Daily Medieval

Charlemagne's son and successor as emperor, Louis the Pious , had several children. Several of them were with his first wife, Ermengarde...

Ermentrude and Charles Let us call this the story of a marriage, and a coincidence. Charles the Bald (823 - 877), a grandson of Charlem...

Yesterday's post on St. Anthony's Fire mentioned the Annales Xantenses , the Annals of Xanten covering 790-873. The manuscript was...

Lothair, rebel with a cause After Louis the Pious dealt with an insurrection by his three sons (see yesterday's post ), Bernard of S...

Coronation of Louis the Pious, by Jean Fouquet (1455) Yesterday's post about William of Gellone didn't mention his family at al...