Daily Medieval

St. Dunstan's life had its ups and downs, as the Wheel of Fortune predicts. Driven from one king's court because of the jealousy of...

There were three men in the 10th century in England who were called the "Three English Holy Hierarchs" for their work in reviving ...

It was a Bishop of Winchester who made a former Bishop of Winchester so prominent. Æthelwold of Winchester decided to rededicate the church...

Life was good for Henry of Blois. His brother Stephen was the king of England, Henry was not only Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey and Bishop of W...

Count of Blois Stephen II and Adela of Normandy  had several children who have appeared in this blog. One of them, Stephen of Blois , became...

This is the story of Richard Whiting , a faithful steward of Glastonbury Abbey , chosen by Henry VIII's most faithful servant (Cardinal ...

Richard Whiting (1461 - 15 November 1539) was educated as a young man at Glastonbury Abbey, then furthered his education in Cambridge at the...

We started on Glastonbury yesterday . Glastonbury was popular and wealthy and a target for others' attempts at acquisition. The bishop o...

I've mentioned Glastonbury Abbey before, most notably here  and here , but it was important for more than its legend as the dubious disc...

After over a year of fighting for control of England, Cnut of Denmark and Edmund Ironside made an agreement: Edmund would have London and e...

In 1184, Glastonbury Abbey was devastated by a fire in the monastic buildings. A new Lady Chapel was consecrated in 1186, after which progre...

Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset may be the best-known of English abbeys. Originally founded in 712 with the construction of a stone church, it...

Æthelwold, one of the Three English Holy Hierarchs, saintly figures who spurred the revival of monasticism in England, was a truly saintly m...

Æthelwold was born about 910CE to a wealthy Winchester family. He served at the court of King Æthelstan (reigned 924-939), learning as much ...

Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, that has been inhabited since Neolithic times. A recent post discussed the discovery of ...

In 1977-79, a shipwreck off the southern coast of Turkey was investigated. It was determined to have sunk about 1025. The ship's hold c...