As the greenwood turns yellow, orange and red, let's look at medieval English outlaws.

You've probably heard some tales of Robin Hood, but do you know about his medieval predecessors Hereward the Wake, Eustache the Monk, Fulk Fitz Warin and Gamelyn? These stories were later subsumed into the legends about the Merry Men of Sherwood. The Robin ( Read more... )

Another great online collection of information is Medieval English Towns, maintained by Stephen Alsford.  It's a textbook of English urban history and also a collection of translated documents.  Following the website's many links will lead you to gems tucked away in its back pages.  For instance, here's some great information on urban latrines, and ( Read more... )

Here's another fantastic hub of information about medieval daily life.  Professor Martha Carlin at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has a special interest in medieval homes and streets.  She tracks down all the medieval texts in her field that have been published on the internet and posts links on  her website.

The section with culinary texts ( Read more... )