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The Visigothic Code: Forum Iudicum
The Law Code of the Visigoths of Spain. In translation with a helpful preface.
http://libro.uca.edu/vcode/visigoths.htm
Medieval Life
Everyday life during medieval times. A description of the history, literature, chivalry, commerce, customs, food and life of people living in Europe, Asia and Africa during the Middle Ages.
http://www.medieval-life.net
The Pestilence Tyme
The social effects of the Black Death on England during the outbreak of 1348-1350.
http://www.godecookery.com/plague/plague.htm
The Employees of Durham Priory, 1494-1519
A research project by Durham University on conditions of employment in the late Middle Ages, derived from an exceptionally rich monastic archive.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Priory_employees.htm
Bracton's De legibus et Consuetudines Angliae
The Laws and Customs of England, attributed to Henry of Bratton, c. 1210-1268. This is an electronic full-text version these laws in both English and Latin.
http://bracton.law.cornell.edu/bracton/Common/index.html
Medieval Wedding Ceremonies
Medieval wedding traditions, marriage laws, customs, and ceremonies. History of medieval weddings. Fascinating details regarding attire, adornments, gifts and rituals associated with weddings during the Middle Ages.
http://www.medieval-weddings.net/
Medieval Pottery Research Group
Details of publications and conferences, and other information such as how to join the MPRG. Also has links to related sites.
http://www.medievalpottery.org.uk
Instruments of Torture, Medieval Times
Provides an overview of instruments of torture, including illustrations and descriptions of how they were used.
http://www.click2history.com/torture/torture_ch1.htm
Do Exempla Illustrate Daily Life?
A critical discussion on the merits and pitfalls of using medieval 'exempla' to determine facts about daily life in the middle ages.
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/e-center/johnston.html
Cooking from Primary Sources: Some General Comments
An article which discusses aspects of medieval food such as appropriate fare for war time, and ethnic food. Links to relevant recipes are included in the text.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/cooking_from_primary_sources.html
The Royal and Delightful Game of Piquet
The game of Piquet (or Cent, the game's English name in this period), has been played since at least the end of the 15th century. This site provides instructions on how to play the game.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/org/Medieval/www/src/contributed/grm/games/piquet.html
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival, impact and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europe between 1348 and 1530.
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html
Medieval Technology Page
A very interesting look at medieval technology; how it was created, how it worked, and how it was used.
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Technology.html
GodeCookery.Com
A selection of recipes and cookery books and related information, mainly from the late Middle Ages.
http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm
The 'Law Merchant' and the Fair Court of St. Ives, 1270-1324
A detailed analysis of the "law merchant" and commercial law in the Middle Ages, focusing on the court records of a medieval English fair.
http://www.stevesachs.com/papers/paper_thesis.html
Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages
University of Maine hosts the pages of this society interested in medicine in medieval times. Includes an extensive bibliography, related links and an events list.
http://www.umm.maine.edu/medica/
The Dark Ages
Online presentation giving an overview of Dark Ages themes such as daily life, economic revival and science.
http://www.fscwv.edu/users/dyoung/Middle/
Forme of Cury
Medieval recipes from "A Roll of Ancient English Cookery", which was compiled about 1390 CE.
http://www.pbm.com/%7Elindahl/foc/
The Peasant Land Market in Southern England, 1260 - 1350
A Research paper studying the peasant land market in Winchester, with an analysis of the transactions and how these reflected property rights of the time.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Winchester%20before%201350.htm
Price-setting in English Borough Markets, 1349-1500
An article about the regulation of market prices in the late middle ages relating to the social situation of the time. Some mention is made on how this price-setting impacts on the lives of both the producer and the consumer.
http://www.usask.ca/history/cjh/brit_496.htm
Scott Rees's History Sites
Brief notes on feudal life.
http://www.scotttrees.com/middleages/
Women Left Behind (Women in World History Curriculum)
A brief study of the impact of the Crusades on women. Includes links to information on Women of note.
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine3.html
Markets and Fairs in Britain and Ireland before 1216
A comparative study on the growth of trade in Britain and Ireland before 1216.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/articles/Earlymarkets.htm
The Vikings - Everyday life
The site contains information on aspects of everyday life for the Vikings, such as the status of women, the food the ate and recreation activities.
http://viking.no/e/life/index.html
Viking Age Foodstuffs
Archaeological Finds of Ninth- and Tenth-Century Viking Foodstuffs
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikfood.html
Life in a Medieval Castle
Brief account of daily life in a Medieval Castle. Touches on such aspects as religion, hygiene and water.
http://www.castlewales.com/life.html
Medieval Use of Herbs
List and brief descriptions of herbs used in the Middle Ages.
http://www.lehigh.edu/~jahb/herbs/teen.htm
Life in the Middle Ages
Series of short essays by gifted resource students from Kyerene de las Brisas Elementary School. Many of the essays are illustrated by the children, and contain short summaries of aspects of everyday life in the Middle Ages.
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/Brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm
Wichamstow Village
Roland Williamson presents a fictional village to illustrate the type of buildings the Anglo-Saxons created and the daily life of villagers. Hosted by Regia Anglorum.
http://www.regia.org/village.htm
The Labyrinth
Medieval studies scholarly resources compiled and organized from around the world. Contains texts in all European languages, including Latin and Greek.
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
COLLECTION: Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes
Medieval and Anglo Saxon Recipes, taken from the "British Museum Cookbook" by Michelle Berriedale-Johnson
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/med-anglosaxon-coll.html
Meals & Manners
The page is part of Harvard's Geoffrey Chaucer page, and it contains information on what food was eaten and the manner in which it was consumed, with links expanding the text.
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/lifemann/manners/
Historical Recipes of Different Cultures
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.
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~mjw/recipes/ethnic/historical/index.html
Business in the Urban Home
This article relates to the trade in commodities from people's homes in the Middle Ages
http://www.dur.ac.uk/r.h.britnell/Colchester_trade.htm
Dominion and Domination of the Gentle Sex: Lives of Medieval Women
This site explores aspects of Medieval Women's lives such as economics, religion , politics and the family.
http://library.thinkquest.org/12834/
Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage
Articles, recipes, and summaries of books about Renaissance and Medieval cooking.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html
Middle Ages
Museum site with an e-tour of facets of Medieval life relating to Knights, Merchants, the Church and Peasants.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/
Daily Life--Peasants
An overview of the daily lives of Medieval Peasants including aspects such as clothing, food, marriage and children.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/pdailylife.html
Medieval Clothing
Medieval costume. Men's clothing, women's clothing, children's clothing, sanitary napkins, diapers, wool, linen, silk, leather, fur
http://www.octavia.net/9thclife/Clothing.htm
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