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Although the Western European Middle Ages considered themselves thoroughly Christianized, they had plenty of un-Christian "lapses....

The Annals of Clonmacnoise have an entry for 670 that reads "The Moone was turned into a sanguine collor this year." A red moon u...

It was Ignaz Semmelweis in the 1840s in Vienna who noticed a link between illness (and death) and unsanitary conditions, specifically a link...

Isidore of Seville (c.560 - 636) wrote Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum ("History of the Kings of the Goths, Vanda...

The Etymologiae of Saint and Bishop Isidore of Seville (c.560 - 636) is an early encyclopedia that summarizes in 20 volumes all the knowled...

Isidore of Seville was probably born about 560, in Cartagena, Spain. His devout parents were both members of influential families that were ...

The 9th century  Historia Brittonum (History of the Britons) tells of three invasions of Ireland from the Iberian Peninsula. The Partholón ...

To be fair, I have mentioned one  Ostrogoth before: King Theodoric was talked about here and here . The larger culture of the Goths has be...

A 1537 rendition of Thule On New Year's Eve 2018, a NASA probe transmitted pictures of Ultima Thule, an object 4 billion miles fro...

Commentary on Job being given from Pope Gregory to Bishop Leander of Seville St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560 – 4 April 636) has been ment...

DailyMedieval has mentioned books several times, and it occurs to me that people might be asking themselves "When he says book does he...

A lunar eclipse was recorded for July 1 in 828 very early in the morning. A second one occurred on Christmas Day, and was recorded thusly in...