Daily Medieval

Hubert de Burgh was one of the most important figures in England during the reign of Henry III. Not only had he helped ensure Henry would su...

Ralph Neville is an example of a powerful figure in Medieval English administration whose personal details are little known. He was ordained...

The murder of a child is a particularly heinous act that tugs at the heart strings. In the eyes of society, the murderer of a child must be ...

St. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) was one of the most influential writers in Christianity in its first few centuries. He believed that Jews...

Matthew Paris (c.1200 - 1259) was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St. Albans, known to us for his numerous illustrated written works. We ...

Henry III's most loyal and powerful supporter was William Marshal , but William's son was not of the same mind. Richard Marshal (119...

When Henry III's eldest son was born on 18 June 1239, he gave him an unusual name. Edward was an Anglo-Saxon name, in a court that spoke...

If Eadburh , wife of Beorhtric of Wessex, was as vindictive as history reports—exiling and executing enemies—what was the catalyst for that ...

The Middle Ages did not have maps the way we think of them. Or rather they had maps, but not for the purpose we  would think of them. There ...

There were many reasons why someone would become a pirate, I suppose. It was probably rare that a monk would do so, however. Eustace Bu...

In 1244, allies of the Egyptian Mamluks, retreating westward from the advancing Mongols, stopped at Jerusalem long enough to recapture it f...

The border separating England from Scotland almost became a little thicker last week, and this week is the anniversary of its creation, w...

The defeat of Eustace the Black at the Battle of Sandwich, from Matthew Paris Eustace Busket was born about 1170 near Boulogne on the n...

We have so often heard the phrase "hanged, drawn and quartered" that we probably don't think about the details--or perhaps we...