Daily Medieval

The creator of the world's first joke book was connected to many serious books as well. Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, later just P...

A popular source of stories of miracles and of subjects for sermons was the body of work produced by Caesarius of Heisterbach (c.1180 - c.12...

There are two "Lives" of Charlemagne, one by Einhard who was a member of the Carolingian court for decades, and one by a "Mo...

Christianity came to Britain early. Tertullian and Origen, writing in the early 3rd century, mention Christian figures there. What is now Ch...

An important function of medieval monasteries was the creation and copying of manuscripts. Copying religious and secular works for the edifi...

In the previous post, I mentioned that a certain name showed up in the Liber Vitae , a title which literally means "Book of Life" ...

One purpose of the Daily Medieval blog is to bring to light knowledge of characters and events that do not reach the mainstream culture....

Poggio's notes on monument  [ link ] Many months ago this post mentioned a time when there were three popes at once, who were final...

St. Adrian of Canterbury Yesterday's post on the Leiden Glossary mentioned its two chief contributors, Adrian of Canterbury and The...

You can get your own copy here The Leiden University Library in the Netherlands, founded in 1575, was an important part of the Enlighten...

Notker Balbulus (the Stammerer) Yesterday's post on cheese included an anecdote about Charlemagne, attributed to Notker the Stammer...

The announcement for the First Crusade was made from Clermont in France. The name "Clermont" came from the Latin clarus mons (cl...

In April 2013, near Meßkirch in southern Germany, construction will start on a monastery. It is expected to take 40 years to complete, ...