Mrs. Chabot's Students
7th Grade Social Studies
You will be researching a real person or occupation (job) from the Middle Ages. Use the tables below to begin your research. Check out the links to help you decide what person or job you wish to portray in the Medieval Faire.
Your top 10 list of people you wish to be in the faire will be due shortly. Pay attention to the homework board for due dates!
Medieval Faire Project Description:
  1. Research your chosen person or job from the website.
  2. Notes completed and not plagiarized.
  3. Effective use of work periods (meaning you use the periods to work on your speech or costume.
  4. Prepare speech that matches rubric. Speech will contain 2 parts:
    1. Information on your person or job.
    2. Information on life in the Middle Ages.
  5. Create a costume based on the rubric.
*Don't forget to check out the Life in the Middle Ages, and Clothing links for help with your speech and costume!!!
Clothing Links Life in the Middle Ages Links
Jobs: You may research a job from medieval times, and not be a specific person. If you like one of these, please list just the job on your top 10 list. Click on one of the categories in the the table below to begin your research.
Illuminated letters & Calligraphy Knights
Stained Glass Makers Serfs
Weavers/Jewelry Makers Castle Designers
Chess Blacksmith
People: You may also research a specific person from the middle ages. Click on one of the categories in the table below to begin your research. If you like one of the people from the categories please list the specific person you wish to be on your top 10 list.
Artists Scientists
Clergy Doctors
English Nobility French Nobility
Important People Other Nobility
Spanish/Portuguese Nobility Writers/Authors
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Artists:
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Benvenuto Cellini
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/c/cellini/biograph.html
http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xcellini.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benvenuto_Cellini
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/cellini.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/101559/Benvenuto-Cellini
Leonardo Da Vinci
http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/vinci.html
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/
Michelangelo
http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/m/michelan/biograph.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/m/michelan/biograph.html
Raphael
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/r/raphael/biograph.html
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg20/gg20-over1.html#jump
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/raphael.html
Sandro Botticelli
http://artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/botticelli/botticelli_bio.html
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/b/botticel/biograph.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/botticelli/
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Blacksmith:

http://jillwilliamson.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-medieval-blacksmith/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Medieval-Blacksmith&id=1822945
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacksmith
http://www.dargonzine.org/dpww/docs/blacksmithy_whitepaper.pdf
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/medieval-blacksmith.htm
http://www.ehow.com/about_4671801_medieval-blacksmithing.html
http://www.mcatmaster.com/guilds/Blacksmiths.htm
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Castle Designers:

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/castles.htm
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.html
http://www.castlewales.com/casterms.html
http://historymedren.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://home.olemiss.edu/~tjray/tjr6.html
http://historymedren.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.castlewales.com/cast_def.html
http://www.castlewales.com/life.html
http://www.castles.org/Kids_Section/Castle_Story/parts.htm
http://www.castlewales.com/life.html
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/1ryan.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/library/weekly/aa071098.htm
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Chess:

http://www.chess-poster.com/english/chesmayne/history_of_chess.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess
http://library.thinkquest.org/26408/feature/chess_history.shtml
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Clergy:
MALE
John Calvin
http://www.calvin.edu/about/about_jc.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/CALVIN.HTM
http://www.calvin.edu/about/about_jc.htm
Martin Luther
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09438b.htm
http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/L/MartinLuther.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/martin-luther.html
Pope Leo I
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09154b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_I
http://www.answers.com/topic/pope-leo-i
Pope Gregory VII
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06791c.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII
http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/leo.htm
Pope Julius II
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwjulius2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_II
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/julius2.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08562a.htm
Pope Urban II
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwurban2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_II
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15210a.htm
http://www.umich.edu/~eng415/timeline/Urban.html
http://www.crusades-encyclopedia.com/urbanII.html
St. Augustine of Hippo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02084a.htm
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=418
St. Benedict of Nursia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467b.htm
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/BENEDICT.htm
http://www.abcgallery.com/saints/benedict.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_of_Nursia
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02498d.htm
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=559
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/BERNARD2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux
St. Dominic
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05106a.htm
http://www.op.org/domcentral/trad/stdom.htm
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=178
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Dominic
St. Francis
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06221a.htm
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Francis/who_was.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50
St. Patrick
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=89
http://www.history.com/topics/who-was-saint-patrick
St. Thomas Aquinas
http://historymedren.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/aquinas.html
http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aqui.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas
