Daily Medieval

Nowadays, Frisian or Friesian conjures images of horses. The Friesian is one of the oldest horse breeds, popular as a war horse in the 16th ...

Charlemagne is a known and respected figure in history, his reign establishing a re-birth of arts and education among the Franks, uniting mu...

[ source ] This blog has mentioned before that St. Boniface called for help from women as well as men when he attempted to christianize...

Yesterday's post on St. Anthony's Fire mentioned the Annales Xantenses , the Annals of Xanten covering 790-873. The manuscript was...