Recommended Reading
General Knowledge: Media that covers daily life and generic cultural information.
The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England; Ian Mortimer
The Peel Affinity; La Belle Compagnie
Daily Life in Chaucer's England; Jeffrey L. Forgeng, Will McClean
Bloodied Banners: Martial display on the Medieval Battlefield; Robert W. Jones
The Canterbury Tales [Blackstone]- Geoffrey Chaucer
The Book of Deeds of Arms of Chivalry- Christine de Pizan
Froissart, Chronicles- Jean Froissart- Geoffrey Brereton
Material Culture:
Civil Culture: Media that covers textiles, shoes, clothing and other personal effects.
The Medieval Tailor’s Assistant; Sarah Thursfield
Knives and Scabbards; J. Cowgill, M. de Neergaard
Dress Accessories 1150-1450; Boydell and Brewer
Shoes and Pattens; Francis Grew and Margrethe de Neergaard
Textiles and Clothing 1150-1450; Elisabeth Crowfoot, Frances Pritchard, Kay Staniland
The Medieval Household, Daily Living c. 1150-1450; Geoff Egan
Stepping through Time; Olaf Goubitz
Medieval Garment reconstruction; Lili Frasen, Anna Norgaard, Else Ostergard
Purses in Pieces: Archaeological Finds of the Late medieval and 16th Century Purses, pouches, Bags and Cases in the Netherlands; Olaf Goubitz
Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women’s Work in a Changing World; Judith M. Bennett
Colours from Nature: A dyers handbook; Jenny Dean
Textiles and the Medieval Economy: production, trade and Consumption of textile, 8th-16th Centuries; Angela Ling Haung and Carsten Jahnke
Martial Culture: Media on Arms and Armor or martial Textiles.
Armor of the English Knight: 1400-1450; Tobais Capwell (pending reprint)
War Bows; Mike Loads
Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight; David Edge, John Miles Paddock
The Pourpoint of Charles de Blois; Tasha Kelly
Making Wooden Arrows: A masters Guide; John Potter
English Longbowman 1330-1515; Clive Bartlett
The Soldier: In later Medieval England; Adrian R. Bell, Anne Curry, Andy King and David Simpkin
The English Longbow - Investigating a myth: Volume 1: Performance and employment 1298-1485 (From Retinue to Regiment 1453-1618); Jonathan Davies
Covering the Blade: Archaeological Leather Sheaths and Scabbards; Marquita Volken and Olaf Goubitz
Armour of the English Knight: An Armourers’ Album; Tobias Capwell
Event Specific: media that covers major events around the 1400-1420’s.
The Battle of Agincourt: Sources and Interpretations; Anne Curry
Agincourt: Battle of the Scarred King; Michael Livingston
War for the throne: The Battle of Shrewsbury; John Barratt