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The Newsletter for the Medieval History Site at the Mining Co. Vol. I, No.5 July 17, 1998

This Week's Feature

Conflagration: The Peasants' Revolt, Part 1

In our Back-in-Time Survey, more participants wanted to meet the leaders and rebels in the Peasants' Revolt than any other individual or group of the past. So I've done a little research to provide you with an overview of the revolt, its origins, and its consequences.

In Part One: The Fire is Laid

 

 

In the News

Poles and Germans Reenact Battle of Grunwald

On July 16th, 1410, a force of more than 24,000 Polish, Russian, Czech, and Tatar troops crushed the 14,000 Teutonic Knights who had set up a hostile enclave inside Polish territory. That battle was replayed Thursday outside Grunwald by modern day reenactors. Organizers hope to repeat the battle every year and attract many more participants by 2010, the 600th anniversary of the medieval conflict. Recent turmoil between Germany and Poland over property lost after World War II appeared to have no effect on the reenactors, many of whom seemed perfectly willing to "fraternize with the enemy."

 

 

Medieval Minutia

Medieval Europeans consumed several types of birds that are rarely thought of as food today, including peacocks, swans, cranes, herons, and seagulls.

Source: Life in Medieval Times by Marjorie Rowling

For more fascinating facts of everyday existence in the middle ages, check out our page of net links on Daily Life.

 

 

Site Update

It started as a quest to find information about knights. It ended as four new net link categories!

Knightly Orders

The Knights Hospitaller

The Knights Templar

Knights of the Teutonic Order

 

New links have also been added to the following net link categories:

 

Arthurian Studies

The Role of the Knights Templar in the Grail Legend

 

The Crusades

Letter from the East to Master of Hospitalers (1187)

The Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East

 

Living History

Drake's Medieval Brewing Page

Master Huen's Boke of Good Cookery

 

Medieval Asia

J. J. Saunders. A History of Medieval Islam

The Silk Road

 

Medieval Britain

The War of the Roses: The Short Version

 

Medieval France

Orders of Chivalry in France

 

Medieval Iberia

The Spanish Military Orders

 

Military History

Valleta: The Great Siege

Wars of the Roses (also added to Medieval Britain )

Wars of the Roses FAQ (also added to Medieval Britain )

The Wars of the Roses (also added to Medieval Britain )

 

Religion

The 4th and 5th Centuries: The Church in Radical Change

The 11th to the 13th Centuries: Innocent III and the Great Schism

The 6th to the 10th Centuries: A New Orientation for the Church

The 14th to 16th Centuries: The Church in Moral Chrisis

Bede: Ecclesiastical History of England, Book I (also added to Britain)

Bede: Ecclesiastical History of England, Book IV (also added to Britain )

Jeanne La Pucelle and the Dying God (also added to Women)

 

Science & Technology

Mythical Plants of the Middle Ages

 

Women of the Middle Ages

The Coat of Arms of Jeanne D'Arc

Women Knights of the Middle Ages

 

Be sure to check out our many other net link categories; or check out all the Latest Links .

 

 

Chat!

I hope you'll join me in the chat room Tuesday, July 21st, at 10:00 PM Eastern time for an informal chat about medieval history. Bring along your favorite topics!

 

Medieval History Quizlet

Come to our quizlet page and see the results of the last question and the new question for this week.

 

 

Quote of the Knight A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils. John Dryden (1631-1700 )

 

 

Thank you for visiting the site! Be sure to let me know if there is anything you'd like to see at the site or in our newsletter. And have a great weekend!

Melissa Snell
Your Medieval History Guide at the Mining Co.

 

 

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