Daily Medieval

Marie de France (c.1160 - 1215) is called that because of one line from her writing: "Marie ai num, si sui de France." It means &q...

One of the more notable Beguines was the French mystic Marguerite Porete. We know little about her life except what was recorded in her tri...

Yesterday mentioned the Smithfield Decretals , a detailed work on ecclesiastical law. It was produced in the 14th century, full of importan...

Page from the Alphonso Psalter (BL 24686) depicting King David playing his harp; at the bottom are David (left)  preparing to sling a sto...

12th c. image of St. Cuthbert St. Cuthbert (c.634-687), briefly mentioned here , never stayed in one place for very long—not even after ...

A leechbook was a collection of remedies, called so because a physician or surgeon was called a "leech." Bald's Leechbook is a...