FEMALE
St Clare of Assisi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04004a.htm
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=215
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi
http://www.diocesephoenix.org/parish/st_clare/pages/biography of St Clare.htm
St. Hilda
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07350a.htm
http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/hilda.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_of_Whitby
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=661
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Doctors:
MALE
Alhazen
http://caribou.cc.trincoll.edu/depts_phil/philo/phils/muslim/alhazen.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhazen
http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/115a/history/alhazen.html
http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/
Andreas Vesalius
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15378c.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Vesalius
http://www.clinicalanatomy.com/vesalius2.htm
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/vesalius.htm
Avicenna
http://lexicorient.com/e.o/avicenna.htm
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Avicenna.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02157a.htm
FEMALE
Trotula
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/trotula.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trotula
http://www.articleswave.com/articles/trotula-of-salerno.html
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/trotula.html
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English Nobility:
MALE
King Edward VI
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/kingedward.htm
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/edward6.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI_of_England
http://tudorhistory.org/edward/
King Henry VII
http://tudorhistory.org/henry7/
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Tudor/HenryVII.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon40.html
King Henry VIII
http://tudorhistory.org/henry8/
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon41.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07222a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England
King John
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon28.html
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/
TheAngevins/JohnLackland.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_England
http://www.nndb.com/people/198/000092919/
Richard III
http://richard111.com/richardiii.htm
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon39.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_of_England
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/king-richard-iii.htm
Richard the Lionheart
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon27.html
http://www.templarhistory.com/richard.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England
http://www.themiddleages.net/people/richard_lionheart.html
FEMALE
Aethelflaed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethelflaed
http://www.livinggloucester.co.uk/people/then/pre1500/aethelflaed/
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Aethelflaed
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medbritishqueens/p/aethelflaed.htm
Anne Boleyn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/boleyn_anne.shtml
http://tudorhistory.org/boleyn/
http://www.britannia.com/bios/aboleyn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn
Anne of Cleves
http://tudorhistory.org/cleves/
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/cleves.html#Biography
http://www.britannia.com/bios/acleves.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Cleves
Catherine of Aragon
http://tudorhistory.org/aragon/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/catherine_of_aragon.shtml
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/aragon.html#Biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon
Elizabeth I
http://tudorhistory.org/elizabeth/
http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon45.html
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/
TheTudors/ElizabethI.aspx
http://www.elizabethi.org/us/
Elizabeth of York
http://www.britannia.com/bios/eyork.html
http://tudorhistory.org/people/eyork/
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabethofYork.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_York
Jane Grey
http://tudorhistory.org/jane/
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/janegrey.html#Biography
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Tudor/JaneGrey.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Jane_Grey
Jane Seymour
http://tudorhistory.org/seymour/
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/seymour.html#Biography
http://www.royalpaperdolls.com/JSStory.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Seymour
Katherine Parr
http://tudorhistory.org/parr/
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/parr.html#Biography
http://www.royalpaperdolls.com/KPStory.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Parr
Kathryn Howard
http://tudorhistory.org/howard/
http://www.royalpaperdolls.com/KHStory.htm
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/howard.html#Biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Howard
Mary Tudor
http://tudorhistory.org/mary/
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/mary1.html#Biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09766a.htm
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/marytudor.html
Queen Matilda
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDmatilda.htm
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/MatildEng.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Matilda
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/empressmatilda/p/empress_matilda.htm
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/queen-matilda.htm
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French Nobility:
MALE
Charlemagne
http://www.chronique.com/Library/MedHistory/charlemagne.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03610c.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
http://www.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/96apr/charlemagne.html
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/santiago/histchrl.html
King Francis I
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Francis%20I%20of%20France
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwfrancis1.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06207a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France
http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/francis1.htm
Lorenzo de Medici
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/lorenzo.html
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Lorenzo%20de'%20Medici
http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article?eu=397042
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de'_Medici
FEMALE
Catherine de Medici
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Cathrin-deM.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03443a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_de'_Medici
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/catherine_de_medici.htm
