Daily Medieval

Marie de France (c.1160 - 1215) is called that because of one line from her writing: "Marie ai num, si sui de France." It means ...

One of the more notable Beguines was the French mystic Marguerite Porete. We know little about her life except what was recorded in her tri...

Yesterday mentioned the Smithfield Decretals , a detailed work on ecclesiastical law. It was produced in the 14th century, full of importan...

Page from the Alphonso Psalter (BL 24686) depicting King David playing his harp; at the bottom are David (left)  preparing to sling a sto...

12th c. image of St. Cuthbert St. Cuthbert (c.634-687), briefly mentioned here , never stayed in one place for very long—not even after ...

A leechbook was a collection of remedies, called so because a physician or surgeon was called a "leech." Bald's Leechbook is a...