Daily Medieval

Goscelin of Canterbury was a monk and writer of hagiographies, producing (among others) one of Saint  Edith of Wilton while he was chaplain...

In some ways, this is an extension of yesterday's post on the Politics of Saints , because Goscelin—our chief source of information on E...

After Edith of Wilton died (c.984), her canonization was a slow process, taking 13 years (slow for the time; canonization these days in the...

Imagine being a toddler, being raised by your mother in a convent, and then discovering that you are a royal princess. I cannot imagine how ...