Daily Medieval

I've written many times before about the importance of marriages in noble families, forging alliances with other powerful families throu...

Although Baldwin IV of Jerusalem was confirmed to have leprosy, he was still the only viable candidate to succeed his father, Amalric, as K...

When William of Tyre was asked by King Amalric of Jerusalem to raise and tutor his son, Baldwin (1161 - 1185), he noticed something unusual...

The First Crusade founded several Christian territories in the East. In order of their founding, they were the County of Edessa, the Princip...