Daily Medieval

The claim of Balliol College to be the first college at Oxford has been challenged by both University College and Merton College. Balliol w...

John I Balliol (died 25 October 1268) was an English nobleman. He married Dervorguilla of Galloway, whose extensive lands (inherited from he...

The desirable treasure of wisdom and science, which all men desire by an instinct of nature, infinitely surpasses all the riches of the wor...

I have written about the Oxford Calculators , four men at Oxford University in the second quarter of the 14th century who made great strid...

A church reformer gets his start. We don't know a lot about the early years of John Wycliffe (c.1324-1384). There were likely a few &...