Daily Medieval

Although Sigismund, King of Hungary and brother-in-law to Jadwiga of Poland , had tried to annex parts of Poland and allied himself with the...

The unifying of Poland and Lithuania after the marriage of Jadwiga of Poland and Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania , did not resolve al...

In 1385, Lithuania was a very large territory on Poland's eastern border. Poland's throne was held by the pre-teen Jadwiga , who was...

The conversion of Mindaugas, Grand Duke of Lithuania  (ruled 1253-1263), was largely a political move to gain allies, and did not extend to ...

As the western world was turned to Christianity from paganism, there was one area that did not rush to baptism. In 1009CE, there is a refere...

The Council of Constance (illustrated here) in 1414 has been mentioned before—or, at least, its outcomes. It was at this, the 16th ecumenica...