The Sherborne Missal, c. 1399-1407 (Add MS 74236)

How to Research Medieval History Online: Discover where to find manuscripts, chronicles and primary sources, and how to use them critically and responsibly.

Palio alla tonda, 1633, by Bernardino Capitelli

Horse Racing in the Middle Ages grew from informal contests and market demonstrations into organised civic spectacles in cities such as Siena.

Panel with Heraldic Shield of Johnson

Heraldic Symbols: Learn how medieval coats of arms were built using blazons, tinctures, charges, period shield forms and bold visual rules.

Two men threshing sheaf - Luttrell Psalter (c.1325-1335)

Creative Medieval Project ideas turn manuscripts, castles, food, travel and daily life into hands-on historical investigations rooted in real evidence.

Cleric, Knight, and Workman Representing the Three Classes

Saints, Trades, and Towns reveal how faith, work, place, and reputation shaped medieval identity and the surnames we still recognise today.

Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea. The burning of Arian books is illustrated below. Drawing on vellum. From MS CLXV, Biblioteca Capitolare, Vercelli, a compendium of canon law produced in northern Italy ca. 825.

Censorship in the Middle Ages silenced heresy, Jewish learning, magic and dissent, yet forbidden texts often survived in fragments, memory and debate.

Medieval Music Fragments from Württemberg Monasteries

AI Is Helping Archaeologists read damaged texts, map hidden landscapes, and test reconstructions — while reminding us that evidence still matters.

Battle of Crécy from Froissart’s Chronicles

Gamifying the Middle Ages shows how virtual battle simulations can turn medieval strategy into active, critical, team-based learning.

Pieter Brueghel the Elder: The Peasant Wedding

Medieval taverns were built for conversation between strangers. The urge to connect hasn't changed — we've simply lost the spaces that made it effortless.

Portrait of Jean Miélot

How Were Letters Written? Medieval messages travelled by quill, ink, parchment and seal, showing how words were made, protected and carried across distant land.

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