Daily Medieval

Much of the history of the second half of the 5th century is known to us because of a disciple of Augustine of Hippo named Prosper. Born ab...

After Genseric of the Vandals took over Carthage and made it the Vandal capital, they started looting up and down the Mediterranean. Their ...

With the recent posts on rival popes and antipopes, it may be worthwhile to examine the title "pope" a little. From the start, St....

A representation of the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields We mentioned here that the Huns under Bleda and Attila negotiated a treaty wit...

Relic of True Cross at Cortona, near Florence Yesterday's post told of Empress (later Saint) Helena, the mother of the Emperor Const...