Daily Medieval

Mosaic art—arranging pieces of stone, glass (called  tesserae ), or other material to make shapes and pictures—has existed since the 3rd mil...

Continuing with Hildegard of Vinzgau, Charlemagne's official second wife (as opposed to a concubine like Himiltrude): with her he had ni...

There are two "Lives" of Charlemagne, one by Einhard who was a member of the Carolingian court for decades, and one by a "Mo...

Desiderius, from a 15th century miniature I mentioned here how Charlemagne fought and defeated Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and s...

The Vatican is considered the "Smallest Country in the World." Its 0.17 square-mile size (110 acres) makes it the smallest recogn...

Charlemagne is no stranger in this blog, and most people learned in school of his Christmas Day coronation . The truth is, as I mentioned ...