Web Directory

» Affirmation of the Right of a Priest to Make a Will
   By the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in 1165, an implication that the state had power over the church. From the Medieval Sourcebook.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1165Prstwill.html

» Medieval Church.org.uk
   Thematic bibliography for Studying the Church of the Middle Ages, from a Protestant perspective.
   http://www.medievalchurch.org.uk/

» Middle Ages
   Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia with a large list of links to related articles.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10285c.htm

» Pope Joan
   A feature in Encyclopedia Britannica Online showing the differing treatment of the legend of a female Pope to show a more balanced and less inflamatory British attitude towards Catholics.
   http://www.britannica.com/heritage/article?content_id=1381

» Religion and the Middle Ages
   An examination of the Church's influence on secular law during the Middle Ages.
   http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=5231

» Some Thoughts on the Rise of the Western Church
   Lecture in the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
   http://the-orb.net/textbooks/nelson/western_church.html

» The Holy Grail
   An essay on the role of the search for the Holy Grail on medieval Christianity. From the Ecole Initiative.
   http://www.usao.edu/~facshaferi/GRAIL.HTML

» The Papacy
   Historical survey in the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
   http://the-orb.net/textbooks/westciv/papacy.html

» The Quest for the Holy Grail
   An article which discusses the significance of the Quest for the Holy Grail, where the story began, why it was so popular and the Legend.
   http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=982

» The Rise of the Western Church
   An account of the rise of the church in the Western half of the Empire, the see of Rome.
   http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/western_church.html

» Was the Medieval Church Corrupt?
   Essay from the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies.
   http://the-orb.net/non_spec/missteps/ch11.html