Daily Medieval

Although Alaeddin's idea to create a group ready to be called up to military service at a moment's notice failed due to their lack ...

Others may dispute it, but I call Nicholas V the Last Medieval Pope because he saw the Fall of Constantinople to the Turks and the end of th...

(Parts one , two , and three .) There are several parables in the New Testament that are set in the context of a slave-master situation. The...

(Parts one and two ) There are plenty of historical records of Vikings raiding for plunder and slaves, from the northern coasts of the Brit...

We in the West often think of African slaves in North America when the topic of slavery comes up, as if it were a facet of the Industrial Ag...

We should probably start by pointing out the misleading nature of the illustration [MS. Ludwig XIV 6, c.1290-1310, from Aragon]. Depictions ...

The Republic of Venice lasted from its establishment in 697 until 12 May 1797 when Napoleon conquered Venice and the last doge stepped down....

Despite the Magi including a Black king, the Middle Ages did not accept Blacks automatically. [detail from an "Adoration of the Magi...