What is a good fiction book on the middle ages?
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Jester  by James Patterson and Andrew Gross
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Try reading historical texts on the Industrial Revolution, and novels by Charles Dickens.
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Women's literature\n\nWhile it is true that women in the medieval period were never accorded full equality with men (in fact, misogynist tracts abound, although many sects, such as the Cathars, afforded women greater status and rights), some women were able to use their skill with the written word to gain renown. Religious writing was the easiest avenue—women who would later be canonized as saints frequently published their reflections, revelations, and prayers. Much of what is known about women in the Middle Ages is known from the works of nuns such as Clare of Assisi, Bridget of Sweden, and Catherine of Siena.\n\nFrequently, however, the religious perspectives of women were held to be unorthodox by those in power, and the mystical visions of such authors as Julian of Norwich and Hildegard of Bingen provide insight into a part of the medieval experience less comfortable for the institutions that ruled Europe at the time. Women wrote influential texts in the secular realm as well—reflections on courtly love and society by Marie de France and Christine de Pizan continue to be studied for their glimpses of medieval society.\n\n\nThere are a couple of good links there.  Good luck!
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Try these websites for more info:\nhttp://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html\nhttp://www.legends.dm.net/kingarthur/\nYes I read "The once and Future King" by T.H. White, many years ago and loved it.  Loosely based on an idea from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (as many other subsequent books were).\n\nthere is a beautiful painting by Edward Burne-Jones called "The Last sleep of Arthur" - see website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_last_sleep_of_Arthur.jpg
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hey..try project guttenberg , lots of online book there! good luck. Bdway, The Prince by Machiavelli is an interesting read and its THIN :) \n\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/\n\nHave fun!
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the alchemist by paulo coelho\nangels and demons & the da vinci code by dan brown\nthe harry potter series by j.k. rowling\nany romance novel by julie garwood
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Well, that depends a lot on what else you're looking for in  a book.  If you want some romantic overlays, Nora Roberts  has the Three Sisters Trilogy about witches in New England, and another trio about Celtic Gods and Goddesses, Tears of the Moon is the only title that comes to mind.  Mercedes Lackey does some nice Gothic type magic stories, usually listed under sci-fi/fantasy, and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough has a series with Godmother in the title -- great takes on fairy tales.\n\nAs far as more DIY style books relating to magic, Silver Ravenwolf does some nice stuff, To Ride a Silver Broomstick is a great primer.  Anything by Scott Cunningham is very informative -- more reference than practice.\n\nMystery?  You can't go wrong with Elizabeth Peters, check out the Amelia Peabody series.  There are about 15 books relating to the adventures of this Victorian Egyptologist.\n\nAnd just for a good, funny read -- Terry Pratchett.  The Discworld series is fantastic -- magic is part of pretty much all the stories, and there's usually some mystery to be solved.  Try The Witches Abroad.
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Ella Enchanted (my favorite book of ALL TIME!!) If your 15 you should like the 'Princess Diares' seris by Meg Cabot, those are really good. as well as 'Size 12 is not fat' (By Meg Cabot) It's a murder mystery. umm 'The secret life of bees' by Sue Monk Kidd is pretty good, it's about life in the 60's. If you like greek myths than the 'Myth~O~Mania' books by Kate McMullan, are pretty good, there the 'real' myths told her way. Very Funny. If you like Adventur i would suggest the Alex Rider seris (first one is called 'Stormbreaker' by Anthoney Ho...something)
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Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince".\n\nIt's a good read.\n\nEDIT: Anyways, I feel it is better to be feared. Like Machiavelli said, love is too easily discarded to rely on it.
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I would vote for A Midsummer Night's Dream.  It's a great dose of comic silliness with just enough philosophical inquiry into the relationship between dream and reality to give you food for thought.  The last scene alone is worth the price of admission (or rental, or the cost of a good book).
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These websites should help you.  They discuss many aspects of the middle ages, including all kinds of information on castles, manors, and homes of medieval times.\n\nI hope this helps.
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Depends. Lewis was a prolific author of apologetics as well as fiction. Tolkien, mostly mythilogical fiction. As far a depth of character, breadth of scope, and sense of history, Tolkien wins hands down. For a good yarn suitable for the whole family, Lewis takes the prize. Depends and what you're looking for.
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The best site about the subject is\nInternet Medieval Sourcebook located at the \nFordham University Center for Medieval Studies\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html\nIt has everything one wants to know on this period.\nOthers sites are\nhttp://www.medtimes.org/\nhttp://www.medievaltimes.com/
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How about reading Le Morte D'Artur by Sir Thomas Mallory, it's what the movie was loosely based on and has lots of really cool illustrations.
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John Davis \nWestminster press\n\nsorta old but good
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the king arthur you always get in the films and storybooks is a warlord of the medieval period - usually wearing armour and using battletactics of the period around 1200 (give or take a century).\n\nthat king arthur is entirely fictional. in 1200 there was no war in britain between the welsh and the saxons. the normans had conquered england at the lake of blood (senlac) in 1066 and between about 1100 and the peasants' revolt of 1381 the main friction in britain was between the english working- and middle-classes and their norman-french overlords.\n\nin a poem like 'sir gawain and the green knight' (written around 1350) you can see the fictional story of king arthur being used as a metaphor to talk about the very real 'war on terror' (ie 'war on ordinary people') that the british ruling class had going at the time.\n\n(you get a very similar thing these days. think about 'team america: world police').\n\nthe earliest mention of an actual war leader called 'arthur' is five hundred years earlier. nennius in the 700s talks of a celtic leader who led resistance against the invading german tribes (the people who would soon become the english) who was called arthur and who established a long-lasting peace after his victory at the battle of mount badon.\n\nan even earlier historian:- gildas (who lived in the 500s) - mentions the victory at badon and the peace that followed, but doesn't name the leader.\n\n....\n\nso there probably was a welsh resistance leader called 'arthur' who fought the saxon invaders (someone like al-zarqawi perhaps). this doesn't mean his name was 'arthur'. 'arth' in welsh means 'the bear', which sounds like a good nickname for a general specialising in defensive guerilla tactics.\n\nbut the medieval king who rallied the people of britain against the saxons never existed. by the medieval period the people of britain were the saxons.\n\n(by the medieval period even the welsh were starting to be 'british'. but that is a story for another day).
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Library... \nHave a look at:\nRobert Furneau-Jordan: A CONCISE HISTORY OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE \nthat should get you started\nAlso go with the architectural history bible:\nSir Banister Fletcher: A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE\n\nJordan also refers to P. Frankl: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE\nand \nJ. Harvey: GOTHIC ENGLAND\n      and  THE GOTHIC WORLD\n\nI am unfamiliar with the books by these last two gentlemen myself though\n\nYou could also try looking into history of art. There I'd suggest:\nSir E.H. Gombrich : THE STORY OF ART\n\nYou could of course search the net but I doubt you'll find much more. The local library is probably your best bet. Warning, don't get thoughts about just going to a bookstore and buying those unless you are very interested, Jordan might be cheap, but at least Fletcher and Gombrich are quite expensive.