Daily Medieval

Roger Frugard (pre-1140 - c.1195) was also known as Rogerius, and sometimes called Roger of Salerno because he taught and worked at the hosp...

The Hospitallers were nicknamed thus because they were founded by members of the First Crusade who joined together to protect a hospital bui...

The European Middle Ages did not like bland food, and used spices extensively—often in combinations we would find odd or downright unappeal...

[I am on a brief vacation, so here is a post from the past. This post first appeared 23 August 2012.] In Dante's Inferno , the eighth ...

Daily Medieval has frequently mentioned the importance of Arabic texts in the transmission of knowledge to Western Europe. Arabic, however...

The medical school in Salerno had on its staff the first well-known female physician and professor of medicine. Sadly, we know nothing of h...

Salerno, located on the lower "shin" of Italy's southwest coast, has been occupied continuously since pre-historic times, freq...