Question:
Where's a good place 2 learn about Medieval times!!!?
2007-06-25 00:57:30 UTC
Question Details: Not the dinner and a show place... I need 2 learn about the real medieval times... because i'm writing a story called " The Knight's Creed" but i want 2 know more about that time before writing about it... So can some1 point me in the right way??? Thank you!!!
Seven answers:
2007-06-25 04:02:04 UTC
First off, let's begin our tour with Wikipedia's entry on the Middle Ages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages (or, if you don't mind abstruse language, try the Columbia Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages ).



Now that you've got a general understanding of the era, click on over to http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/mefrm.htm and explore what the people of the time had to say. Still can't get enough? Try http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1n.html#Anglo-Saxon%20Britain



Let's narrow our focus here. Have a look at Wikipedia's article, "Knights." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight Explore the links a little.



Done? Check out the websites below. And don't forget to visit your local public library, the end-all be-all of reliable information!



http://www.medievalknights.com/ - general website

http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/resources1.htm - Medieval Military History

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/ordhist.htm#intro - History of the Orders of Chivalry

http://www.themiddleages.net/ - general website



Novels set in the Middle Ages. I suggest you flip through a few to get an idea of what the language is like, and *gasp*, maybe even read a few all the way through. Ivanhoe is the most well-known, and it never hurts to read good literature. Don't worry, this is all legal. These books are all public domain.



Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe - http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/s/scott/walter/ivanhoe/



More Sir Walter Scott - http://www.online-literature.com/walter_scott/



Novels set in the Middle Ages - http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Middle%20Ages%20%2d%2d%20Fiction



For the books on this list, you'll have to visit the library. They're relatively recent and easy to read, but Sir Walter Scott is always the best (see above)! http://www.uoregon.edu/~midages/novels.shtml



Read all about the major figures of Arthurian legend in in-depth detail http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/mainmenu.htm



Note: The Middle Ages covers quite a lot of chronological ground, and unless you elaborate on the era you're looking at (The Crusades, the Norman Conquest, etc.), I can't do more.



Happy writing (or should I say reading?)!
Keselyű
2007-06-25 10:46:02 UTC
Did someone mention the SCA/Society for Creative Anachronism? I've been a member since 1977. Okay, it's not a cult, but it is a Medieval Club on an International Scale. Basically, you play act that it's the Medieval times. There are battles, people make real chain mail, and the Scadians learn about a specific culture/people for their persona. Newcomers are helped by the more seasoned members. There are also smaller groups which focus on battles, knight hood, awards, feasts, dancing, and specific peoples like the Celts, Anglo-Saxons, the Magyar Tribes, Vikings, Mongols, etc. There are also Scadian off-shoots; there is one in upstate New York composed of Vikings. I did very well in classes on costuming and early English History in college.
2016-04-01 07:16:12 UTC
After sitting here for five minutes, hurting my brain trying to think of another one to add and failing miserably, I'll just say that was an excellent list. I especially like the Eiffel Tower one. It's totally true too! :p I've learned that life would be *much* more exciting with a soundtrack. I want to hire a guy to follow me around for an entire day, playing the appropriate music at all times.
2007-06-25 01:32:55 UTC
There is an international group called the S.C.A. which deals with the middle ages. You can find much more through the Internet and find out if there's a group near where you live. The S.C.A. isn't a cult, just middle ages and Renaissance stuff for adults.
sinfulprey
2007-06-25 01:06:53 UTC
i would start at the library and check old history
mystic_chez
2007-06-26 23:55:08 UTC
http://www.suelebeau.com/medievaltimes.htm

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Medieval.html

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/medieval_britain_index.htm
sparks9653
2007-06-25 01:45:32 UTC
this should do you www.medievaltimes.com


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