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It was called the Bellum Castrum de Rupe ("the Fair Castle at the Rock"), and has a fascinating history, starting with the illega...

We saw yesterday how Walter de Coutances did not want to give the site of Andeli to Richard I for a fortress, even though Richard was his l...

In the later years of their marriage, Eleanor of Aquitaine spent long stretches of time apart from King Henry II. From 1168 until 1173, for...

King Louis VII of France had a problem. His clever and wealthy wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine , was really getting on his nerves. On the Second ...

King David I (pictured here) was one of many sons of Malcolm III of Scotland, several of whom had their chance on the throne after it had be...

Sometime in the 12th century, an unusual find in Suffolk produced one of the Middle Ages' greatest mysteries. The event was recorded by ...

William of Newburgh tells the story of a bishop whose actions were contrary to what was expected by a man of God. More recent research offer...

William of Newburgh (c.1136 - c.1198) criticized Geoffrey of Monmouth for his inaccurate History of the Kings of Britain , but Newburgh...

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

Let's sum up: when the White Ship sank , taking the heir of King Henry I with it, he finally settled on Empress Matilda (Henry's ...

Although the Oxford English Dictionary doesn't record " vampire" in English until 1734, the word is now used to include tales...