Daily Medieval

Yesterday's post claimed that there were few medical treatises about women as compared to those on men's health. We do have a few t...

The Bubonic Plague's first appearance in medieval Europe from 1348-1351, and it was terrifying. At least one-quarter to one-third of the...

...and the Poison of Kings are two nicknames given to arsenic. As early as the Bronze Age, the mineral arsenic was added to bronze to make i...

I suppose if we wanted to find a Christian parallel to Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas would be an obvious choice. Born into the aristocracy, not...

Albertus Magnus and a hermaphrodite from  Symbola aureæ mensæ We haven't talked about Albertus Magnus since his birthday last year....

Abu Ma'shar, from his Introduction to Astronomy Albertus Magnus , Robert Grosseteste , Geoffrey Chaucer —well-known names from the M...

Since the last two days have been about reconciling opposing views, and since today is the anniversary of the death of Albertus Magnus, it ...

Check this out, then come back. Theodoric (or Thierry, or Dietrich) of Freiberg (c.1250-c.1310) was a Dominican, a philosopher, and a phy...

The formation of a rainbow is a complex matter, inspiring both wonder and curiosity. How they come about took a great deal of time, speculat...