Recommended Website:
The Labyrinth Project
List member Michael G., forwarded information about The Labyrinth Project that is sponsored by Georgetown University. Michael sent this description of the website:
“It provides free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University. The Labyrinth’s easy-to-use menus and links provide connections to databases, services, texts, and images on other servers around the world. The Labyrinth project is open-ended and is designed to grow and change with new developments in technology and in medieval studies. You can search for maps, audio, video, materials for children, primary texts, and more.”
When you get to the site you will see a menu of Medieval categories including Art, Alchemy, Armor, Feudalism, Math, Music, Medicine, etc. Click on any one and a new page opens with a menu of links to online resources about that topic. There are brief descriptions of what you will find if you click on the link.
CHALLENGE: Think of this as a treasure hunt. Patience is required as many of the links are dead — but when you find one that IS working — it’s a goldmine of information. I found lessons in Gregorian Chant, a recipe for lozenges or curd cheese pastries, codes of chivalry, heraldry and the meaning of a Coat of Arms, information on The Crusades, and more. Again, because so many of the links render error messages — to avoid frustrating your students, I would suggest parents visit the site in advance to locate some interesting places to use in your studies of Medieval times. Invest a little time in finding working links, and your efforts will be rewarded with good information.
