Medieval Society and Culture. Medieval Society and Culture Medieval society was different, but not so different as to be totally alien to what we experience in the 20th century.
In the 14th century, people were born, grew up, fell in love, married, had children, and died. People ate, got sick, took baths, dressed up for special occasions, went to church, attended wedding receptions, gossiped, got drunk, went to work with hangovers, committed adultery, beat their spouses, looked after their elderly parents, grieved for their dead, went off to war, engaged in unprotected sex as adolescents., celebrated Christmas, went skinnydipping, kept dogs as pets, and consulted horoscopes.
Yes, there was a lot about the 14th century that we would find familiar. The language spoken by the common people of England would be barely comprehensible to the 20th century American ear, as can be seen by this bit from Chaucer . I have of sorrow so great won That joye get I never none, Now that I see my lady bright, Is fro me deed and is agoon. Middle Ages for Kids - Kidipede - History for Kids. Medieval History Resources on the Internet.
Medieval Resources For Kids. Medieval Children - Daily Life for Children in the Middle Ages. Recent scholarship has shed some much-needed light on the lives of medieval children and dispelled many misconceptions about how they were regarded and treated by their elders.
These sites offer some details of daily life for children in the Middle Ages. The Medieval Child, Part 1: IntroductionThe first in a series of articles exploring the status and daily life of children in the Middle Ages, Part I examines the concept of childhood, the importance of children, and the question of affection in the medieval family.
The Medieval Child, Part 2: Entry into the Medieval WorldThe second in a series of articles exploring the status and daily life of children in the Middle Ages, Part 2 examines childbirth and baptism. The Medieval Child, Part 3: Surviving InfancyThe third in a series of articles exploring the status and daily life of children in the Middle Ages, Part 3 examines life for the infant and a child's chances of survival. The Medieval Child: an Unknown Phenomenon? Children's Gateway History - Medieval. Window-on-the-middle-ages.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Obj. Timeline_base.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Introduction. Update Information 2006: In 2006 the Internet Medieval Sourcebooks and associated sourcebooks are undergoing a major overhaul to remove bad links and add more documents. 2.
This project is both very large and fairly old in Internet terms. At the time it was instigated (1996), it was not clear that web sites [and the documents made available there] would often turn out to be transient. As a result there is a process called "link rot" - which means that a "broken link" is a result of someone having taken down a web page. 2. 3. Note: This site aims to present medieval sources. Sourcebook Contents The Internet Medieval Sourcebook is organized as three main index pages, with a number of supplementary documents. Selected Sources This is the main entry to the resources here. Full Text Sources Full texts of medieval sources arranged according to type. Saints' Lives Devoted to Ancient, Medieval and Byzantine hagiographical sources. Supplementary Documents Help! Internet Sourcebook: Multimedia.