Clotilda
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwclotilda.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04066a.htm
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/youth/history/HistoricGirls/
chap4.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotilde
Eleanor of Aquitaine
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine2.html
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Angevin/Eleanor.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medbritishqueens/p/eleanor_aq.htm
Isabella of France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_France
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_isabella_of_france.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08179a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_France
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/isabella-of-france.htm
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Illuminated Letters &
Calligraphy:

http://www.historicpages.com/texts/mshist.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/FineArts/pdfs/Illuminations1.pdf
http://www.essortment.com/all/calligraphyhist_reyt.htm
http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/class/grade6/Medieval2000/calligraphy.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy
Limbourg Brothers (3)
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/L/Limbourg.html
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/l/limbourg/biograph.html
http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/rh/glo/limburg.html
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Knights:

http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/medknight.html#intro
http://historymedren.about.com/cs/knightsarmor/a/kl1define.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/cs/knightsarmor/a/kl2origins.htm
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Knights_and_Fights.htm
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/1jake.htm
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/1sean.htm
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Other Important People
of the Middle Ages:
MALE
Alexius I
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0803263.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01307b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexius_I_Comnenus
http://www.crusades-encyclopedia.com/alexiusI.html
http://www.agiasofia.com/emperors/alexcomn.html
Charles Martel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03629a.htm
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/army/p/martel.htm
Erik the Red
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwerikred.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml
http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/exist/erik.html
Guy Fawkes
http://www.britannia.com/history/g-fawkes.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes
http://www.bonfirenight.net/conspirators.php
Leif Ericson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson
http://www.mnc.net/norway/LeifErikson.htm
http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif.htm
http://www.viking.no/e/people/leif/e-leiv.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002428F/ericson.htm
Muhammad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Mo-Ni/Muhammad.html
http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/muhammad.html
http://muhammadbiography.blogspot.com/
Nostradamus
http://www.crystalinks.com/nostradamusbio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ni-Pe/Nostradamus.html
http://www.biography.com/articles/Nostradamus-9425407
Saladin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0843183.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Saladin.htm
Theodoric the Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric_the_Great
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14576a.htm
http://www.themiddleages.net/people/theodoric.html
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwtheogrt.htm
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Outline_of_Great_Books_
Volume_I/theodoric_ei.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Theodoric_the_Great.aspx
Vlad Dracula
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwdracula.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler
http://roswell.fortunecity.com/seance/500/vamps/vlad/intro.html
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/Balkan/Dracula.html
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/vlad-dracula.htm
FEMALE
Amalasuntha - Queen of the Goths
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Amalasuntha
http://historymedren.about.com/od/aentries/a/11_amalasuntha.htm
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/medrenqueens/p/amalasuntha.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalasuntha
Anna Comnena
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine5.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01531a.htm
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/
comnena.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Comnena
Brunhilde
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunhilde
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/brunhilde.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_brunhilde.htm
Hypatia of Alexandria
http://www.cosmopolis.com/people/hypatia.html
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hypatia.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_of_Alexandria
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/hypati1/a/hypatia.htm
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/hypatia.htm
Irene of Athens
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwirene.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_of_Athens
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Irene_of_Athens
http://webserver.bridgtonacademy.org/Goepel/Civilizations/irene.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/irene-of-athens
Joan of Arc
http://archive.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_short_biography.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08409c.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/joanarc.html
Lady Agnes Randolph
http://www.corrieweb.nl/amazon/historicax12.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Randolph
http://www.scotlandhereandnow.com/2011/03/black-agnes.html
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Scotland-History/BlackAgnes.htm
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art29492.asp
http://www.freerepublic.com/~blackagnes/
Melisende Queen of Jerusalem
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine4.html
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Melisende of Jerusalem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisende_of_Jerusalem
http://www.crusades-encyclopedia.com/melisende.html
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b1melisende.htm
Zoe of the Byzantine Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_of_Byzantium
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/notables.html#anchor413537
http://www.fact-index.com/z/zo/zoe_of_the_byzantine_empire.html
http://neohumanism.org/z/zo/zoe_of_the_byzantine_empire.html
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Other Nobility:
MALE
Justinian
