Dr Helen Nicholson’s Web Pages

This web site contains a collection of historical and pseudo-historical texts, aimed at university students studying medieval history.

Please note: All contents are copyright ©, and any items from this web site that are copied or quoted in any form should be acknowledged.

Historical texts: Calogrenant's one success Melion Brother Denise The Sacristan An Ancient Breton Festival Berengier The Knight who received an unusual gift The story of the squirrel The mouse in the basket Galaad and Bors at the court of King Brutos Texts about Medieval Women

Studies: Serious Violence: Church justification for violence in the Middle Ages Knights behaving badly: chivalry in Guiron le Courtois

Pseudo-historical texts: The Auditors at King Arthur's Court Yvain — A modern version

Other useful Web pages: The Nicholson home page Details of Dr Nicholson's Publications Cardiff University History Department Leicester University History Links page Catholic Encyclopedia Online Orb (Many medieval texts in translation and links to other sites) The Labyrinth (Resources for Medieval Studies) Frederick II (Italian site with pictures and some English text) The Library of Iberian Resources Online Crusade FAQs (Aimed at a sub university level) The WWW Virtual Library History Index (A page of links to medieval history sites) History of the Medieval Church (Religious history links) The Universal Currency Converter

Background picture by Gawain Nicholson.