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[Discott]

I have uploaded some useful and hopefully interesting illustrations of life in the Middle Ages in England from a book that has been out of print for almost 80 years now called "The Romance of the Nation" (1935) printed in London, England. 

I have started with crafts and workshops from the Middle Ages such as pressing/making cider in the era but there are many more covering daily life, arms and amour, siege warfare and fortifications.  There are full explanations in the captions below the pictures which I might maybe some day write up as an addition to the pictures if people have trouble reading them on the picture.

If enough interest is expressed in these pictures then I might even upload some better quality versions in the future.  However I have sought to make sure the the images are of high enough quality to be both easy for me to up load (as there are well over 100 of them in total) as well as easy to read and view.


The picture above is of a Cider press in the Middle ages and the description below details how cider was made in 'ye old days'.

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A Canon factory in Tudor England (1485 to 1605 AD).



A Tudor era Gunpowder factory.

Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1, pp 720-721

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A Tin mine in Plantagenet Times in around 1200 AD (left) and a early coal mine from in the late Middle Ages (right).

Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1

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A Lute maker at work in Tudor England (around the 1500s AD).


Hat makers at work in Tudor England.


Tailors at work in the late 1400s or early 1500s.


Shoemakers at work in the late 1400s or early 1500s.


A Medieval barber's shop


Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1

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A typical iron foundry in the 1300s AD.


Making coinage in the 1300s


An armourer at work in the Middle Ages


Casting bells in the Middle Ages.


A tinsmith at work in his workshop.

Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1

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A potters workshop in the Middle Ages.


Glass making in the Middle Ages


Brick makers at work on site.


How the first books were printed  (1400s AD)


Making paper in the 1500s

Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1

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Spinning yarn in the 1400s AD


Pre-Norman (before 1066 AD) method of weaving cloth


Post-Norman (1066 onwards) method of weaving cloth using a loom.

Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1

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The local Baron's bakery during the Middle Ages


The hand worked flour mill in the Middle Ages


A Medieval windmill

[dennislp3]

Ooh very nice

[Vector]

Dude, thank you.  These are beautiful.

[vastaghen12]

Whoah thanks. The will definitively come in handy

[Discott]

Thanks for thanks 

Here is some thing else I think many folks will find interesting on life in the Medieval era in Northern Europe.  It is a documentary by Michael Wood on the life and times of the family of peasant Christina Cok.  It is well worth watching.

Christina: A Medieval Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ZeeiPSGAw


Here is another one on The Worst Jobs in the Middle Ages.  I love the part with the barber surgeon (apparently all barbers doubled as doctors as well).  So when next you see a surgeon in DF be sure to ask him for a hair cut.
Other jobs that are covered are:

• Fullering (processing cloth)
• Medicine woman (herbalist, witch, or midwife)
• Crane operator (being the person in that hamster wheel)
• Arming squire
• leech collector

The Worst Jobs In History - 1x02 - Medieval
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4tTUXdK7-0

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Amour

Different Western European helmet types

Guns, cannons and catapults

Navel cannons (left) and seige cannons (right) from the 1340s to the 1550s AD.


Early medieval canon types (left) and an early medieval mortar (right) both from the 1200s and 1300s AD.


Different hand gun types from the 1500s (left) and a collection of early pre-1500 hand gun types (right).


An example of a double barrelled siege sling (left) and a incendiary bomb catapult (right)

Siege warfare

Soldiers building a siege bridge (left) and an assortment of different breach defence equipment (right)

Archery and large medieval ships

A large medieval three masted ship (lleft) and a medieval English archery range (right)

Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1 & 2

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1400s

British fashion and armour from King Richard III reign (1480s AD)


British fashion and armour during the War of the Roses (1455 to 1485 AD).


British fashion and armour from King Henry V's reign (1410s AD)


British fashion and armour worn during Henry IV's reign (early 1400s AD)

1300s



British fashion and armour worn during Edward II's and Edward III's reign (1300s AD)

1200s

British fashion and armour worn during Edward I's reign (1272–1307 AD)


British fashion and armour worn during Henry III's reign (1216–1272 AD)


British fashion and armour worn during King John's reign (1199–1216)



1066-1200AD

British fashion and armour worn during Richard I's reign (1189–1199)



British fashion and armour worn in Norman times (early 1066 to 1200s AD)

Pre-1066AD

British fashion and armour worn in Anglo-Saxon times (655 to 1066 AD)


British fashion and armour worn in Anglo-Saxon and during the Danish invasions (655 to 1066 AD).  Amour for the Danish Warrior is mostly like that of a low ranking solder who could not afford his own armour other wise he would have likely warn a chain or ring mail tunic.


British fashion and armour worn during the time of the Roman invasion (43 AD).


Source: The Romance of the Nation (1935), London, England. Volume 1 & 2

[wierd]

The loom diagrams are useful. I could produce a functional set of blueprints for a reproduction loom from them.

I might do that some time.  If I did, would anyone want copies of the prints?