Daily Medieval

In 1271, Edward, Duke of Gascony, went on a continuation of the Eighth Crusade that is sometimes called the Ninth Crusade and sometimes Lord...

St. Bonaventure has been mentioned before, writing a biography of Francis of Assisi  and disagreeing with Averroes' definition of the...

Pope Gregory at the Second Council of Lyons The Second Council of Lyons, mentioned yesterday, accomplished many things. It was called by...

Today is the anniversary of the death of Pope Gregory X. He has already been mentioned in Daily Medieval, but let's take a closer look a...

Today is the 758th anniversary (according to tradition) of the birth of Marco Polo (1254-1324). Son of a wealthy Venetian merchant who tra...