Daily Medieval

In researching the previous post, I came across a reference to Pope Sylvester II (formerly Gerbert d'Aurillac, c.946 - 1003) inventing t...

The "wooden terrestrial spheres" mentioned here are what we now call "armillary spheres." An armillary is a spherical a...

Although we use the term "renaissance" to refer primarily to a rebirth of art and culture that started in 14th century Italy and s...

Hermann, with crutch & Salve Regina Hermann of Reichenau (1013-1054) was born to Count Wolverad II and his wife Hiltrud in Upper Swa...

After mentioning Fibonacci 's work, the Liber Abacus , it occurred to me that the place of the abacus in history deserved a little atten...