Daily Medieval

The Beguines were a 12th century movement in which ordinary Christian women decided to live a more simple and pious life, rather than forma...

I wrote two parts about this topic previously ( Part 1  and  Part 2 ), but the research for yesterday's post on just plain hair led me ...

Here's a story: during a church service, a deacon burst out laughing. Afterward, the priest admonishes the deacon. The deacon explains t...

Christianity inspired many different approaches to life: some became canons regular (parish priests), some joined monasteries or convents, s...

It seems unfair that I mention Jacques de Vitry here and here and here , and don't really tell much more than he was a cardinal. He wa...

Christina was born about 1150 in Belgium, the youngest of three daughters. She was raised by her two older sisters from the age of 15 when t...

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...