Clergy - Monks and Nuns

Click on the links below to learn more about Monastic life during the Middle Ages

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Name of Site
Address of Site
Description of Site
The Church and the Middle Ages http://www.csis.pace.edu/
grendel/projs2c/middle.html
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Religion http://www.learner.org/exhibits/
middleages/religion.html
Brief description of religion
Medieval Feasts and Festivals http://www.millersv.edu/~
english/homepage/duncan/
medfem/feasts.html
Pictures
Medieval Monks http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/
schools/Brisas/sunda/ma/1xiao.htm
EXCELLENT site which discusses daily life of a Medieval Monk - pictures
Monks and Monasteries http://www.learner.org/exhibits/
middleages/morelign.html
Description of monks and monasteries
Who were the Nuns? http://www.millersv.edu/~english/
homepage/duncan/medfem/
novices.html
Novices- nuns. Often youngest girls in families sent to convent
Admission to Nunneries http://www.learner.org/exhibits/
middleages/morelign.html
Description of convents- paid admission
Monks and Nuns http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/
schools/Brisas/sunda/ma/1lisa.htm
Overview of the role of monks and nuns
Clothing in the Middle Ages http://www.learner.org/exhibits
/middleages/clothing.html
Clothing of nuns and monks
Medieval Music http://www.ben.esu6.k12.ne.
us/music/Medieval.html 
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Medieval History http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/
middleages/LifeTimes/People.html
Good information about the people of the Middle Ages
People of the Middle Ages  http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/
middleages/index.html
Contains historical information about the middle ages.
Introduction to the Middle Ages  http://www.utah.edu/umfa/
intro.html
Contains information about feudalism and the Middle Ages