Daily Medieval

In a previous post I mentioned the old idea that Britain was founded by people who fled the Fall of Troy . This idea came from the Historia ...

In 1876, in the nave of the chapel of Mont Saint-Michel, a grave was opened to reveal the remains of a former abbot. With the remains was a ...

Just like the Matter of France , the Matter of Britain is a collection of legends and literature involving kings and heroes. King Arthur was...

Something about the 6th century British monk Gildas inspired later writers to create elaborate biographies for him. The first is referred t...

Geoffrey of Monmouth may have been born in Monmouth, Wales, since he refers to himself that way (in Latin, he writes it "Galfridus Mone...

A major victory of Saxons in England over the native Britons took place just south of Chester in the early 7th century. Æthelfrith, the king...

This is the 500th post on the Daily Medieval blog. In its honor, let us look at the year 500 CE and how it overlaps some of the previous ...

We don't talk enough about Anglo-Saxon, but the Yule season and Christmas traditions evoke Old English images and customs (at least, i...