Daily Medieval

In February 1264, after the Mise of Amiens , the fighting between the forces of Simon de Montfort and King Henry III began in earnest. One ...

"Know that we, in the sight of God, and for our souls, and for the sake of our predecessors and heirs, have granted and confirmed by th...

Gilbert de Clare, Tewksbury Abbey Unknown if this is "our" Gilbert, his son, or his grandfather Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of...

Since I've been looking into canon law lately ( here and here ), I thought I would share an interesting facet of Medieval era canon law...

One street is all that remains of the Jewry Jews had followed William the Conqueror to England* and established a significant presence i...

It is not uncommon for the term "medieval" to be used negatively, to connote an action or opinion that is primitive or uncivilized...

My research (or just day-to-day life) sometimes bring me details that I wish I'd known when I wrote a certain blog post, or that I thi...

from a sketch by Matthew Paris  In 1232, King Henry III of England established the Domus Conversorum , the "House of Converts...