middle ages

Explores the daily lives of serfs during the Middle Ages, including a look at their uprisings which eventually changed the social structure in Europe.

Looks at the lives of monks during the Middle Ages, including their role in the Crusades and the monasteries they built.

Explores the lives of the nobility during the Middle Ages, including their role in the Crusades and the castles they built.

Explores the lives of knights during the Middle Ages, including their weaponry, armory, and participation in the Crusades.

Explores the lives of merchants during the Middle Ages, including specific guilds and their economic effects on Europe and Asia.

Looks at the lives of doctors during the Middle Ages, including their practices, beliefs, and role in the Black Plague.

Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.

Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic treehouse to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.

After painstakingly handcrafting a replacement copy of a library book, a medieval monk tries to protect it from a hungry bear with a taste for literature. Includes historical note on illuminated manuscripts.

A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.