Daily Medieval

The Classical Era sources we have for druid culture agree that druids were important in Celtic society. Julius Caesar wrote that the druids...

One of the earliest recorded descriptions of druids comes from Julius Caesar, who encountered them in the conquest of Gaul in the 1st centur...

Bernard of Botone (d.1266) gloss on Leap Day Most of you know that Julius Caesar in the 1st century BCE wanted to fix the fact that sol...

Tying the start of a year to the season of spring makes perfect sense in agrarian cultures. The Romans started their year in spring for a lo...

Silk was not a medieval invention. According to Chinese tradition , Empress Si-Ling-Chi in 2460 BCE watched silkworms spinning cocoons; she ...