This title provides not only the full benefit of a reference work with its comprehensive explanations and primary sources, but also supplies images of the objects, bringing a particular aspect of the medieval world to life. Each entry in Artifacts from Medieval Europe explains and expands upon the cultural significance of the artifact depicted.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• How to Evaluate Artifacts
• Chronology of Events
• AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
• Butter Keg
• Horse Collar
• Plow
• Sheepfold
• ARMOR, WEAPONS, AND TOOLS
• Arming Sword
• Hounskull Helmet
• Scabbard Chape
• Spurs
• Trebuchet
• ART AND ARCHITECTURE
• Flying Buttress
• Gargoyle
• Medieval Barn
• Stained Glass
• Tapestry
• COMMUNICATION AND BUSINESS
• Charter
• City Seal
• Money Bag
• Printing Press
• DOMESTIC ITEMS
• Brassiere
• Comb
• Cradle
• Garderobe
• Loom
• Penannular Brooch
• Poulaine
• Tunic
• ENTERTAINMENT
• Bone Ice Skate
• Chessboard
• Citole
• Dance
• Tournaments
• RELIGION
• Icon
• Jewish Cemetery, Prague
• Misericord
• Pilgrim’s Badge
• Psalter
• Q’uran
• Reliquary
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• Astrolabe
• Clock
• Eyeglasses
• Mason’s Divider/Compass
• TRANSPORTATION
• Cog
• Saddle
• Viking Longboat
• Select Bibliography