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TABLE OF CONTENTS - 2005
In Dayes of Olde:
Illuminated Manuscripts
In these days of the internet, easily accessible libraries, and instantly available information, it is hard to imagine that in medieval times, literacy was rare and access to books was largely restricted to monasteries and the ... - (630 Words)

Brewing in the Middle Ages
Modern beer has little in common with the drink that carried that name during the Middle Ages. In fact, it was not even called beer until the late medieval period. Before that, it was called ale and was brewed by women, .... - (730 words)

Medieval Tournaments
One of the definitive images of the Middle Ages is that of a chivalrous knight in shining armor on a charging steed, competing at a grand tournament while gorgeously clad ladies cheer him on. However, such one-on-one jousting matches ...- (971 words)

Hawking and Falconry in the Middle Ages
Falconry is broadly defined as training and caring for birds of prey. In its strictest sense, however, the term refers only to the use of long-winged birds of the falcon family to hunt wild quarry, and only those ... - (911 words)

Banking in the Middle Ages
The origins of modern banking are in medieval Italy, during the 13th century, when western Europe’s economy began to recover from deep financial depression caused by the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth ...- (539 words)

Medieval Pilgrimages
Traveling in the modern sense was virtually non-existent during the Middle Ages and relatively few people ventured more than five or ten miles from their birthplace during their entire lifetime. An important exception to this was ...- (441 words)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS - 2006
In Dayes of Olde:
Trade Along the Silk Road
The most enduring trade route in human history, the Silk Road was a network of caravan tracks, trails, trading posts, oases, and emporia that spanned two continents, stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Chang’an to ... - (945 words)

Vikings in the British Isles
The word Viking, which means “one who lurks in a vik (or bay)” or, in effect, a pirate, has come to describe a whole age in Europe between AD 800 and 1150. Vikings are generally thought of as a single race of ruthless Scandinavian warriors and raiders, but ... - (599 words)

Historical King Arthur an Obscure Warlord
Many scholars believe that the enduring legend of King Arthur has its roots in history, but efforts to establish a historical context or identify the sites associated with Arthurian lore have been largely unsuccessful. These efforts were bound to fail because virtually ...- (1162 words)

Battlefield Archaeologists Reconsider Agincourt
Historians have long attributed Henry V’s stunning victory at the battle of Agincourt, in which a small English army defeated a French force three times its size, to the English archers who, according to legend, stood up to a formidable charge by the French cavalry in ...- (1675 words)

Fabulous Medieval Bestiaries
Quite simply, bestiaries are books about beasts. They are collections of short descriptions of animals, both real and fictitious, accompanied by animal lore, imaginative illustrations, and moralizing allegories meant to teach Christian values. Extremely popular in ...- (693 Words)

Food in the Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages, one’s diet depended largely upon one’s social class. Large manor houses and monasteries often had extensive gardens, as well as their own livestock, fishponds, orchards, and vineyards. They could afford to purchase the foodstuffs that they ...- (580 Words)

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