Middle+Ages+Artifacts

first hand-held weapon that could perice through armour. A crossbow was a horizontally held that was usually of wood with a notch for an arrow. It did not require training or skill. The body of the crossbow was made first of wood and later of steel. The crossbow remained popular until people invented gunpowder.
 * [[image:http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Images/DBImages/6739/673901w.jpg caption="Title: German crossbow"]]**Weapons** ||
 * They are mainly used in war, but sometimes in hunting too. The crossbow was the

//Crossbow//. N.d. //ABC CLIO World History//. Web. 6 Nov. 2009. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=25&searchtext=crossbow&type=simple&option=all&entryid=673 901&issublink=true&fromsearch=false>. This picture shows a crossbow used in the middle ages. ||

Serfs are working on the farmland. The people on in the farm house and warmed by a fire. In the background there is a man cutting wood for himself to warm him. Also there is a man who is taking his burro to the market. The pictures looks faded and old. There are serfs working on the farm for their lords. This must have been harsh for the serfs. The lords must be in warm inside there homes while the serfs work outside in the cold.
 * [[image:Winter.jpg width="370" height="429" caption="Winter.jpg"]]**Art** || [[image:http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Images/DBImages/9825%5C982588w.jpg caption="Title: Battle of Crécy"]]**Military** ||
 * This picture shows a farmland in the winter. There is snow on the ground.

//Winter in medieval peasant village//. N.d. Web Gallery of Art. //ABC-CILO: World// //Histroy Ancient and Medieval Eras//. Web. 16 Oct. 2009. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=4&entryid=799119&searchtext=the+middle+ages&type=simple&o ption=all>. || This battle was one of the first battles of the hundreds year war. The people in this war are using longbows and crossbows. Men are on horses fight each other. There are flags that represent the different sides of the war. In the background there is an army that is coming to reinforce the one team.There is a hill and a castle in the background. They might be fighting over the castle. The side on the right has more troops then the side on the left. In the background there are no farmland or houses. This was probably a secluded area.

//Battle of Crécy//. N.d. Froissart's Chronicles. //ABC-CLIO World History//. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=23&searchtext=weapons+in+medieval+time&type=simple& option982588&issublink=true&fromsearch=false>. ||

The earliest was lute was around 4000 to 2000 bc. There were 2 types of lutes, the short-neck and the long-neck. The Arabic lute is know as the ud. Since no luts surive before 1500 information must be obtained from iconography. The oriental lute was played with the plectrum. The lute was mainly a medloic instrument. Playing with the fingers became the preferred method to the play the lute. The Change in the lute devolped the special systems of notation called the tabulature.
 * [[image:http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Images/DBImages/6351%5C635175w.jpg caption="Title: The Lute (Terborch)"]]**Music** || [[image:http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Images/DBImages/1027/1027358w.jpg width="447" height="279" caption="Title: Domesday Book"]]
 * Literature** ||
 * The lute was a wooden, plucked, stringed instrument.

//The Lute//. N.d. //ABC-CLIO World History//. Web. 2 Nov. 2009. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=25&searchtext=music+in+middle+ages&type=simple&option=all &entryid=635175&issublink=true&fromsearch=false> || The Domesday book, a survey of England oredered by William the Conqueror. The book provides a look into 11th century England. There are 2 volumes in the book the Great Domesday and the Little Domesday. The book also reveals the social hierarchy of England at that time, when most of the land belonged to the elite minority. The Domesday book is important for examining 11th century England.

//Domsday Book//. N.d. Michael Freeman/CORBIS. //ABC CLIO World History//. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. <[] Display.aspx?categoryid=25&searchtext=doomsday+book&type=simple&option=all&entryi d=1027358&issublink=true&fromsearch=false>. ||