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08578b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I
http://www.roman-emperors.org/justinia.htm
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/justinian.html
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/emperors/p/Justinian.htm
Ivan IV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_IV_of_Russia
http://www.answers.com/topic/ivan-iv-of-russia
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2ivanIV.htm
Maximilian I
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0859545.html
http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/MaximilianI.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10075b.htm
FEMALE
Jadwiga
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Jadwiga of Poland
http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/StJadwiga.html
http://www.polishamericancenter.org/QueenJadwiga.htm
Margaret of Scotland
http://www.britannia.com/bios/saints/margaret.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09655c.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Margaret_of_Scotland
http://www.pitt.edu/~eflst4/MofScotland.html
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=304
Mary Queen of Scots
http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/Scottish Monarchs(400ad-1603)/TheStewarts/MaryQueenofScots.aspx
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative/maryqos.html#Biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots
Matilda Countess of Tuscany
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0832214.html
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/M/MatildTus.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Tuscany
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10049b.htm
Queen Margaret I
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0831768.html
http://www.medieval.net/queenmargaret.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Denmark
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/margaretden.html
Roswitha of Gandersheim
http://go.owu.edu/~o5medww/hrotsvit/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07504b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrotsvitha
Theodora
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/theodora.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_theodora.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodora_(wife_of_Justinian_I)
http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/easteurope/Theodora.html
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Scientists,
Inventors, & Explorers:
MALE
Amerigo Vespucci
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa050498.htm
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi43.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
http://www.columbusnavigation.com/
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_
By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_I/christophe_ba.html
http://columbus-day.123holiday.net/christopher_columbus.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09526b.htm
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/magellan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/m/magellan.shtml
Galileo Galilei
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/galileo.html
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
http://galileo.rice.edu/bio/index.html
Gerardus Mercator
http://www.zyra.org.uk/mercato1.htm
http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/renaissance/mercator.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blmercator.htm
Johann Gutenberg
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07090a.htm
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/gutenberg.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg
http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors/a/Gutenberg.htm
Johannes Kepler
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kepler.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler
http://www.johanneskepler.com/
http://www.answers.com/topic/johannes-kepler
Konrad von Gesner
http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/G/Gesner-K.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gesner-K.html
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Konrad von Gesner
Marco Polo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/polo.html
http://geography.about.com/cs/marcopolo/a/marcopolo.htm
Nicolai Copernicus
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Copernicus.htm
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcopernicus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
Roger Bacon
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwrogerbacon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bacon
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/roger-bacon/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13111b.htm
http://www.crystalinks.com/bacon.html
Tycho Brahe
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Brahe.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe
http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/brahe.html
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/1995/lectures/tychob.html
William Caxton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/caxton_william.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton
http://www.nndb.com/people/573/000024501/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03469a.htm
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Serfs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serf
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/serfs.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/10949/fief/hifeudal.html
lhttp://www.boisestate.edu/courses/westciv/medsoc/18.shtml
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/medieval-serfdom-feudalism-in-the-middle-ages.html
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Spanish & Portuguese Nobility
MALE
King Philip II
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12002a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain
http://www.nndb.com/people/229/000092950/
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/king-philip-ii-spain.htm
Prince Henry
http://www.thornr.demon.co.uk/kchrist/phenry.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07239a.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/prince_henry_the_navigator.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Navigator
FEMALE
Marguerite d'Angouleme
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/gordon/lit/marguerite.html
http://home.infionline.net/~ddisse/navarre.html
http://members.fortunecity.com/jonhays/margueritewho.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_de_Navarre
Queen Isabella
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/medrenqueens/p/p_isabella_i.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08177a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile
http://www.ctspanish.com/legends/isabella1.htm
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Stain Glass Maker

http://www.shopsmartxpress.com/AmeriGls/AmrDefault.htm?AB.htm
http://home.bawue.de/~wmwerner/essling/english/glas01.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14241a.htm
http://www.palos118.org/south/curriculum/team6c/midages/stainedglass/
http://dragon_azure.tripod.com/UoA/Med-Arch-Rose-Window.html
