Author Topic: Medieval times, life, weaponry, warfare and "king of the Bean".  (Read 7733 times)

Longmane

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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 :)



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Hey thanks for these links, I am exploring them now.
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Minnesota State has an interesting section for Medieval Europe: 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!

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Bookmarked it myself now, cheers. ;D
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.  "Albert Einstein"

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Primary sources, for if you want to know what oaths of fealty, letters, etc looked like:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html
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Seriously guys this is some interesting material.
Much thanks!

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Minnesota State has an interesting section for Medieval Europe: 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...
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