QUELQUES LIENS
- Timeline of Kings and Queens of England (Woodlands Junior School, UK)
- Liste des Monarques de France (Wikipedia en français) Scroll all the way down to the long chart. Be sure to look for the correct siècle. You should also click on each individual roi for full information.
- RoyalList.info (clickable royal family tree website)
- BritRoyals.com (lots of information,including family trees, FAQ about British royalty, and more)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine #1 (in English)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine #2 (in English
- Eleanor of Aquitaine#3 (in English)
- more about Eleanor of Aquitaine (in English)
- Eleanor of Aquitaine (and links to others) on Nationmaster.com encyclopedia
- Medieval Life for this site, move the cursor around on the picture, and click on the different things it passes over to go to pages on information concerning that topic
- Wiliam I, the Conqueror (Guillaume le Conquérant) (in English)
- About William I's Domesday Book(in English)
- Henry I (in English)
- Stephen (in English)
- Matilda (Maude) (in English)
- Henry II (in English)
- Richard I, the Lionhearted (Richard, coeur de Lion) (in English)
- John Lackland (Jean sans terre) (in English)
- about Thomas Becket and Henry II (in English)
- all British monarchs (in English)
- Rosamund Clifford (in English)
- all kinds of British history links (in English)
- History of The Crusades--an online course (in English)
- The Capetian Kings of France (in English)
- La dynastie des Capétiens directs (en français)
- Les Rois de France au XIIe siècle (en français)
- Les Rois de France au XIIIe siècle (en français)
- Aliénor d'Aquitaine (en français)
- Philippe Auguste (en français)
- La Vie de Philippe Auguste (en français)
- The wives of Philippe Auguste
- Louis IX (en français)
- La Vie de Louis VII (en français)
- Caen Castle -- château de William, Duc de Normandie, 1060
- Carte de l'Empire Franc à la mort de Charlemagne en 814
- Carte de France début du XIe siècle
- Carte de France 1180-territoires Capétiens et Plantagenets
- Carte de France à la mort de Philippe Auguste, 1223
- Carte de l'Europe au Moyen-Âge
- Images de Fontevraud
- Effigies d'Aliénor d'Aquitaine et Henry II Plantagenet (Fontevraud) [courtesy of Walt S.]
- Le Vase d'Aliénor d'Aquitaine (actuellement au Louvre) (from Kristiana Gregory's webpage; she is author of Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine)
- Le vase d'Aliénor photo 2
- Le vase d'Aliénor photo 3 (close up)
- Le vase d'Aliénor photo 4
- La Tapisserie de Bayeux ( en français)
- La Tapisserie de Bayeux (en Anglais)
- La Tapisserie de Bayeux- length (as seen at the museum)
- La Tapisserie de Bayeux en Images
- La Tapisserie de Bayeux: The Simpsons!
- La Tapisserie de Bayeux : Animated (YouTube)
- La Tapisserie de Bayeux: 22 minutes showing the tapestry, with (sometimes silly) commentary
- A Young Person's Guide to the Battle of Hastings (shows Bayeux Tapestry, too) -- (You Tube)
- Funny "When" news -- about William the Conqueror battling against the uprisings of 1071
- 45 minute video: The Kings and Queens of England: The Normans (You Tube)
- La Tapisserie de la Dame à la Licorne
- Les Armes de la famille Plantagenet
- Sceau de Jean Sans Terre
- Sceau de Philippe Auguste
- Sceau de Louis IX
- La Sainte Chapelle lower level 1
- La Sainte Chapelle lower level 2
- La Sainte Chapelle Upper Floor Royal Chapel 1
- Sainte Chapelle Upper Floor Royal Chapel 2
- La Sainte Chapelle -- Rick Steves video excerpt (5 minutes)
- La Sainte Chapelle--brief video- images of the reliquaries and windows
- La Sainte Chapelle: from the émission TV "Les Racines et les Ailes"
- La Sainte Chapelle: 3:50 video especially showing upper chapel, also stone entrance
Click to see an animated version of La Tapisserie de Bayeux.
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Watch a Video about the 1066 Battle of Hastings set to "Sexy Back" by Justin Timberlake (thanks to HISTORYTEACHERS)
Click image to watch a short video about The Crusades, set to "Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol (Thanks again, HISTORYTEACHERS!)
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Ja Nus Hons Pris-- Richard the Lionhearted's doleful song, written during his captivity. It was written in Langue d'Oïl, the language current in the Aquitaine during his lifetime.
The song is performed here by Owain Phyfe, in 1999. This is taken from the album, "Poets, Bards, and Singers of Songs." |
"A Brief History of Plural Word....s" (The Vikings' effect on the English language): Ted Ed's little video (by John McWhorter) about how the English language used to pluralize words, and what affected that.
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Ja Nus Hons Pris --
This is the 1971 version by David Munrow,
of the Early Music Consort of London.
This is the 1971 version by David Munrow,
of the Early Music Consort of London.