Middle Ages

Information on Mongol society, history and culture.

Medieval attitudes to the end of the previous millennium and argues for an apocalyptic viewpoint, Center for Millennial Studies.

Information on architecture, knightly life, society, and war.

An article on the division of the Roman Empire into two parts, an Eastern and a Western.

These recipes are aimed at modern re-creation, but the original recipes are given.

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.

Society interested in medicine in medieval times. Includes an extensive bibliography, related links and an events list. Hosted by the University of Maine.

Collection of illustrated articles cover aspects of British history from 1066-1500.

The purpose of this group is to share and further the knowledge of those persons interested in the study of Medieval leather and leatherwork.

Ancient and medieval coins club.

Society for the study of healing in the Middle Ages.

The Paris Web Museum provides a guide and illustrations of the famous calendar section of this beautiful illuminated book of hours commissioned by the Duc de Berry c.1412.

A comparison of the Germanic legendary heroes Dietrich von Bern and the Nibelungen with Theodoric the Great and the Burgundians of Late Antiquity.

Tells the story of this town in Sweden founded in the 8th century on the island of Björkö. Includes maps, a reconstruction drawing, and description of Birka in the Viking Age.

Claim that the futhark and the Turkish gokturk alphabet have a common origin.

A Yahoo Club for the discussion of the Kensington, Heavener, and other runestones.

The oldest sailing Viking ship in the world built 1912 by August Plym.

General information on Scottish heraldry, along with citations from 12th-19th Centuries for coats of arms.

Images and information on reconstructed projectile-throwing siege engines, including the trébuchet and traction lever engines.

Lengthy overview of the whole crusade period.

A historian describes the Crusades in context of Christian Europe's desperate defense against incessant Islamic wars of conquest.

Description of and background of the thirteenth century war.

Based around a fictional character, this page is ideal for students who are studying the period or reenactors wanting background information

A well-written overview and a game based on the battle, from BBC Education.

An educational resource driven by a Timeline and Key Events detailing the Norman Invasion and the fight for the English throne at Senlac

Original text courtesy of the Hanover Historical Texts Project, Hanover College.

Complete digital facsimile of a 15th-century French Book of Hours for the Use of Le Mans.

List of sites devoted to the Knights Templar.