Aristocratic Arts
Illuminations 
- Sacred
- Book of Hours
- Personal prayer books for the nobility consisting of 2
parts
- Astrological calendar
- Scriptures, prayers, and creeds
- Limbourg Brothers - Book of Hours (Duke of Berry)
- Structure
- February
- Calendar
detail
- Scripture
page
- Secular - Courtly Romances
Tapestry
- Uses and aesthetics associated with castles and manor
houses
- Bayeux Tapestry a continuous narrative of the politics
and war to control England
- The Norman Conquest of 1066
- Edward the Confessor (King of England)
- Harold (Also in England, a vassal of Edward)
- William of Normandy (A vassal of Edward, though with
a fief in France)
- Battle of Hastings - The most significant battle
of the Romanesque
- William the Conquer
Dwellings and Fortresses
- Romanesque Castles
- Design and function as a fortress
- Reflection of an age of walls and protection
- Tower
of London (White Tower) - William's London fortress as a base of power
- Gothic manor house replaces the castle
- Design and function of decorative housing rather than
actual fortress
- Reflection of an age growing in stability
- Haddon
Hall
- Coeur's manor
house
Music
- The wandering musician whom were hired as entertainers
- Troubadours
- Trouveres
- Minnesingers
- Contrasts to religious music
- Instruments as opposed to a cappella
- Vernacular as opposed to Latin
- Light hearted as opposed to spiritual
- Moniot d'Arras - Ce fut en mai
- Machaut - Douce dame jolie
- Saltarello - a Medieval dance
Humanities
Resource of Mark Hunter