Daily Medieval

Large empires such as the Roman Empire needed ways to communicate quickly and efficiently with their far-flung domains. For the Romans, it w...

Yesterday's post mentioned Cassiodorus (c.485-c.585), a contemporary of Boethius, and his description of the relationship between Ari...

The results of Justinian's plan for re-unifying the Empire The Byzantine Emperor Justinian was known for—among other things—establis...

Pope Gregory at the Second Council of Lyons The Second Council of Lyons, mentioned yesterday, accomplished many things. It was called by...

Christian persecution under Emperor Decius Novatianism was one of the philosophies mentioned by Socrates Scholasticus . It was a (litera...

When Henry I (1068-1135) was king of England, the rule of the law was simple: someone had to pay for a crime. The philosophy was "...

Locks are mentioned as far back as the Old Testament. The book of Nehemiah , which describes events in the second half of the 5th century, m...

In 1796, Newcastle's town clerk bought a 17th century mansion called the Chesters Estate which included a part of Hadrian's Wall a...

Beer/ale has been brewed since the days of the Roman Empire. I suppose we should say that ale has been brewed that long, and beer came lat...