If you want to feel like you're really building or walking around in the Middle Ages, you can do no better than Ravand's Realistic. Though it can be tricky to use and put a lot of strain on your system, it adds some of the most detailed, thorough, and intricate textures of any resource pack around. If Conquest is the baseline for medieval Minecraft resource packs, then Ravand's Realistic is the hardcore version. It also receives frequent updates, making this a great choice for people who like to play on the current Minecraft patch or who don't want to switch from version to version. It's clean, easy on the eyes, has awesome connected textures, and is very thorough. One of the best supported and most detailed resource packs around, Conquest is a great choice for fans of Medieval Minecraft - it updates all of the important textures and provides a great Middle Age feel without requiring too much fiddling or taxing your computer's resources.
Check out our list of our favorite resources, and start living the medieval life. If you have the right tools, you can build and play in a rich, authentic medieval world complete with awesome textures, cool buildings, and denizens who look like they belong in 'ye olde Minecrafte worlde'. Probably because of the nature of vanilla (swords, horses, stone walls, that sort of thing), one of the most popular and exciting areas of development has been in medieval Minecraft.