Daily Medieval

If you saw yesterday's post on city rights , you might wonder: if they weren't already, when was the first "city" thought ...

Adrian (792 - 872; shown here in a detail from a fresco in the San Clemente basilica in Rome) was a member of a noble Roman family, related ...

Machiavelli's Il Principe (c.1513) was far from innovative. Writers since classical times had produced works that explained the proper ...