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Medieval Britain
www.britannia.com/history/h60.html
Billed as 'America's gateway to the British Isles' (but don't let that put you off!), the Britannia website contains a large selection of original sources and texts, as well as very readable histories, specialist articles, timelines and other material.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
A vast reference source for texts on and from medieval times.
Medieval England
www.britainexpress.com/History/Townlife.htm
A brief guide to daily life in medieval towns in Britain, from cleanliness to law enforcement.
Medieval English Urban History
www.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/towns.html
Provides historical information about cities and towns in England during the Middle Ages, with particular emphasis on medieval boroughs of East Anglia and on social, political and constitutional history. Includes a selection of documents on English urban history, plus capsule histories of different medieval towns.
Medieval Religions
www1.enloe.wake.k12.nc.us/enloe/CandC/TASACHA/mainpg.html
A guide to medieval religions. Gives a good basic overview, from the structure of the Church and the Crusades to witchcraft in medieval times.
Medieval Monasticism
www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/
ids/medieval/4950.shtml
Dr Deborah Vess, of Georgia College and State University produced this website to accompany her course on medieval monasticism. It covers most forms of monastic life during the medieval period, the major events and the contribution of monasticism to medieval and modern culture.
The Newport Ship
www.thenewportship.com
In the summer of 2002, the well-preserved remains of a medieval ship were discovered during excavation works for a new arts centre on the banks of the river Usk in central Newport. It is one of the most complete examples of a ship from the period, believed to have been built around 1465. This website, run by the Friends of the Newport Ship tells the story of what they call 'Newport's medieval treasure'.
Wharram Percy: The Lost Medieval Village
http://loki.stockton.edu/~ken/
wharram/begin.htm
This website tells the story of a deserted Yorkshire village, which was the subject of archaeological digs every summer for 40 years. It was once thought that medieval villages were 'deserted' due to the effects of the Black Death in 1349. Research at Wharram Percy (and a few other villages), however, has shown that there are more than 3,000 such villages in England and that most of them were depopulated as a result of economic forces in the 15th century. The Wharram Project, which began in 1950, has shown that many of these sites were inhabited for centuries before the middle ages. The evidence gathered at Wharram Percy has added immensely to our knowledge of English medieval peasant life.
The Canterbury Tales
www.canterburytales.org
Beautifully illustrated online version of The Canterbury Tales from the Electronic Literature Foundation: the original Middle English text and a modern English translation in rhyming couplets. The text is illustrated with portraits from the Ellesmere Manuscript and the Kelmscott reprinting.
Castles
Castles on the Web
www.castlesontheweb.com
An extensive resource, the Castles on the Web site includes sections on medieval studies, myths and legends, virtual tours of castles, books, photo archives and even how to rent or stay in a castle. Its weblinks to sites which themselves provide links to other castle-related websites could keep you browsing until Domesday. Castles on the Web also has a useful message/question board and a variety of discussion forums on the subject.
The English Medieval Castle
www.britannia.com/history/david1.html
Three illustrated essays on the English medieval castle provide a good basic introduction to the subject.
The Castles of Wales
www.castlewales.com/home.html
Jeffrey Thomas's site, with good general background information about Norman castles as well as being an excellent overall resource on Welsh castles.
Build a Medieval Castle
www.yourchildlearns.com/castle.htm
Free educational software. Make your own model medieval castle – a learning activity that teaches about history, feudalism and life in the Middle Ages. Build your own medieval castle, complete with towers, gatehouse and keep, to help understand how an army laid siege to a castle, how a castle was defended or what it might have been like to live in a castle.