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Informational
Sites
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Middle Ages - The Annenberg Project, what was it really like to live in the middle ages: Religion, Home, Clothing, Health, Arts, Town Life.
Mr. Dowling's Middle Ages  - Includes: Between ancient and modern, Feudalism, Primogeniture, Christendom, Huns, Barbarians, Byzantine Empire, Moors, Franks and Charlemagne, Vikings, Normans, Bubonic Plague. 
The Black Death -   Bubonic Plague
Chivalry for Kids - Definitions of the personalities and ideals of chivalry.
Ian's Castles   -  Why were they made, what were they like, how were they defended?
Battle of Hastings - 1066 In depth information and pictures!!!!
Britannia - The Medieval period - extensive pages on Medieval England
Ghosts in the Castle - Learn about Castles as you take a virtual tour inside one with National Geographic.
Knight Life - looks at every facet of a Knight's life.
Castles on the Web

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Web
Sites


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The Dark Ages - Think Quest - The Dark Ages and Feudalism 450 AD to 1000 AD Includes: dark ages, feudalism, class system, and a map of the lay of the land.
Medieval Game  Think Quest - Three ways to learn about the Middle Ages: Play the game, look around or the information section. Click on student drawings to learn about the castle and medieval life.


Other Thinkquest student sites.

Graphics
and
Art

Virgin and Child, ca. 1420, Claus de Werve

 Castles of Wales | Castles of Britain   Pictures and information of numerous castles, includes maps.
Higgins Armory Museum - take a virtual tour of arms from ancient times through the end of the age of armor.
Italian Painting during the 13th and 14th centuries - National Gallery of Art on-line tours.
Art of the Middle Ages - extensive list of artwork, sculpture, and architecture.
Medieval Architecture - Pictures and great glossary of  terms from medieval architecture.
Heraldry on the Internet - find your family coat of arms or creat one of your own.

Tales

 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (summary and explanation of annonymous epic poem written by in the 1400's).
Tales of the Middle Ages - has a great page of riddles to solve.
Cartoon version of King Arthur

Projects

Build a Medieval Castle - A downloadable program for making a castle, complete with printable pages and instructions.   Also includes program for making your own shield or coat of arms.
Heraldry on the Internet - Find your family coat of arms or make your own using the clip art on this web site.

Sculpture from: www.metmuseum.org

This page was last updated on 01/02/03 .