THE MIDDLE AGES, CHIVALRY, & KNIGHTHOOD

Updated May 2008

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MEDIEVAL TERMS & GLOSSARIES
GLOSSARY: People of the Middle Ages
ORB: Medieval Terms
Medieval Terminology and Glossary
NetSERF's Hypertext Medieval Glossary
Glossaries and Medieval Word Lists
GLOSSARY: Medieval and Renaissance
GLOSSARY: Medieval English urban history
Angelcynn - Glossary of the Dark Ages
Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry
Heraldic Dictionary: Home Page
Arms & Armour Glossary of Terms
Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournament Glossary of Terms
GLOSSARY: Gothic Field Guide to Architectural Terms
Historical-Fencing Terminology
A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
GLOSSARY: Castle Terms
Castle Terminology
Medieval Glossaries
Manorial Glossary
Medieval Ecclesiastical Terminology
Medieval Cooking Glossary
Chivalric and Heraldic Terminology
Castle and Siege Terminology
Feudal Terminology

TIMELINES
Timeline of Medieval Europe
This Date in Medieval History
Military History Timelines- Medieval History Net Links
TIMELINE: Anglo Saxon England 688 AD-801 AD
Medieval Europe: AD 400-1400 Timeline
EAWC Chronology: Medieval Europe
For more timelines, please visit my Maps, Flags, Timelines webpage.

MAPS AND IMAGES
ORB -- Illustration Index
Medieval Sourcebook: Maps
UT Library Online - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - Historical Maps
Historical maps of Europe from 001 AD to 1000 AD
A Medieval Atlas
Late Medieval Maps
Index of Late Medieval Maps
PERIODICAL HISTORICAL ATLAS OF EUROPE
MAP: Germans and the Eastern Roman Empire, around the year 500
MAP: Europe, West Asia and Arabia, A.D. 600
MAP: Anglo-Saxon England
MAP: West-Central Europe
MAP: Medieval Japan and Korea - For info on Medieval Asia and Africa, please check my Non-Western Cultures page.
A GUIDE TO THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY IMAGES
ORB -- Icons with Medieval Themes
Cartoons: A Lighter View of the Middle Ages
Antique and Medieval Atlas
Medieval Clip Art

DAILY LIFE & FEUDALISM
General Daily Life Sites
Tales of the Middle Ages
Camelot Village: Life in the Middle Ages
Medieval Daily Life Net Links
Essays in Medieval Studies: Medieval Communities
Journey Through the Middle Ages
Aspects of Medieval Life
Tales of the Middle Ages - Daily Life
The Middle Ages: Feudal Life
Life in the Middle Ages
Medieval English urban history
History House: Stories: A Day in the Life of a Peasant
The Middle Ages -- Town Life
Exhibits Collection -- The Middle Ages
  THE MIDDLE AGES: A MEDIEVAL FIEFDOM 

Feudalism - Economy - Commerce - Farming
Feudal Terminology
Manorial Glossary
The Feudal Society of the Middle Ages
Feudalism
The Lord of the Manor
Peasant Life in the Middle Ages
FEUDALISM
THE MEDIEVAL MANOR
Diagram(image) of a Manor, c. 1200
The Peasantry of the Feudal Age
William the Conqueror's Feudal System
The Rise of Feudalism, ca. 850-100 AD
Feudal Titles
Feudal Law
The Manor and the Village Community
The Rise of Commerce and Towns
The Rise of Capitalism
Farming in the Middle Ages
The Peasants: Advances in Agricultural Technology, 800-1000
MIDDLE AGES: THE FARMER'S LIFE
Trade and Commerce in the Middle Ages
Medieval Economics Net Links
Government and Economy of England in the High Middle Ages
Medieval Jobs
Europe, the Church, and Economic Growth, to 1300 C.E.
For info on Feudalism in Asia and Africa, check out my Non-Western Cultures page.

Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings
TIMELINE: Anglo Saxon England 688 AD-801 AD 
  Medieval and Viking
  Civilization.ca - Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga 
Tons of info can be found on my Western Civilization page.

Food and Drink
A Bode of Gode Cookery - Medieval Cookery
Food and Famine Net Links
Mythical Plants of the Middle Ages
Richard III Society -15th Century Life: Food
Medieval Food
Food, Drink and Cookery in Medieval Society
For much more, check out the section below on FOOD.

Medieval Fashion
Clothing of the Middle Ages
For much more, check out the section below on FASHION.

Religion
Religion in the Middle Ages
Tales of the Middle Ages - Clergy
On Christmas in the Middle Ages
For much more, check out the section below on RELIGION.

Crime and Punishment
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages
For more, check out the sections below on LAW and PUNISHMENT.

