Daily Medieval

Gregorio Papareschi was a Cluniac monk who was made a cardinal deacon in 1116 by Pope Paschal II . After Paschal, Pope Calixtus II sent him...

The Roman Colosseum was begun under Emperor Vespasian in 72 CE and finished in 80 by his son, Emperor Titus. Stories of its use as a gladiat...

The Hohenstaufen family came from unknown origins to be Holy Roman Emperors from 1138 to 1254 (with a break of four years between 1208 and 1...

There are a number of families in the 21st century who have become wealthy through commerce and use that wealth to exert their influence on ...

After the Ostrogoths took Rome in 476 under Odoacer , the Senate continued managing affairs; after all, the "barbarians" didn'...