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 * Print Resources **

Most book have a **glossary** of special words and all have an **index** to help you with your research.Some of the books have the keywords highlighted in bold on their pages to assist you with your search for information.


 * [[image:Medieval_Life.jpg width="152" height="196"]] || **Medieval Life** by Andrew Langley Call number L 940.1 LAN

From the Eyewitness series, this book covers a wide range of topics, with information about the people who lived and worked in every level of **medieval society** including: **Peasants**, **Lords**, **Women**, **Soldiers**, **Clergy**, **Pilgrims, Towns** and **Guild masters**. Each chapter has a short summary of the topic, followed by detailed explanations to go with the large number of excellent pictures.There is also a book in this Eyewitness series on the **Crusades** L 909.07 RIC. ||


 * [[image:The_Middle_Ages_Shuter.jpg width="152" height="196"]] || **The Middle Ages** by Jane Shuter Call number L 940.1 SHU

This book has short chapters on lots of useful topics about medieval life, including: **Rulers**, **Knights**, **Castles**, **Town Life**, **Country Life**, **Families**, **Clothes**, **Food** and the **Plague**. Each page has the **key** **words** on every page in bold to help with your research. There are photos of authentic medieval clothes and tools, as well as other illustrations from the period. ||


 * [[image:Medieval_Lives_Peasant.jpg width="152" height="196"]] || **Medieval Lives: Peasant** by Robert Hull Call number L 940.1 HUL

This book is one in a series about the daily lives of different types of people from the medieval period. The library has all of these titles: **Peasant**, **Merchant**, **Knight**, **Stonemason**, **Nun** and **Lady of the Manor**. As well as having lots of useful information about the daily life and yearly work pattern of peasants, this book has chapters on **Women’s Work** as well as **Games and Entertainment**. The book contains a vast variety of illustrations from the medieval period. ||


 * [[image:The_Castle.jpg width="152" height="196"]] || **Life in the Middle Ages: The Castle** by Kathryn Hinds Call number L 940.1 HIN

Don’t let the title fool you. This book is about much more than castles. It has detailed chapters on the lives of the **Lords**, **Ladies** and **vassals** who live in the castle. There is also a chapter on Festivities, **Tournaments** and **Troubadours** that describes the **food**, **entertainment**, **games** and **music** of the medieval period. This book is also from a series that is available in the library. The other titles are: The Church, The City and The Countryside. ||


 * [[image:CRUSADES_BOOK.jpg width="148" height="204"]] || **Crusades: the struggle for the holy lands** by Melanie and Christopher Rice and Christopher Gravett Call number L 909.07 RIC

Another from the Eyewitness series, this book covers every aspect of the Medieval **Crusades**. Each chapter has a short summary of the events, a short fact file and very useful illustrations, maps and diagrams with detailed captions to explain what you can see. It contains **eyewitness accounts** of the events and the key people involved ||


 * [[image:VIKINGS.jpg width="141" height="187"]] || **World history** Edited by Belinda Gallagher Call number L 909 Wor

This book contains chapters on the **Vikings**, **Knights** and **Castles** as well as information about **arms** and **armour** from the Dark Ages and Middle Ages. Each chapter is easy to read and includes around twenty different topics about aspects of life in these Medieval communities. There are lots of colourful illustrations, diagrams and instructions for making models and **jewellery**. ||

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 * Castle Diary ** by Richard Platt Call Number L F PLA

This is a fun way to find out about life in the Middle Ages by reading the diary entries of Tobias Burgess, an eleven-year-old boy living as a page in his uncle’s castle. The illustrations are comic style and the adventures of Tobias are as entertaining as they are informative.

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