Mr. Argenziano's Projects

Medieval Europe

Databases:

World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras Database
http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Home/Default.aspx
Check your Resources Sheet for username and password. Click on Advanced Search and then scroll down to choose "Medieval Europe, AD 500-1500." Then key in your search term in the Text box (not the Site Search box). If your term has an "s" at the end, try leaving it off. If your term consists of more than one word, put the words in quotation marks.

Middle Ages Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl
Check your Resources Sheet for the ID number to enter into the space provided. Then click on "Show All" on the next page. Next click on the correct E-book. Then key in your search term and check the box labeled "within this publication." Click on Search to see the articles.

Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl
Check your Resources Sheet for the ID number to enter into the space provided. Then click on "Show All" on the next page. Next click on the correct E-book. Then key in your search term and check the box labeled "within this publication." Click on Search to see the articles.

World Religions Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl
Check your Resources Sheet for the ID number to enter into the space provided. Then click on "Show All" on the next page. Next click on the correct E-book. Then key in your search term and check the box labeled "within this publication." Click on Search to see the articles.

Infotrac Junior
http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbnoble.html
Scroll down and click on "Infotrac Junior (Standard and Graphical). Key in your public library card number or the HRMS ID found on your Resources Sheet. Click "Go." Then click on "Info Trac Junior Edition (grades 5 - 12). Try both Subject and Keyword Searches, and try adding "middle ages" or "medieval" to your search term.

Web Sites:

Britain Express
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/medieval_britain_index.html
Many of your topics are here, such as castles, art, architecture, black death, churches, education (under Medieval Schools and Universities), knighthood, religion, feudalism, William the Conqueror, King John, Richard the Lionhearted, the Magna Carta, food (under Feudalism and Medieval Life), crafts & guilds, and law (under Town Life in the Middle Ages), and occupations (under Feudalism and Medieval Life and also under Town Life in the Middle Ages). Don't forget to click on the links within the articles for more information.

Browse the World
http://www.mrdowling.com/index.html
Click on "The Middle Ages" in the left-hand menu. Then choose from the links at the top right.

Enter the Middle Ages
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/index.shtml
Click on the picture to find lins to knights, daily life (including food, recreation, government), trade and travel, merchant's guilds, town life (including occupations), inventions and discoveries, the Church, the Crusades, farming, health, and medicine.

The Middle Ages
http://www.themiddleages.net/
Information and links on the Black Death, Weapons & Warfare, Magna Carta, Cathedrals, The Roman Empire, Knights, Peasants, and people: King Arthur, Charlemagne, Richard the Lionheart, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Do not click on "Ads by Google." It is difficult to get back.

Middle Ages
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
Everyday life including feudal life, religion, homes, clothing, health, arts & entertainment, and town life.

About.com Medieval History
http://historymedren.about.com/
Look under "Essentials" and "Topics" in the left-hand menu. Skip "History Offers" and anything that says "Sponsored Links."

Castles
Multnomah County Homework Site Links
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/eurohist.html#cast
Lots of links to information on castles here.

Popular Culture
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/popculture/
Click on "sports and leisure" and then "middle ages" for entertainment; or "popular art" and then "middle ages" for art and architecture. Some of the links on this page do not work, but try them.

Medieval Sourcebook - Charlemagne
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1h.html#Charlemagne
Click on the links to read about Charlemagne's personality and the wars he was involved in.

Medieval Technology Pages
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Technology.html
Click on the Timeline and then choose a year-span to find links to developments, inventions, and technological innovations.

The Costumer's Manifesto
http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/100pages/BOOKS/racinet/15th16theuro.htm
Pictures only of 15th Century European dress and armor.

Feudal Terms of England
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/LocalFile/feudalterm.html
Find definitions of words you might find in this project.

Joan of Arc
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/joanarc.html
Also see related sites at the top and bottom.

Occupations
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle32.htm

Knights
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0859127.html