Daily Medieval

This post is about Margaret of England (29 September 1240 – 26 February 1275), the daughter of King Henry III. She was in her 20s during the...

Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, was originally on the side of the rebels during the Second Barons' War . He changed over to th...

The end of the Second Barons' War required closure and reconciliation, and it came in the Dictum of Kenilworth, named for the castle in ...

In February 1264, after the Mise of Amiens , the fighting between the forces of Simon de Montfort and King Henry III began in earnest. One ...

So the first phase of the Second Barons' War happened very quickly. The rebellious barons invaded London and captured King Henry III and...

The Provisions of Oxford , a result of the barons demanding reforms from King Henry III during the Mad Parliament in exchange for raising m...

The Provisions of Oxford , reorganizing the government of England with a series of checks and balances that removed power from King Henry II...

The Second Barons' War started in 1264 by Simon de Montfort , the 6th Earl of Leicester, against King Henry III of England. Henry was re...

After Simon de Montfort failed to gain the hand of the Countess of Flanders, he was offered a different marriage partner: the sister of Kin...

Richard of Cornwall, who occasionally rebelled against his brother, King Henry III of England, aided him against a rebellion not long after ...

There was more than one period of time called an Interregnum ("between reigns") when a ruler for a specific area was lacking. The ...

Ferdinand III of Castile and his queen, Joan the Countess of Ponthieu, had two children together. One, a son named Ferdinand, went on to bec...

When Simon de Montfort wanted to kick off the Second Barons War , he needed funding. One of the easiest ways for most medieval Europeans to ...

By the early 1260s, Oxford had become a place where scholars went to teach and learn . Violence was not unknown, as conflicts between studen...

The future King Edward I (pictured here with his wife Eleanor and showing his reported blepharoptosis , drooping left eye) did not always su...