Daily Medieval

The Archbishop of Mainz and the Bishop of Hildesheim each wanted jurisdiction over the wealthy Gandersheim Abbey . This conflict reached a p...

A significant controversy during the reign of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III while he was still under the regency of his mother, Theophanu , wa...

Otto III (980 - 23 January 1002) became King of Germany at the age of three on the death of his father, Otto II. He was in line to be Holy R...

Yesterday I mentioned the need to explain Adelaide of Italy to understand how she affected the marriage of her son. Adelaide was born to Kin...

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...