Daily Medieval

William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) drew inspiration from history, and not just for his Henry plays. His best-known play was no different. Ham...

The Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danish People") was written in the 12th-century by Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Grammarian&q...

Yrsa was the mother of the 6th century King Hrolf Kraki . Her name is uncommon, not appearing in any other Norse sources, and there is a com...

Emma of Normandy (c.984 - 6 March 1052) was queen of England, Denmark, and Normandy. As the daughter of Richard the Fearless of Normandy, sh...

On 28 May, 1891, a worker digging in a peat bog near Gundestrup in Denmark made an extraordinary find: a shallow bowl holding a dozen cur...

Ivar the Boneless, played by Vaclovas Kiselevicius in the TV show "The Dark Ages" The post on Vikings in Ireland mentioned I...

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 ...

The symbol shown here is used for the modern wireless communications protocol called "Bluetooth," created by the telcommunicatio...

In 1051, when King Edward the Confessor was inviting more friendly Normans to join him in England, Duke William of Normandy visited. Accord...