True stories, fables, and anecdotes from the Middle Ages

ANGELS | CATS | CHRISTMAS | CLERGY | DAILY LIFE | GARDENS | FOOD & DRINK
INNS & TAVERNS | MIRACLES | RELIGIOUS ART | RIDDLES

For more Medieval illustrations at Gode Cookery, please visit:
A Feast For The Eyes | Fantastic Fish of the Middle Ages | Medieval Macabre
Medieval Woodcuts Clipart Collection | Mythical Plants of the Middle Ages | Tacuinum Sanitatis

Some of the books used in creating Tales of the Middle Ages can be found at Amazon.com:
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Pleasures and Pastimes in Medieval England by Albert Compton Reeves

Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies

The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop

Life in Medieval Times by Marjorie Rowling

Life in the Middle Ages: From the Seventh to the Thirteenth Century by Hans-Werner Goetz, Albert Wimmer (Translator), Steven Rowan (Editor)

• Gode Cookery - A collection of Medieval recipes adapted for the modern kitchen, with period receipts, translations, & redactions. Included are graphics, photographs, descriptions of feasts, information on period cookery, & articles.
• Fantastic Fish of the Middle Ages - The fantastic and incredible fish of the Middle Ages, both real & imagined. Excerpts from a Medieval manuscript are generously accompanied by authentic illustrations of strange & exotic fish, sea monsters, and beasts.
• Medieval Macabre - Supernatural and fantastic imagery from the Middle Ages - devils, demons, monsters, witches, and death. Four galleries with 120 pictures, along with the Hans Holbein Alphabet of Death.
• Medieval Woodcuts Clipart Collection - A collection of clipart derived from Medieval woodcuts and compiled in 8 sections: Animals, Creatures, & Beasts; Biblical Scenes & Figures; Birds; Decorative Borders; Decorative Initials; Miscellaneous Images; People & Human Figures; and Plants & Flora.
• Mythical Plants of the Middle Ages - A short history of the some of the fantastic & fabulous mythical plants our Medieval forebears believed in. With period illustrations. An award winning site, recommended by Infoseek.
• Pilgrims Passing To and Fro - Although Chaucer's Canterbury Tales pilgrims are fictional characters, the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas á Becket was an actual experience for many Medieval folk. This article looks at the lives of Chaucer's pilgrims had they been truly alive and their journey real.
• Scenes of the Known World - A collection of SCA photographs taken over the last 20 years.
• The Worker's Café - The role of the working class restaurant in Victorian America.

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