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Weavers & Jewelry Makers
Weaving
http://www.regia.org/braids.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/midages.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/drawloom.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/guilds.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/workshop.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/master.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/apprenti.htm
http://www.alientravelguide.com/art/weaving/history/role.htm
Jewelry
http://www.medieval-castles.org/index.php/medieval_jewelry_jewels_gold_diamonds_em
http://www.birthstones.org.uk/jewelry/medieval-jewelry.htm
http://www.realmcollections.com/medieval_jewelry.htm
http://www.guyotbrothers.com/jewelry-history/jewelry-history-page11.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewellery#Middle_Ages
http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/jewelry_history_middle_ages.html
http://www.theartofmakingjewelry.com/medieval-jewelry.html
http://www.langantiques.com/university/index.php/Medieval_Jewelry
http://web.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/jewel.htm
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Writers & Authors
MALE
Alcuin of York
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin_of_York
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Alcuin.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01276a.htm
http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Mayo/Towns/MayAbbey/HistMAbb/Alcuin.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwalcuin.htm
Bede
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02384a.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwbede.htm
http://www.vortigernstudies.org.uk/artsou/bede.htm
Dante (Alighieri)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwdante.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04628a.htm
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dante/
http://www.online-literature.com/dante/
Geoffrey Chaucer
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/varia/life_of_Ch/ch-life.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03642b.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0857256.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm
Giovanni Boccaccio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwboccaccio.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02607a.htm
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/boccaccio.html
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/giovanni-boccaccio.htm
John Wycliffe
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwwyclif.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/john-wycliffe.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15722a.htm
Matthew Paris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Paris
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11499a.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORparis.htm
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwmattparis.htm
Niccolo Machiavelli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccolo_Machiavelli
http://historyguide.org/intellect/machiavelli.html
http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/machaivelli.html
Peter Abelard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Abelard
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01036b.htm
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/abelard%5Fb.html
Petrarch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/petrarca.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11778a.htm
Regiomontanus
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwregiomontanus.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiomontanus
http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/regiomontanus.html
Richard de Bury
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwbury.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Bury
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13042b.htm
http://www.nndb.com/people/612/000097321/
Thomas Becket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/THOMBECK.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14676a.htm
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/becket.htm
William Shakespeare
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/main/1/12
http://www.bardweb.net/man.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/shakespeare_william.shtml
FEMALE
Christine de Pizan (Pisan)
http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwchristine.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_de_Pizan
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/pisan.html
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03723a.htm
Margery Kempe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Kempe
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0827345.html
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/margery.htm
http://home.infionline.net/~ddisse/kempe.html
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/margerykempe.html
Marie de France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_de_France
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09667a.htm
http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5494
http://home.infionline.net/~ddisse/marie.html
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Clothing:

http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=319
http://www.reddawn.net/costume/patterns.htm
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bill/handbook/tunic.html
http://www.virtue.to/articles/tunic_worksheet.html
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/clothing.html
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/morcloth.html
http://www.medieval-life.net/clothing.htm
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/sumptuary-laws-middle-ages.htm
http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-clothing.htm
http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME3_INDEX.HTML
http://www.medieval-spell.com/Medieval-Fashion.html
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/1adele.htm
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Life in the Middle Ages:

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html
http://www.castlewales.com/life.html
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Townlife.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/life_main.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/education.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/bathing.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/games.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/music.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/commerce.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/festivals.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/village_life.htm
http://www.medieval-life.net/city_life.htm
http://www.themiddleages.net/people_middle_ages.html
http://www.erasofelegance.com/history/medievallife.html
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Feudalism_and_Medieval_life.htm
http://www.localhistories.org/middle.html
http://www.thefinertimes.com/Ancient-History/real-medieval-life.html
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