Children and Family During the Middle Ages
Children and the Family in the Middle Ages
Narratives of a Nurturing Culture: Parents and Neighbors in Medieval England
The Black Death and the Medieval Family - Suite101.com
Marriage and the Family in Medieval Europe BIBLIOGRAPHY
For info on Medieval Women, check out the section below on WOMEN.

Medieval Philosophy and Education
Medieval Philosophy at Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base
Medieval Philosophy
Medieval Latin
Medieval Education
The Rise of the University

Medieval Entertainment
The Middle Ages -- Arts & Entertainment
Entertainment in the Middle Ages
Medieval Games and Pastimes Net Links
Burgundian Dance in the Late Middle Ages
Tavern Life
For info on jousting and tournaments, check out the section below on the KNIGHTHOOD.
For info on Jesters, check out their own section below be clicking on JESTERS.
For info on Art, Music, and Theater of the Middle Ages, check out the sections below on MUSIC AND THEATRE and THE ARTS.

Various Daily Life Topics
A Question of Time...the Calendar
Tales of the Middle Ages - Cats
The Middle Ages -- Homes
The Middle Ages -- Health
Lords and Peasants in Catalonia
If You Can Read This...Reading in the Middle Ages
History House: Stories: Medieval lepers
Medieval Tournai

THE CRUSADES
Did you know? During the Medieval Crusades, transporting bodies off the battlefield for burial was a major problem, this was solved by carrying a huge cauldron into the Holy wars, boiling down the bodies, and taking only the bones with them.
ORB --Crusades 
Crusade FAQs
Crusades 
  Medieval Church.org.uk: The Crusades 
  The Crusades - info 
  Crusades on Encyclopedia.com 
  The Crusader Period 
  Crusades. The Columbia Encyclopedia 
  More on the Crusades 
  Crusades - A Guide to Online Resources 
  Medieval Crusades 
  The Crusades 
  Medieval Sourcebook: The Crusades 
  The Crusades Through Arab Eyes 
  The Crusades and the Contributions of Islam  
  Age of Faith - The Crusades
  The Crusades Information Page
Crusades Net Links
  The First Crusade
CYPRUS UNDER RICHARD IAND THE TEMPLARS
The Crusades: Dates
SELJUKS
The Political Crusade
The Crusader's Song
Another Crusader Song
Crusader Food
The Crusades
The Holy Crusades
Battles & Wars-Medieval History Net Links

HERALDRY
A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN HERALDRY by JAMES PARKER
Symbolism of Heraldry
Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry
Heraldic Dictionary: Home Page
Heraldic Glossaries
Illustated Atlas of Heraldic Terms
Heraldry by Countries
GREAT EUROPEAN ORDERS OF CHIVALRY
CHIVALRIC ORDERS
Heraldica
Common Questions about Heraldry
Origins of Heraldry
Heraldry on the Internet
The American College of Heraldry
Heraldry Page by M.N.Razumkin
Heraldry Links
Heraldic Design
Labyrinth Heraldry and Arms Resources Page
Coats of Arms on Web Sites
College of Arms
Cariadoc's Miscellany: Concerning Heraldic Devices and Arms
Distinguishing Characteristics of Medieval Italian Heraldry

CHIVALRY
The Ten Rules of Chivalry
The Code of Chivalry and Courtly Love
  Chivalric and Heraldic Terminology
  Chivalry 
   Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournament Glossary of Terms 
Chivalry & Nobility Links Page
SCA Inc. - Chivalrous Arts
  GREAT EUROPEAN ORDERS OF CHIVALRY 
  CHIVALRIC ORDERS 
  Jousts and Tournaments 
  Jousting  

KNIGHTHOOD
Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library 
  Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournament Glossary of Terms 
Training of a Squire, John Harding 
  The Steps of Knighthood 
  Knights and Their Armor
KCT Library: Knighthood 
On Knighthood 
Knights
Defend Yourself, Good Knight
Introducing... Knight Life
Knight Life Table of Contents - Medieval History
Lancelot's Castle
A History And Mythos Of The Knights Templar 
Lancelot's Knight Page 
Knightly Poetry  

MEDIEVAL WARFARE & WEAPONRY
Military History Timelines - Medieval History Net Links
Battles & Wars - Medieval History Net Links
Weapons and Armor
Castle and Siege Terminology
Arms & Armour Glossary of Terms
The Arador Armour Library - The online resource for armour
Cariadoc's Miscellany: Shield and Weapon Weights
Labyrinth Heraldry and Arms Resources Page
Crossbow FAQ - Crossbow history - maintained by Ausbow Industries
The Medieval English Longbow
The Decline of the Longbow
Medieval Weapons of Foot Soldiers
Weapons
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Collection: Arms and Armor
TherionArms.com
Buthlaw's Armorial
Fencing FAQ
Sir Clisto's Tome: Armourers and Weaponsmiths
Silk Road Designs Armoury
Legends - Swashbucklers and Fops
Legends - Swashbucklers & Fops(more on Swordplay)
Old Sword-Play
Rapier: Western Swordsmanship
Historical - Fencing Terminology
Weapons and Supplies
Trebuchet Story - Catapult
Invasion of England, 1066 - more on the Battle of Hastings on my Medieval Britain page.
Medieval Warfare bibliography
The Legacy of the Horse: 600 - 1630 The Middle Ages
University Archery Club 
  The Hundred Years' War (1336-1352) 
  Maps of the 100 Years' War 

