Art/entertainment, Homes, Clothing: Click on "houses"
(in 4th paragraph)
Black Death: The Bubonic Plague strikes
Black Prince: Edward of Woodstock, Prince of
Wales
Class Distinctions: Social status mattered
significantly
Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius: Popular book,
influenced Chaucer
Court of Common Pleas: The Civil Court
Court of King’s Bench: The Criminal Court
Divine Comedy (The): Dante’s book still studied
Elizabeth I: End of the Middle Ages. Some (not all)
historians believe the medieval era ended when Elizabeth Tudor became Britain's
queen. Who was she?
English, How it Sounded Then: Click on "then" (in the
last paragraph)
Family Life
Feudal System: A Structured Society - Click on "Feudal
System" (in the fourth paragraph)
Hobbes, Thomas: British Philosopher of the Middle
Ages
Illuminated Manuscripts: Treasures from the
Past
Instruments of Torture: A European collection of
medieval torture devices toured Europe in the 1980s. Nearly all were actual
instruments of torture
Jews Blamed for Black Death: Burned, 1349
Joan of Arc: A young girl leads France to victory over
England, then is unfairly tried and burned at the stake as a relapsed
heretic
Jousting: A Medieval Sport - (Click on "Doing battle,"
third paragraph)
Knights of the Middle Ages: What was life like
then?
Laws: Illustrated Laws/Texts
Learning - With Pictures: Most people could not read
during medieval times
Life in Medium Aevum (the Middle Ages): What was life
like?
London: A twelfth-century map - (Click on "London,"
first paragraph)
Medical Drawings: Examples from the 13th
century
Medieval Doctors: Protecting oneself against the
plague
Medieval Europeans: How did they live?
Medieval Illustrations: Magnificent works from The
Divine Comedy
Medieval Village: A Middle-Ages village with Neolithic
roots - (Click on "villages" in the fourth paragraph)
Mercury: A medieval poison
Military Archery: Bows and arrows were medieval weapons
- (Click on "protection," in the sixth paragraph)
National Histories, in Pictures: Examples of historical
accounts created when most people couldn't read
Omens, Belief in: Medieval people believed in
omens
Scotland: Battles for independence from Britain
Scop: A performer of tales and legends - (Click on
"Beowulf," after the lead quote, for video performance)
Society Breaks Down: Calamities, like the Black Death,
caused a break-down of society
Tyler, Wat: Leader of revolt by peasants upset about
taxes and lack of rights
Tyler, Wat - Executed: King Richard II (then a
teenager) ordered
Wheel of Fortune: A medieval concept
William Wallace: The Story of Scotland's Hero
