Daily Medieval

The post Charlemagne and the Popes  mentioned Pope Leo III taking an Oath of Purgation to "prove" his innocence of accusations ma...

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 ...

Tying the start of a year to the season of spring makes perfect sense in agrarian cultures. The Romans started their year in spring for a lo...

Christmas Day was not celebrated in the past with all the pomp and circumstance we grant it today. It was, however, an auspicious day. Comin...