Daily Medieval

King Alexander II of Scotland had a problem: there were strings of islands off his northern and western coasts that he'd like to think o...

After the conversion to Christianity of King Edwin of Northumbria in 627 CE, his people followed suit. About 634, Cuthbert was born to a wel...

King Oswy (also Oswiu or Oswig), who was a friend of Benedict Biscop , ruled Bernicia, a small section of Northumberland between what is n...

Although the Oxford English Dictionary doesn't record " vampire" in English until 1734, the word is now used to include tales...

Melrose Abbey, on the Scottish border, mentioned in connection with St. Cuthbert , is historically significant for other reasons. Many Sco...