Daily Medieval

When Pope John VIII was threatened by Guy II Duke of Spoleto, who invaded the Papal States  in 880, he looked for help from the King of Ita...

We are accustomed to a world of laws and regulations. Most social institutions have existed long enough that there are well-known expectatio...

A 19th century depiction of Geert Groote's Brethren of the Common Life In Latin he was called Gerardus Magnus, but when he was born...

Abbot Angilbert (c.760 - 18 February 814)was mentioned as Charlemagne's envoy to Pope Leo III here, but there is much more to his story...

Bertrada of Laon, first introduced here , was the wife of Pepin the Short and mother of Charles (later Charlemagne) and Carloman.* She was...

In April 2013, near Meßkirch in southern Germany, construction will start on a monastery. It is expected to take 40 years to complete, ...

In June 2005, at a conference in Toronto on "Anomalous Eras - Best Evidence: Best Theory," Heribert Illig presented a paper he cal...

Charlemagne put serious effort into making his reign reminiscent of the grandeur that was the Roman Empire. He gathered scholars and arti...

Machiavelli's Il Principe (c.1513) was far from innovative. Writers since classical times had produced works that explained the proper ...

Is there anyone who hasn't heard the puzzle of the fox, the goose, and the bag of corn? A man has to transport these three things across...