Ken's WebSampler: Middle Ages & Renaissance

Serious Study

• The Age of King Charles V (Manuscript illuminations)
• Amiens Cathedral
• Ancient World Web (meta-index)
• Anglo-Saxon directory
• Antiquity Online
• Argos (Ancient/Medieval studies search engine)
• The Art of Renaissance Science
• The Battle of Agincourt
• Beinecke Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
• Byzantium (Byzantine studies)
• Castle Studies Group
• Chartres Cathedral: Floor Plans and drawings
• Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
• The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry
• Darkhold
• The Decameron (Medieval accounts of the Plague)
• The Ecole Initiative (encyclopedia of early church history)
• Electric Renaissance (European History, 1300-1500)
• Feudal Dictionary
• Gargoyles
• Gothic Cathedrals of Europe
• Gothic Dreams (Explore multiple aspects of Gothic cathedrals)
• Heraldry (by François Velde)
• Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Homepage
• Historic Traction Trebuchet Illustrations
• Historic Weight-Powered Trebuchet Illustrations
• The Hundred Years' War
• Hwaet! (Old English and Anglo-Saxon England)
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• The Knights Templar Preceptory
• Labyrinth (Medieval studies resources)
• Lancaster Priory (UK)
• Later Medieval Britain (Discussions, castle photos, links)
• Medieval & Renaissance Studies at W & L
• Medieval France (huge site!)
• Medieval History (by Melissa Snell)
• Medieval History at Rhodes
• Medieval History Time Line (Univ. of Kansas)
• Medieval Science
• Medieval Scotland
• Medieval Siege Warfare
• Medieval Warfare
• MEDIEVAL.org
• The Middle English Collection (Univ. of Virginia)
• Military History: Medieval
• NetSERF (Medieval resources: library and links)
• On-Line Reference Book for Medieval Studies (Rhodes)
• Paradoxes of Defence (1599 book on early fencing)
• Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
• Ravensgard Medieval Home Page
• Regia Anglorum (Anglo-Saxon and Viking Britian)
• Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
• Secrets of the Norman Invasion
• Sir Clisto Seversword's Tome of Adventure and Knowledge (RenFair flavor, but there's a lot of info here!)
• Society of Ancient Military Historians
• WebMuseum: La Renaissance
• WWW Virtual Library for Medieval Studies (Labyrinth)

Castles & Other Structures

• Castles of Britain (lots of info; some commercial content)
• Castles of Germany
• Castles of Japan
• Castle Studies Group
• Castles Around the World
• Castles of the World
• The Castles of Wales
• Duffus Castle (Scotland)
• Guinevere's Castles
• Holt Castle (Wales)
• Lynn's Castle Page
• Medieval Castles of Britain
• Paul Martin Remfry's Castle Tours and History
• Photos of Medieval Sites in England and Wales
• Scotland's Castles (some commercial content - tours)
• World Castles Archive

Renaissance Faires

• Elizabethan Pronunciation
• The Page

• Blars' Renaissance Faire Page
• Faire Listing
• Greater Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
• Shrewsbury Renaissance Faire (Philomath, Oregon)
• Welcome to the Renaissance Faire
• Wonderland Renaissance Faire Index

Society for Creative Anachronism

• Atlantia - Concerts & Events (Lots of Early Music and Celtic events)
• Medieval & Renaissance Games
• Medieval Arts and Sciences
• Medieval Food
• Pennsic War
• Rialto Index & Archive
• SCA: Compleat Anachronist Index
• SCA: Official Home Page
• University of Atlantia

Theatrical Combat & Weapons

• The Armory
• Chivalry Sports (weapons and other equipment; good links page)
• Historical Armed Combat Association
• Ring Of Steel (a theatrical combat club)
• Purpleheart Armoury (wooden swords)

Other

• California Shakespeare Festival Home Page
• Castles, Abbeys & Cathedrals
• Early Music
• Knife Outlet (Cutlery of all types, including swords and rapiers)
• Lady Godiva (the real story)
• Medieval Embroidery
• Medieval Reproductions Home Page
• The Trayned Bandes of London
• Urban Sky Consort (Pittsburgh) (Early music works composed and performed by women)