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Community => Background => Topic started by: Longmane on March 08, 2011, 08:36:55 PM

Title: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: Longmane on March 08, 2011, 08:36:55 PM

I suspect a lot others are like myself in not only using the web to obtain specific information useful for playing BM, ie medieval weaponry, warfare, history etc, but also attempt get a feel for medieval times in general, such as everyday things like food, clothes, games and lifestyles, and likewise enable you either add more "colour" to your char or a RP'd NPC's personality etc.

So to that end I've decided post a few of those sites I use myself, so that others can either try them themselves or/and add their own to the list.

I've only added posted nominally basic ones, as while have quite a few bookmarked a lot of them are "user specific" in a way,  ie perhaps a page (or even a paragraph) I've found while working towards a specific end, so not much use to anyone else.

All the sites are virus and clickjacking free etc, as likewise are their subsections.

http://www.medieval-life.net/life_main.htm

http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/

http://www.medievalwarfare.info/

http://www.medieval-castles.org/index.php/medieval_warfare_reading

http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/medieval-warfare/strategy-and-tactics.html

The meaning of "King of the Bean" can be found on the medival-life site in games :)

Title: Re: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: Igelfeld on March 08, 2011, 09:09:06 PM

Hey thanks for these links, I am exploring them now.

Title: Re: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: songqu88@gmail.com on March 09, 2011, 06:37:54 PM

Minnesota State has an interesting section for Medieval Europe: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/ (http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/)

In fact, it talks about what four different types of people did. Knights, merchants, nuns, and peasants. Yay!

Title: Re: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: Longmane on March 09, 2011, 07:46:39 PM

Bookmarked it myself now, cheers. ;D

Title: Re: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: Vellos on March 09, 2011, 08:43:42 PM

Primary sources, for if you want to know what oaths of fealty, letters, etc looked like:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html

Title: Re: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: Triggster on March 09, 2011, 09:16:16 PM

Seriously guys this is some interesting material.
Much thanks!

Title: Re: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: Ays on March 12, 2011, 08:28:41 PM

More interesting sites:

Medieval towns
http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/towns.html (http://the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/towns.html)

The English Castle
http://www.britannia.com/history/david1.html (http://www.britannia.com/history/david1.html)

Europe in the 1400's
http://home.earthlink.net/~torenhudson/index.html (http://home.earthlink.net/~torenhudson/index.html)

Enjoy  :)

Title: Re: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".
Post by: Haerthorne on March 15, 2011, 05:32:12 AM

Quote from: Artemesia on March 09, 2011, 06:37:54 PM

Minnesota State has an interesting section for Medieval Europe: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/ (http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/)

In fact, it talks about what four different types of people did. Knights, merchants, nuns, and peasants. Yay!

Now thats a good site. Lots of primary sources...