Dark
Ages Society
The aim of this society is to
recreate the time of the Viking invasion and the Anglo-Saxon resistance
in the late 9th century. Links are provided to sites covering both
the Saxons and the Vikings. |
Dark
Age Web by Mark Furnival
Click on people for detailed information
on the Goths, Franks, Anglo-Saxons, Vandals, Gepids, Lombards, and Avars
among others. The site also has Dark Age biographies and battles.
One of the best sites on the various groups of the Dark Ages. |
ARGE
Provides links for sites on
Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and Vikings. |
Welcome
to World History E-Texts And Maps By
Frank
Smitha
Click on 6th to 15th Centuries
and use Chapters 4 and 5 or use the search window. |
First
Europe Tutorial - Chapters
The Department of History at
the University of Calgary provides tutorials with text, images, maps, and
links on The Germanic Invasions of Western Europe, The Frankish Empire,
and Latin and the Vernacular Languages. |
Medieval
Europe: AD 400-1400
The History Department of Northpark
University provides detailed timelines of medieval history and the
Byzantine Empire. Links on the timelines provide easy to read
articles with lists of additional books to read on the subject. Use
the articles on the Germanic tribes, Christianity, and Islam. |
Internet
Medieval Sourcebook
Fordham University provides
the Internet Medieval Sourcebook which lists thousands of online texts.
You can use these primary source documents to research Christianity, Goths,
Islam, Celts, Franks, and Vikings. This is a challenging site. |
The
Barbarians
Webmaster, Paris L. Soulier,
calls his site the ultimate Barbarian page on the Internet. You can
find history, literature, games and much more. The section on history
covers daily life, the layout of a village, families, children and
gender roles. There is also a link to the Ring Of The Niebelung on
the homepage. |
Great
Books and Classics: Epics and Folktales (Anonymous)
You can find translated full
texts of The Song of Roland, Gilgamesh, Beowulf, The
Nibelunglied, and Tales from the 1001 Nights in text files,
zipped text files, and HTML along with lists of print material available
from Amazon.com. |
Regia
Anglorum
This reenactment society attempts
to recreate a cross section of English life from AD 950-1066. The
site is full of pages with great photographs of their reenactments as well
as information and drawings about various homes and villages of the time
period. |
A
to Z Index of Writing Systems
Simon Ager, the author of this
site, provides information about a number of languages and their alphabets
including Ancient Latin and Futhark. |
The
Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia of mythology,
magic, myths, legends, and folklore from all times and all over the world.
There are over 4300 definitions of gods and goddesses, legendary creatures,
monsters and supernatural beings. |
Antiquity
Online civilizations, philosophies and changing religion
An online textbook by Frank
Smitha. Try chapters 23-27 which cover the decline of the
Roman Empire, Christianity, and the Barbarians or use the
subject
index
or maps. |
Germanic
Myths, Legends and Sagas
Use this set of links for research
on the Goths, Vikings, Celts and Saxons in the areas of geography,
runestones, gods, and mythology. |
AncientScripts.com
Looking for information and
examples of alphabets? Try this site for the Vikings, Celts, Germanic,
and Islamic alphabets. |
