Daily Medieval

When Pope Honorius II wanted to resolve a dispute in England between the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, he sent Giovanni of Crema as h...

Walter de Coutances , who became Archbishop of Rouen, gained his position by being closely tied to the kings of England, first Henry II then...

In the later years of their marriage, Eleanor of Aquitaine spent long stretches of time apart from King Henry II. From 1168 until 1173, for...

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...

During the coronation of Richard I , many citizens wanted to show their loyalty to the new king (and perhaps gain future favor) by giving hi...

Richard I of England was not his father. Not only did he rebel against his father and reject support of his father's favorites, but he...

Melrose Abbey, on the Scottish border, mentioned in connection with St. Cuthbert , is historically significant for other reasons. Many Sco...

One of the men who went on the Third Crusade (talked about here and here ), wrote accounts of some of the events of that adventure, notably...