Daily Medieval

France and Scotland were two very different countries: different climates, languages, cuisines, cultures. They had one important thing in co...

Roger de Lacy is one of those people for whom I started this blog: a person not famous enough to be of interest to the Modern Age but who wa...

Château Gaillard had a long history after its creation by Richard I, and what remains can still be visited today. Richard I built it in Norm...

It was called the Bellum Castrum de Rupe ("the Fair Castle at the Rock"), and has a fascinating history, starting with the illega...

Once Richard I was out of captivity and home in England, he forgave his brother John for John's actions while Richard was away on the T...