Daily Medieval

After Berengar of Tours avoided what he assumed was a council to condemn him further (he had already been excommunicated for his denial of ...

A controversial figure who was widely respected by some and strongly denounced by others, Berengar was born in the early 11th century, proba...

Everything written is written for a reason. That reason could be to persuade, to entertain, to outrage—authors always have a purpose. Someti...

Odo of Bayeux had it all. He was the half-brother of Duke William of Normandy (they shared a mother ), who made him a bishop. When William ...

William wanted to marry the daughter of Baldwin V of Flanders, Matilda, in 1049, but Pope Leo IX did not approve. William was illegitimate ...

Anselm of Canterbury has been referred to in this blog a few times by one of his other names, Anselm of Bec. He was born 1033/34 in the Uppe...

Becoming a monk was not always a choice. Sometimes it was the default choice for someone with no skills that he could turn into a career, or...

A copy of the Coronation Charter of Henry I/Charter of Liberties When William Rufus died, his younger brother Henry assumed the throne....

Tomb of Remigius, Lincoln Cathedral [ link ] A "ship list" exists of the ships used by William of Normandy when he conquered E...

Matilda of Flanders (c.1031-1083), also called Maud, was the wife of William II of Normandy (later William the Conqueror). Their legendary a...

When Leofric , Earl of Mercia, died in 1057, his estate of Kingsbury passed to his widow, the Countess Godgifu, better known to later genera...

The Transformation of Matter Of Lanfranc's (c.1005-1089) many accomplishments, perhaps the most far-reaching was his writing on the su...

Scholar and Teacher, Priest and Politician There are two reasons why I want to mention Lanfranc today. One is because today is the 923rd a...