pruttm Posted February 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG I just watched the first part of a PBS documentary from 2003 on the Medici is it The Medici, godfathers of renaissance? I have it on my stack, but haven't watched it yet. So much to read/watch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG is it The Medici' date=' godfathers of renaissance? I have it on my stack, but haven't watched it yet. So much to read/watch...[/quote'] Yep, that's the one. A story made even more incredible by the fact that it's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwickian Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG There's a few bits and bobs on my website; I'm one of those OCD Harn fans Markdoc was referring to. http://www.penultimateharn.com/history.html. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruttm Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG Thanks to everyone for your help on this thread. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baronspam Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG Oddly, there's an even better source albeit not from an RPG. Frances and Joseph Gies wrote a number of books on the subject of life in Medieval times, but three of them were wildly popular among Medievalists when I went to college: Life in a Medieval City (1969), Life in a Medieval Castle (1974) and Life in a Medieval Village (1990). All three were collected in one volume in 2005, Daily Life in Medieval Times. They're not too deep, and focus on ordinary life as opposed to famous people. They also span a decent chunk of the Medieval period. Google Books links: Life in a Medieval Village, Life in a Medieval City, Life in a Medieval Castle. These books were the first thing that came to mind for me as well. No specific info on how to run a game, but they are very accessable "slice of life" history. Like the title says, its about daily life in the middle ages, more specfically western Europe around the start of the 13th century. The city books looks at a city in France, the village book looks a village in England. I am not sure what the case study for the castle book was. But tons of information on "real life' in the high middle ages. also, look at http://www.io.com/~sjohn/demog.htm. its a nice article about realistic demographics in the middle ages, things like population density, ratios of city to village life, the availablitly of merchants, craftsmen, and services, etc. It has some links to a calculator tools to whip up a realistic midieval barony in no time flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG I've only read the Medieval City book out of those, but it was very good. It should be required reading for any fantasy gamer. Who would have guessed that there was more to medieval city life than poor sanitation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwickian Posted February 23, 2011 Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG Partly as a result of this thread, I've done something I've been putting off for far too long: updating my medieval farming calendar. So instead of the major overhaul I've been failing to find the time to do, it's had a little spruce up. Among the changes are removal of the Harnic references - I'll upload a dedicated Harnic farming calendar shortly (but not tonight). Anyway, the new medieval one is here: http://www.penultimateharn.com/history/medievalfarmingyear.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phookz Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Re: Historical Late Medieval Period RPG Partly as a result of this thread, I've done something I've been putting off for far too long: updating my medieval farming calendar. So instead of the major overhaul I've been failing to find the time to do, it's had a little spruce up. Among the changes are removal of the Harnic references - I'll upload a dedicated Harnic farming calendar shortly (but not tonight). Anyway, the new medieval one is here: http://www.penultimateharn.com/history/medievalfarmingyear.html Nice work. Very informative and well written. Repped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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