Daily Medieval

Yesterday's post introduced Geoffroi de Charny , a third son with no prospects from his family who set out to make a name for himself. H...

Henry of Monmouth was so-called because he was born in a tower at Monmouth Castle in Wales, but the date of his birth was not recorded becau...

Probably the easiest way to sum up the medieval view of hostages is a line from Adam Costa's Hostages in the Middle Ages : In medieval E...

(If you want to see parts one and two .) The second part of the Hundred Years' War was the Caroline Phase, named after Charles V of Fra...

In what can be called the Edwardian Phase of the Hundred Years' War, King Edward III of England fought to keep what territory he had on ...

To Froissart she was "the most beautiful woman in all the realm of England, and the most loving"; in her own right she was the ...

Philippa of Hainault, finally becoming Queen of England Philippa of Hainault has been mentioned as a minor part of the story of the Bat...

Let's see...so many to choose from. The Feast Day of St. George , patron saint of England (who certainly did not exist) Anniversary of...

With us there was a doctor of physic; In all this world was none like him to pick For talk of medicine and surgery; For he was gro...

Richard II (1367-1400) had all of the elegance and none of the political savvy or military skill required of a king of England in the 14th...