This express version of The Medieval Masterclass for Creators is designed for those people who are creating medieval stories in both visual and textual media: the people who need reliable, visual, expert content that fits into their busy schedules.
You still get expert classes, visual demonstrations, and reliable resources, but this time there are no live classes or schedules. You can access all the material whenever you want, in whatever order you want.
Get confident and inspired - at your own pace.
You need expert content that fits into your busy schedule. With the Medieval Masterclass Express, you can access all the content at once, and explore it in the way that suits you best.
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five pre-recorded lectures and demonstrations by experts
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a bibliography curated by experts
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writing and drawing prompts to get your creativity flowing
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no set schedule: access the materials at your own pace
Meet Your Instructor
Danièle Cybulskie
Writer, professor, TEDx speaker, and podcaster, Danièle has been making the Middle Ages fun, entertaining, and accessible for over a decade. She is the author of Life in Medieval Europe: Fact and Fiction, The Five-Minute Medievalist, and the forthcoming How to Live Like a Monk: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Life.
Danièle is also the creator and host of The Medieval Podcast, a weekly show on which she interviews experts on the Middle Ages about a wide variety of topics. Her writing, videos, and podcast have been used as resources in elementary schools, secondary schools, and universities across North America.
When she’s not reading, writing, or recording, Danièle can be found drinking tea, doing Krav Maga, or sometimes building a backyard trebuchet.
Featured Experts
Fencing Master
Ken Mondschein
Ken is a highly qualified authority on classical and historical fencing (holding the credential of Maître d'Armes Historique from the United States Fencing Coaches Association) and modern fencing instructor (Prévôt in foil and épée). He has a quarter-century of experience, and has lectured and published widely, as well as taught at institutions such as the Higgins Armory Museum. His aim is, as Burt S. Hall wrote in his review of Ken's translation of Camillo Agrippa's 1553 Trattato di Scienza d'Arme, "demystifying all Renaissance fencing treatises and enhancing their standing as texts." In addition to his academic work, Ken currently teaches privately as the lead instructor of Massachusetts Historical Swordsmanship.
Neil Buttery
Neil Buttery has been studying and writing about the history of British food for over a decade. His academic career began in the sciences, focussing upon the evolution of social behaviour, eventually segueing into the social history of his favourite thing: food.
He is also an experienced chef and restauranteur, recreating historical and traditional foods; a believer that it is our senses of smell and taste that can transport our imaginations to the past most efficiently. This combination of academic study and practical cookery has led to appearances on Channel Four’s Britain’s Most Historic Towns, BBC Two’s Monkman & Seagull’s Genius Guide to Great Britain and Radio Four’s The Food Programme.
His research and writing on the subject can be read on his long-running blogs British Food: A History and Neil Cooks Grigson, and heard on the British Food History Podcast.
Most recently he completed his first book, A Dark History of Sugar, for publishing house Pen & Sword History.
Blacksmith
Thomas B. Timbrell
While obtaining his history degree at the University of Leicester, Tom decided that office work was not for him and gave blacksmithing a try (naturally). Both during and since his time studying Blacksmithing and Metalworking at Warwick College, Tom has provided demonstrations at Mary Arden's Farm in Stratford-Upon Avon and across the UK, showing the life and craft of blacksmiths from the Early Iron Age to the Victorian Era. In his private blacksmithing business, Tom continues to make both modern and historical knives, as well as other weapons based on the measurements and style of archaeological finds. He also does artistic work and just about anything else - as long as it's not horseshoes.
Textile Archaeologist
Katrin Kania
Dr. Katrin Kania is a textile archaeologist with a strong crafts focus. Upon seeing a historical textile, she instantly wants to figure out how it was made - and consequently she has researched a number of textile techniques and processes, from spinning to gold embroidery. She wrote her PhD about the cut and construction of medieval garments, has designed and run a spinning experiment, and organises the European Textile Forum, a conference designed to connect crafters and researchers.
Katrin is also teaching various textile crafts, does reconstruction work for museums and offers hard to find tools and materials for historical textile techniques in her online shop. Together with Dr. Gillian Polack, she has authored "The Middle Ages Unlocked", and has also written an instruction book about gold embroidery.
Bibliographer
Peter Konieczny
Along with being a co-founder and contributor at Medievalists.net, Peter is the editor of Medieval Warfare Magazine, and the web admin at De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History. He has been working to spread knowledge about the Middle Ages online for over 15 years. Peter lives near Toronto, Canada, and enjoys all the books publishers send to him. When he is not reading about medieval history, you can find him trying to keep up with his son in Minecraft.
Curriculum
• Daily Life in Objects with Danièle Cybulskie
• Medieval Food with Neil Buttery
• Combat with Ken Mondschein
• Blacksmithing with Thomas B. Timbrell
• Medieval Textiles with Katrin Kania
FAQ
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How is this different from a normal history course?
In a regular history course, you're taught about political facts and historical figures. This is very useful! But you can find this information almost anywhere. The Medieval Masterclass Express shows you the details that are hard to research: the look and movement of textiles, or the colour and texture of food, for example. You're also given a bibliography curated by experts. All of this will save you time and effort in researching your medieval project.
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How long will I be able to access the content?
You will be able to access the content for six months following the beginning of the course. This time limit is long enough for you to revisit the information many times, but short enough to help you stop procrastinating and get working on your project - a challenge we all struggle with!
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Do I need to wait to take the course?
No. Unlike the full Medieval Masterclass for Creators, the express version is always available. No set start date means no waiting to get started!
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I'm an armchair historian, not a creator. Would I still enjoy this class?
Yes! Although this class is aimed at creators, if you're into the serious minute details of the medieval world, you will still enjoy this class.
Contact
For more information, please email [email protected].