MedievalWoodworking.org grew from a passion that connects three lifelong interests: medieval and renaissance history, traditional woodworking, and antique tools. While most resources on “traditional” woodworking focus on the 18th and 19th centuries, this site explores an earlier and often overlooked period — the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when carpenters and craftsmen built cathedrals, monasteries, timber-framed houses, and everyday objects with remarkable skill.
What began as a personal collection of notes and research gradually evolved into this online resource. Each article you find here represents hours of study, comparison, and sometimes hands-on experimentation. Over time, these notes transformed into guides, essays, and reconstructions aimed at preserving and sharing the knowledge of medieval woodworking traditions.
Like medieval craftsmanship itself, this site is always a work in progress. New discoveries, museum finds, and scholarly works continue to deepen our understanding, and the content here grows alongside them.
If you have insights, suggestions, or resources you’d like to share, I welcome contributions and dialogue. Together, we can keep alive the traditions of medieval tools, techniques, and artistry for both scholars and enthusiasts.