SOME MEDIEVAL BIGWIGS!
Who's Who in Medieval History
The National Monarchies, 1400-1500
Medieval Rulers
King Arthur - much more on my Medieval Britain page.
Brave Women
The Venerable Bede
Female Hero: Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Hildegard of Bingen Discography
Lief Ericson
ErikThe Red
Francis of Assisi
Christopher Columbus
Charlemange
Robin Hood
Mapping Margery Kempe
Margery Kempe in the Medieval World 
Maid of Heaven - Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc 
KingJohn(Lackland)
Francesco Petrarch
CHRISTINE DE PISAN
Pope Urban the Second
Richard the Lionhearted
William the Conqueror
For more info on the above, check out my pages on: Medieval Britain, France, Russia, and From Colonies to Revolution.

MEDIEVAL (SALIC) LAW
Medieval Sourcebook: The Salic Law
Medieval Law
Tyburn Tree Homepage: Public Execution in Early Modern England
Sir Clisto's Tome - Medieval & Renaissance Law & Justice
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days
Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages

MEDIEVAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & INVENTION
TIMELINE: Medieval Technology Pages
Medieval Technology Pages
Medieval Technology Pages - Subject Index
NetSERF: Medieval Science and Technology
Medieval Technology Pages - Stirrups
Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation
The Peasants: Advances in Agricultural Technology, 800-1000
The alchemy web site and virtual library
The Middle Ages -- Health
Sir Clisto's Tome - Medieval Sciences
History of Blood-letting
The Medieval Miracles of Healing -- Medical Science.
Sickly Cures Of The Middle Ages
BBC - The Middle Ages / Disease & its Treatment
The Four Humours
The Rise of the University
Measures for Measures - Medieval Measurements

CASTLES
Castles on the Web
Castle and Siege Terminology
Castle Map with Labeled Components
Life in a Medieval Castle
Castles on the Web: Castles for Kids
Ghosts in the Castle - For Kids - from nationalgeographic.com
FOR MUCH MORE ON CASTLES, VISIT MY Castles, Plague, Witch Trials page.

MEDIEVAL WOMEN
Brave Women 
  Medieval Women
Women in the Middle Ages 
   Medieval Women 
Women In The Middle Ages 
MEDIEVAL WOMEN 
Women of the Middle Ages  
  Medieval Sourcebook: Sex and Gender 
  Medieval and Renaissance Marriage: Theory and Customs 
  Medieval and Renaissance Wedding Page 
  Medieval Rules and Rituals: Love and Marriage
Sybils! Homepage: Middle Ages Women 
Medieval Women Visit the City 
Dominion & Domination of the Gentle Sex: The Lives of Medieval Women 
Marriage Customs
Virgins and Virginity 
  Marriage and the Family in Medieval Europe BIBLIOGRAPHY
  THE GREAT MARRIAGE HUNT: FINDING A WIFE IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
  SALE OF DAUGHTER AS CONCUBINE 
WIFE SUES TO GET HER HUSBAND BACK  

MEDIEVAL RELIGION
GLOSSARY: Medieval Ecclesiastical Terminology 
Religion in the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages: Religion 
  Medieval Sourcebook: High Medieval Church Life 
  Hall of Church History—The Medieval Churchmen
The 11th to the 13th Centuries: Innocent III and the Great Schism
  The Great Schism (1378-1415)  
The 14th and 15th Centuries: The Church in Moral Crisis 
Was the Medieval Church Corrupt?
  Medieval Sourcebook: A CHRISTIAN/MOSLEM DEBATE OF THE 12TH CENTURY 
Catholic Encyclopedia: MONK
  Medieval Monks 
  Monks and Nuns of the Middle Ages 
Catholic Encyclopedia: MONASTICISM
Medieval Abbeys and Monasteries in England and Wales
Monasteries -Great Buildings Online
A paper nailed up on a door that changed the world: 95 Theses of Martin Luther
SUPPRESSION OF ENGLISH MONASTERIES UNDER HENRY VIII
OSB. The Cistercians and the Trappists.Index.
OSB. The Order of Saint Benedict. Index
Tales of the Middle Ages - Clergy
Tales of the Middle Ages - Angels
Tales of the Middle Ages - Miracles
Tales of the MiddleAges - Religious Art - More info on Church art can be found in theART section below.
   The Book of Hours
Hypertext Book of Hours, Contents
Dante's Medieval Hell
On-line Calendar of Saints Days 
  The Cult of the Saints and Their Relics 
  Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives 
  Essays in Medieval Studies: Popular Piety: Prayer, Devotion, and Cult 
  Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe 
  Saints
  The Growth of Monasteries
The Bones of Saints 
The Catholic Reformation
The Council of Trent
Abbeys and Churches
    A digest on Notre-Dame, the Paris cathedral 
  The Canterbury Tour Map 
  Pilgrims Passing To and Fro
  Ladysmaid - Pilgrimage Badges 
  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pilgrimages 
  IMAGE: Thomas Stothard - Pilgrimage To Canterbury 
  The Lollard Society Homepage
  EAWC Anthology: Medieval Proofs for the Existence of God 
  The Legend of the Holy Grail 
  On Christmas in the Middle Ages 
Tales of the Middle Ages - Christmas
Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Homepage  
(for more info on the church in the Middle Ages, click on Religions and Church)

