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| Life in General | Food & Drink | Armour & Clothing | Culture | | Sex & Marriage | Religion & Myths | Primary Sources | Miscellaneous | |
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| Life in General | |
| Exhibit Collection: Middle Ages | This excellent website shows the visitor what was it really like to live in the Middle Ages. |
| Timber-Framed Houses | The Construction and History of Medieval Timber-Framed Houses in England and Wales. |
| Names | A short treatise on Anglo-Norman personal names. |
| Life in a Medieval Castle | The truth about life in a castle, dirt and all. It's rather different from the stereotyped romantic ideal. |
| Advice on Preserving Health | Vaughan's water, consisting largely of vinegar, was reputed to be excellent for the constitution. |
| Illicit Trades of the Middle Ages | Trades like barbers, magicians, fullers, and the ever present prostitute. |
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| Food and Drink | |
| To Prepare a Most Honorable Feast | "Begin with one hundred well fattened cattle, one hundred thirty sheep..." |
| Women Brewers | Female brewers and ale-makers of the Middle Ages. |
| Cooking From Primary Sources | Help on how to produce those genuine pre-1600 dishes. Plus recipes for medieval stews, sweets, and cakes. |
| Alcoholic Drinks of the Middle Ages | Notes on medieval wine, mead, morath, methyglin, brandy... the list goes on. |
| The Fork | Did you know the fork was in use before 1000CE? More on the history of the table fork. |
| Medieval Festival Feasts | A typical noble's feast in XX was a lavish affair, with dinners including twelve courses of pastries, fish, chicken, cakes and much more. |
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| Armour and Clothing | |
| Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo Saxons | A detailed and interesting look at the types of clothes worn in this period, 400 - 900CE. Some pictures. |
| Mandrake Armory | This isn't strictly medieval, but it does show pictures of medieval-style helmets, gorgets, gauntlets, and armour. |
| Footwear of the Middle Ages | British and Scandinavian footwear of the Middle Ages. |
| Women's Clothing in the Middle Ages | Descriptions of the differences between the clothes of the nobles and of the peasantry. |
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| Culture | |
| Archaic Dictionary | Correct usage and pronunciation of Middle Ages vocabulary. |
| Medieval Manners | Much of the manners written around 1430 are pretty much common sense and still apply today. |
| Reading | Literacy and illiteracy in the Middle Ages. |
| Were Medieval Women Really Uneducated? | Contrary to popular opinion, some women in the Middle Ages were educated. |
| Women's Contact with the Outside World | The few freedoms and many restraints imposed upon medieval women. |
| Poverty and Women | Women were at a disadvantage as soon as they were born, and poverty was abundant. |
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| Sex and Marriage | |
| Rape | Rape was a punishable offence in the Middle Ages, if the offender could be found. |
| Sexual Initiation | Female sexual initiation, growing up in medieval London. |
| Dowry of the 12th Century | The dowry was commonly used by women as a form of reward for being choosen as a wife. |
| Medieval Contraception | Medieval contraceptive potions and other strange methods of birth control. |
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| Religion and Myths | |
| Mythical Plants | Medieval Botannica: Mythical plants of the Middle Ages, such as the Barnacle Tree. |
| A brief visit to the Bestiary | Mythical animals that were believed to exist by medieval folk, such as the gryphon, manticore and unicorn. |
| Tales of the Virgin | Tales of the Virgin Mary from sermon stories of the twelfth century. |
| Heresy | The when, who and why of heresy, focusing particularly on women. |
| Holy Anorexia | Some female mystics in the Middle Ages would give up food as a means of religious self-assertation. |
| Saint Nicholas | The origins of Santa Claus, who was originally called Saint Nicholas. |
| Christmas in the Middle Ages | The customs and rituals of the festive season that date back to the medieval ages. |
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| Primary Sources | |
| Hildegard of Bingen | Hildegard, who lived in the twelth century, is still known today for her composing and theological writings. |
| Letters to Queen Eleanor | In 1173, Peter of Blois wrote a letter to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, in an attempt to chastise her. |
| Witchcraft Documents | Documents focusing on the persecution of Witches, circa 15th century. Extracts from the 'Malleus Maleficarum'. |
| The Goodman of Paris | A letter written by an elderly Parisian merchant for his new, much younger wife. Includes recipes. |
| The Famine of 1315 | A firsthand account of the England's devastating famine in 1315. |
| The Decameron | Excerpt of the Decameron by Boccaccio, discussing the onset of the Black Death. |
| Manorial Marriage and Sexual Offence Cases | Discussing various cases of adultery in Medieval England. |
| A Husband's Endowment of His Future Wife | The future husband writes of his betrothed. Southern Burgundy, 994CE. |
| Corpus Iuris Civilis | The Digest and Codex: Marriages Laws of Rome. |
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| Miscellaneous | |
| The Great Stirrup Comtroversy | Feudalism has been thought to be caused by the introduction of stirrups. |
| Medieval Facts | Interesting facts you may or may not know about the Middle Ages. |
| Castles on the Web | Great website with pictures and guided tours of European castles. |
| Bow and Arrow Making | Methods of making bows and arrows used in medieval times. |
| Lancelot's Castle | Everything you want to know about romance, chivalry, honour and the Arthurian legend, including women and lesser known knights. |
| The Kindomality Test | What sort of career you would have had if you lived in the Middle Ages? |
| Medieval Philosophy Research Base | A searchable database of links and text resources for a number of Medieval philosophers - Aquinas, Hildegard, Augustine and more. |