Daily Medieval

So King of Jerusalem Guy of Lusignan was camped at Acre, ready to besiege the city and take control of it as a base for future conflict aga...

Gerard de Ridefort (that's his coat of arms to the left) is another of the many characters who has no known background recorded anywhere...

Founded originally to care for the sick and poor in Jerusalem, there were new statutes for the Hospitallers in March 1182 under the leaders...

Roger de Moulins was not known to history until 1177 when he became Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller . His chief concern seemed to be ...

Yes, it's the witch-weighing scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" There is a medieval anecdote in the so-called ...