourth Estate, 2002) £6.99
Using the tapestry, the book retells the story of the remaking of England in and after 1066.

Le Morte D'Arthur by Thomas Malory (Oxford University Press, 1998) £7.99
Originally written in about 1469, this is the first English work in poetic prose and tells eight tales about the adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, edited by Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press, 1999) £9.99
Chaucer's pilgrims on their way to Canterbury tell stories of magic and trickery, of love and death and the Devil.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Penguin, 1964) £7.99
Classic of English literature by an unknown writer who was a contemporary of Chaucer, this is both a romance and a powerful moral tale examining religious and social values.

English Mystery Plays edited by Peter Happe (Penguin, 1975) £9.99
Mystery plays evolved from miracle plays in the 14th century. They describe the lives of the saints and tell the story of Jesus Christ's life.

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