JEWS IN MIDDLE AGES
Anti-Semitic Feeling During the Middle Ages
Beyond the Pale: Jews in the Middle Ages
Beyond the Pale: Jewish Expulsions and the Black Death
Beyond the Pale: Anti-Jewish Myths During the Middle Ages
Jews in Medieval Spain
History of Jews in Spain - A Brief Timeline
Professions of Jews in Medieval Spain
Food in Medieval Jewish Spain
Links to Other Medieval Jewish Sites

THE INQUISITION
TIMELINE: Inquisition
Historical Overview of the Inquisition
Who's who in the Inquisition
The Inquisition
Inquisition Collection at Notre Dame
The Spanish Inquisition Collection
Harley L. McDevitt Spanish Inquisition Library Collection
Links to Inquisition Sites
The Roman Inquisition
Tortures of the Spanish Inquisition
Maid of Heaven - Joan of Arc 

GENERAL AND COMPREHENSIVE SITES
NM's Creative Impulse..Medieval - one of the best sites on the internet!!!
ORB--Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies 
Medieval Sourcebook: Introduction
  The Online Medieval and Classical Library (DL SunSITE) 
  EAWC: Medieval Europe
  Medieval Reference Tools 
  Frequently Asked Medieval History Questions 
  Medieval Sourcebook: England 
     EAWC Essay Index: Medieval Europe 
  HWC, Medieval Secondary Readings 
  The Tome and The Tome Table of Contents
PRIMARY DOCUMENTS: Medieval & Renaissance Europe 
  Medieval History - Definitive Collection of Net Links 
HWC, Medieval Europe 
  Exhibits Collection -- The Middle Ages
Frequently Asked Questions About Medieval History 
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources 
The Labyrinth 
Introduction to Online Medieval Resources 
Essays in Medieval Studies: Home Page
   Enter the Middle Ages 
  Medieval and Renaissance Culture Links 
  Medieval Life - The Magazine of the Middle Ages 
  The Middle Ages -- Related Resources 
  Humanities-Interactive The Medieval World Exhibitions 
  Medieval and World History Lectures 
  Medieval History - Life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 
  Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon Living History 400-900 AD - much more on Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on my Western Civilization page.
  Medieval and Renaissance Fact and Fiction 
   Welcome to the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
  Stefan's Florilegium Archive   
  ORB: Resources for Teaching
ORB: Reference Shelf
ORB: Medieval Studies for the Nonspecialist
ORB: Links to External Sites
  midageindex.htm
Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation: Western Civilization 
  Medieval History - Home Page
Bryde's Medieval and Goodies Website
The European Middle Ages
The European Middle Ages: Contents
A FEW GEMS FROM THE MIDDLE AGES, RENAISSANCE, & THE REFORMATION
Medieval Sourcebook: Selected Sources: Index
WWW Medieval Resources
  Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends
  Connections to Other Medieval Web Sites
   Cariadoc's Miscellany 
  Index of Medieval and Renaissance Ring 
Medieval Times
  Medieval History at Rhodes
  Boleyn's Mediaeval & Art Links
  LBMS - The Middle Ages
  Welcome to Gavvin's Keep!!
  Links to Other Medieval Sites (Spanish and General)
  Medieval England and History of the United Kingdom in Medieval Times - Much more on my Medieval Britain page.
  The Legend of the Holy Grail
Middle Ages Internet Links 
  Medieval Resources 
Journey Through the Middle Ages
  End of Europe's Middle Ages - Home Page 

FOR MORE INFO ON THE MIDDLE AGES RELATING TO SPECIFIC COUNTRIES, DROP BY MY Great Britain & the UK, France, Russia, AND Non-Western Cultures PAGES!

FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:
Renaissance
The Enlightenment
Castles, Plague, Witch Trials