Daily Medieval

There flourished around 540 CE a ruler in Britany called Conomor the Cursed, so notorious for his cruelty that some think he provided the se...

Unlike most of the early Celtic saints, we know much more detail about the life of Samson of Dol (c.486 - 565), thanks to a biography writte...

The location of Wales on the south-western part of the island of Great Britain protected it somewhat from the pagan Germanic invasions that ...

Something about the 6th century British monk Gildas inspired later writers to create elaborate biographies for him. The first is referred t...

The 6th century British monk St. Gildas, also known as Gildas the Wise, is known by different biographies with wildly different claims and d...

Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus, to all the followers of truth ...

When the Romans in the 1st century CE reneged on their deal with King Prasutagus of the Iceni tribe, seizing property, beating his widow, an...

Geoffrey of Monmouth may have been born in Monmouth, Wales, since he refers to himself that way (in Latin, he writes it "Galfridus Mone...