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History // Medieval Times
Medieval Legacy in Modern LifeWhat the Middle Ages gave us: Parliament, universities, common law, Gothic architecture, the English language (Anglo-Saxon + Norman French), place names…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Medieval Worlds Beyond EuropeThe medieval world beyond Europe: the Islamic Golden Age (maths, medicine, architecture), the Mali Empire and Mansa Musa, Song Dynasty China; how the medieval…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Printing Press & RenaissanceThe invention of the printing press by Gutenberg and its arrival in England with William Caxton; how printed books changed everything; the transition from the…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Art & ArchitectureMedieval cultural achievements: illuminated manuscripts, Gothic cathedrals (flying buttresses, stained glass), Gregorian chant, the Bayeux Tapestry; art and…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Magna Carta and Limiting Royal PowerKing John, the barons' revolt, and the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215; what the Magna Carta said about limiting the king's power; its lasting importance for…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Towns & TradeThe growth of medieval towns: markets, guilds, the merchant class; how towns won charters of self-governance; the shift from purely rural to partly urban life
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Crime & PunishmentHow justice worked in medieval times: trial by ordeal, trial by combat, the role of the sheriff; punishments including stocks, pillory, and dungeons; how…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Women in the Middle AgesThe lives of medieval women: noblewomen managing estates, peasant women's hard daily work, nuns and abbesses, notable figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan…
Ages 9 to 11Concept