Daily Medieval

So Sibylla of Jerusalem married Guy of Lusignan and spoiled the plot of others to marry her to someone else. Her brother, King Baldwin IV o...

After the death of William of Montferrat, Sibylla of Jerusalem needed a new husband. The kingdom of Jerusalem was in a difficult position. ...

King Amalric I of Jerusalem, and his first wife, Agnes of Courtenay , had three children. When Amalric was forced to put Agnes aside via an...

I've written many times before about the importance of marriages in noble families, forging alliances with other powerful families throu...

When William of Tyre was asked by King Amalric of Jerusalem to raise and tutor his son, Baldwin (1161 - 1185), he noticed something unusual...

Yes, it's the witch-weighing scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" There is a medieval anecdote in the so-called ...