Daily Medieval

There have been many references in this blog to the children of lords by their mistresses, but we've given very little attention to the ...

Richard I of Normandy was struggling to continue the dynasty begun by his father William and grandfather Rollo . His first wife, Emma of Pa...

Taking sole credit for a written work was not always as important as it is to some authors today.  William of Jumièges (c.1000 – post-1070) ...

In 1876, in the nave of the chapel of Mont Saint-Michel, a grave was opened to reveal the remains of a former abbot. With the remains was a ...

As I mentioned yesterday, Robert de Bethune was allowed to attend the Council of Reims called by Pope Eugene III , even though King Stephen...

In yesterday's post about St. Ninian , I suggested that the biography of him written 700 years later by Aelred of Rievaulx may have had...