Daily Medieval

To sum up yesterday's post : France considered Flanders their territory, Flanders under Count Robert III fought a war about that and los...

About 60 years before the Peasants' Revolt in England over a poll tax, the lower classes of the Low Countries revolted against taxes. Ro...

Whan Adam delf, and Eve span, Wo was thanne a gentilman? This was part of a sermon allegedly delivered in Blackheath the night before that g...

The term "Flemish" has been used since the 1300s to refer to a certain group of people. What does it mean to be Flemish? The word ...