Daily Medieval

Matilda of Tuscany (c.1046 - 1115) was one of the most important figures in Italy in the second half of the 11th century. After the deaths o...

When the First Crusade was on their way to free the Holy land from the "infidel," they passed through Constantinople and asked for...

Godfrey (c.1060 - 18 July, 1100) was the second son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and therefore was not in line for much inheritance. Hi...

It can be argued that the First Crusade, announced in 1095, could not or would not feasibly have been undertaken much earlier than the end o...

Christmas Day was not celebrated in the past with all the pomp and circumstance we grant it today. It was, however, an auspicious day. Comin...

Anna Comnena in Byzantine mosaic Anna Comnena (1083-1153) was the daughter of an emperor ( Alexios I ), the wife of a Caesar, and the mo...