Daily Medieval

In the early 13th century, Philip II of France fortified Paris with four large guard towers. The Tour de Nesle (the "s" is silent...

Isabella of France (c.1295 - 1358) was a queen whose father and three brothers all became kings. Although she was used for a political marri...

Primogeniture is actually a "generic" term for different systems of inheritance. The desire by human beings to create a system tha...

To sum up yesterday's post : France considered Flanders their territory, Flanders under Count Robert III fought a war about that and los...

Simply put, the Hundred Years War was an argument over the rightful ruler(s) of England and France. Officially, it ran from 1337 to 1453, ma...

Lower classes revolting against taxation and economic unfairness is as old as taxation itself. In 14th century France, a situation arose th...