Daily Medieval

Son of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok and leader of the Great Heathen Army , Halfdan Ragnarsson went on to become King of Jorvik, of Dublin, ...

We saw yesterday how in 937 an alliance of former enemies came together to attack King Æthelstan, who had in the past proven superior in ba...

The BBC once suggested it was "Medieval Europe's greatest treasure." The Book of Kells is a Latin Gospel (with added material...

"Volcanic winter" is a frightening phrase. It is the result of a volcanic eruption that spews so much ash and dust into the atmosp...

History is written by the victors, or so it is said, and I was warned in graduate school always to question an author's intent. Everyone...

The Battle of Clontarf took place on 23 April 1014. It turned Brian Boru into a national hero, although that may have had more to do with pu...

A sign of Viking presence in Ireland: a Viking ship built in Dublin c. 1042 As alluded to in the post on King Edmund I , Ireland was th...

Halley's Comet on the Bayeaux Tapestry The nice thing about astronomy is that some celestial events are so predictably cyclical that...