Daily Medieval

Giovanni Gualberto (c. 985 – 12 July 1073) was not the sort of person you would expect to found a monastic order. A nobleman born in a castl...

King Alfonso IX of León (1171 - 1230) may be noted for calling the Three Estates together to advise him—the first such gathering in Western...

On his way back from the Third Crusade, King Richard I "Lionheart" of England was captured. He had made many enemies in Europe. Th...