INDEX OF TOPICS


The following guide is intended for instructors who wish to approach the history of medieval England thematically rather than chronologically. Relevant documents are listed by number, and in chronological order, next to each subject. Some documents appear under more than one heading, allowing instructors to make their own determinations about how best to use them.

Agriculture and Rural Life 6, 11, 23, 61, 62, 70, 72, 80, 81

Aristocracy 10, 12, 20, 23, 32, 35, 37, 44, 49, 50, 56, 59, 69, 73, 76, 82, 87, 88, 89, 96, 101

Church and Clergy 2, 4, 9, 14, 21, 25, 27, 34, 35, 48, 55, 66, 67, 69, 80, 86, 95

Disease and Medicine 18, 35, 46, 57, 70, 80, 88

Education and Intellectual Life 9, 26, 45, 63, 64, 67, 92

Family and Domestic Life 12, 17, 18, 24, 33, 36, 38, 51, 52, 58, 73, 92, 93, 95, 97, 102

France (including Normandy) and the French 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 38, 44, 46, 51, 77, 78, 88, 90, 96, 97

Ireland and the Irish 19, 39, 79, 96

Jews 26, 42, 50, 53

Kingship 4, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 31, 33, 39, 45, 46, 48, 50, 65, 69, 76, 78, 87, 88, 89, 96, 98, 99, 100, 101

Law and Justice 3, 8, 15, 21, 34, 36, 37, 47, 50, 52, 60, 69, 72, 83, 87, 101

Material Culture and Archaeology 5, 13, 20, 22, 61, 67, 100

Monasticism 11, 18, 24, 30, 35, 54, 55, 64, 95

Parliament 53, 59, 65, 69, 70, 71, 75, 76, 87, 88, 96, 98

Queenship 17, 18, 20, 29, 38, 51, 68, 96, 98

Rebellion 18, 19, 22, 31, 49, 50, 56, 65, 76, 82, 83, 87, 96, 99

Religion and Spirituality 2, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 26, 35, 42, 43, 46, 54, 57, 67, 70, 73, 79, 80, 84, 85, 86, 89, 91, 92, 93

Royal Government 3, 15, 19, 28, 31, 34, 36, 47, 52, 53, 66, 71, 76, 81, 82, 83, 87, 90, 101, 102

Scotland and the Scots 18, 19, 32, 29, 79, 88, 96

Serfdom and Villeinage 23, 40, 50, 62, 72, 80, 82

Slavery 3, 7, 14, 15, 23

Towns and Urban Life 40, 41, 42, 59, 60, 68, 74, 75, 81, 82, 84, 86, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 102

Trade 8, 40, 41, 43, 50, 66, 70, 71, 74, 80, 81, 97, 102

Travel 13, 16, 19, 24, 43, 55, 88, 90, 96, 102

Wales and the Welsh 18, 19, 50, 65, 78, 88

Warfare 1, 10, 14, 19, 20, 22, 31, 32, 39, 44, 46, 49, 65, 73, 78, 79, 86, 88, 90, 96, 99, 100

Women 5, 7, 12, 15, 17, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 38, 50, 51, 52, 54, 58, 62, 67, 68, 72, 73, 84, 86, 92, 93, 95, 97, 102