Website: Feudalism in Medieval England
URL: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Feudalism_and_Medieval_life.htm
A useful website for students that details the many members of feudal society. It also contains links to information about monasteries, Medevial London, and other more specific topics.
Website: Castle Terminology
URL: http://www.castlewales.com/casterms.html
A handy website to help students as they learn about castles. The site defines many of the terms associated with the structures of a castle, many of which are quite specifci and period specific.
Website: Middle Ages
URL: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/middleages.htm
This is a attractive site for students to utilize because it has a wide variety of links to tools, resources, information, and learning games about the Middle Ages.
Website: Medieval Castles Geoff Myers
URL: http://www.geoffmyers.net/castles/architecture.html
Students will find this site very interesting because it has great visual resources regarding castles. Great website that teachers will find useful too.
Website: Top 100 of Medieval Castles
URL: http://www.topcastles.com/index.php?Language=en
A fun site for kids that displays some amazing structures. It also effectively defines what a "true" castle was and did, in regards to function.
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives Webcasts
c2004
http://www.youtube.com/show?p=s-Gqsjg9y-8&s=1
8 episodes, 1/2 hour each
How much do you think you know about the Middle Ages? Terry Jones' mission is to rescue this romanticised era from cliches and well-worn platitudes. Revealing that no one thought the world was flat and dental hygiene was actually better than it is today, Jones will use animation, medieval locations across Europe and new research to bring the Middle Ages to life. The truth behind eight familiar medieval archetypes including the Knight, the Damsel and the...
The Worst Jobs in History-The Middle Ages Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZrE1mVcB2k
Online video 9 min.
Details the life of an arming squire, an aide to an armored knight, who hopes to one day become a knight himself. Unfortunately for young men serving as arming squires, the dirt, danger, ang grime of their current job probably made their future as a knight seem like some far off dream.
Life in the Middle Ages: A History of the Middle Ages
New Video c2002
ISBN:1417102985
Call Number: 940.1
The video summarizes some of the key trends of European History between 476 and 1492. The 23 min. video was produced for use in schools and other educational environments.
Feudalism, Lords, & Vassels (video recording)
Sunburst Visual Media c2004
Follett product # 44460F6
A 40 min. video recording that focuses on the social groups that formed the semi-rigid social structure of the Middle Ages.
A brief introduction to feudalism for students that serves well as an overview before they begin activities or as a brief review.
Educational Podcast Describing the system of Manorialism.
The coverpage of Owls, by Gail Gibbon, copyrighted 2005, is the image to the right. The books artwork and sections of text are one example of the resources available through the google books search engine. Many of the books offer free access to part of the book, a few offer
access to the entire books, while others only have links to where the
book may be purchased.
Click on the shield above to play the Heraldry Game. Free on-line heraldry game - learn about Shields, Knights and Heraldry. Role-play as a young aristocrat, recognizing friends and enemies.
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/heraldrygame/index.html
These books are at the Plum City Public Library or they are from other public libraries, but can be requested for pickup from Plum City through the MORE Online System.
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Federated Library System.
A Medieval Castle
Gail Jarrow
KidHaven Press c2005
ISBN: 0737720700
Call Number: 940.1 JAR
Discusses Medieval Castles, including why they were built, who built them, how they were constructed,how they were used, their deterioration, and their repair and restoration.
100 Things You Should Know About Knights and Castles
Jane Walker
Mason Crest Pub. c2003
ISBN: 1590844505
Call Number: 940.1 WAL
Describes the life of a knight within the walls of a castle as well as how castle life would change if attacked or under siege.
Castle
Stephen Biesty
Houghton Mifflin 1994
ISBN: 1564584674
Call Number: 940.1 BIE
Biesty's book provides numerous cut-away views and cross-sections of castles to better understand the form and function of the buildings.
Castle
Mark Bergin
Franklin Watts c1999
ISBN: 0531145719
Call Number: 728.8 BER
Discusses the history of castles, their purpose and uses, and the role in society held by them and their inhabitants.
Castle
Christopher Gravett
Knopf, c1994
ISBN: 0679860002
Call Number: 623.14 GRA
A photo essay on castles around the world from England to Spain and Germany to Japan. Looks at the castle as fortress, home, prison, and as a self-contained city.
Castle
David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin c1977
ISBN: 0395257840
Call Number: 6223.19 MAC
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.
Places of Worship in the Middle Ages
Kay Eastwood
Crabtree Pub. Co. c2004
ISBN: 0778713474
Call Number 200.9 EAS
Breaks down the church's impact on daily life during the Middle Ages. It also covers topics such as monasteries and convents, as well the religions of Judaism, Islam, and other world religions.
The Church
Kathryn Hinds
Benchmark Books c2001
ISBN: 0761410082
Call Number: 270.5 HIN
Details the powerful role that "The Church" possessed in medieval society and how the church fit into the feudal system.
Damsels Not In Distress: The True Story of Women in Medieval Times
Andrea Hopkins
Rosen Pub. Group c2004
ISBN: 0823939928
Call Number: 305.4 HOP
Explores the roles played by women of various classes in medieval society, in the nobility, in the church, and in daily life and work.
The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students
William Chester Jordan
Charles Scribner's Sons c1996
ISBN: 0684197731
Call Number: REF 909.07 Vol.1-4
An in detailed reference resource for a student's study of the Middle Ages.
Feudalism and Village Life in the Middle Ages
Mercedes Padrino
World Almanac Library c2006
ISBN: 0836858948
Call Number: 940.973 PAD
Describes the social structure of village life in the middle ages within the framework of the feudal system.
Knights and Castles
Phillip Dixon
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers c2007
ISBN: 9781416938644
Call Number: 940.1 DIX
This book helps to explain the social groups that affected life with the castles of the Medieval Period.
Medieval Projects You Can Do!
Marsha Groves
Crabtree Pub. c2006
ISBN: 9780778713616
Call Number: 909 GRO
Ideas for projects and activities that help to better understand life in the Middle Ages are offered to readers in this book.
Medieval Lives / Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages
Norman Cantor
HarperCollins Publishers c1994
ISBN: 0060169893
Call Number: 940.1 CAN
Middle Age figures covered in the book include: Helena Augusta, Augustine of Hippo, Alcuin of York, Humbert of Lorrainen, Hildegard of Bingen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Robert Grosseteste, and John Duke of Bedford
The Middle Ages: A Watts Guide for Children
William Chester Jordan
F. Watts c1999
ISBN: 0531117154
Call Number: 956 JOR
A guide to the Middle Ages, discussing events, people, and practices around the world from 500 to 1500.
Castle
Richard Platt
DK c2007
ISBN: 0756628385
Call Number: 940.1 PLA
Describes medieval castles and what life was like for the knights who lived in them.