Daily Medieval

Asher of Lincoln had a son, David, who married a local woman, Muriel, and at some point moved to Oxford, where he lived in a house on St. Al...

In the City of London there is a street still called Old Jewry, currently dominated mostly by financial offices. In 2001 the remains of a mi...

So the first phase of the Second Barons' War happened very quickly. The rebellious barons invaded London and captured King Henry III and...

The Provisions of Oxford , a result of the barons demanding reforms from King Henry III during the Mad Parliament in exchange for raising m...

The Provisions of Oxford , reorganizing the government of England with a series of checks and balances that removed power from King Henry II...

King Henry III had spent lavishly on many things, including trying to fund a war to gain the Kingdom of Sicily for his younger son Edmund. H...

The Second Barons' War started in 1264 by Simon de Montfort , the 6th Earl of Leicester, against King Henry III of England. Henry was re...

We have to distinguish Simon's title, because there was more than one prominent Englishman with that name. Simon the 6th Earl of Leicest...