Daily Medieval

Although he presided over the founding of one of the grandest cathedrals in the United Kingdom, Bishop Richard Poore (in my opinion) should ...

King Henry III's Statute of Jewry demanded (among other things) that Jews wear a badge conspicuously on their clothing. This was not a ...

The martyrdom and subsequent popularity of Thomas Becket  inspired several legends, which is not unusual. Since pilgrimages were popular i...

[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 ...

The "Great Charter" was signed on June 10, 1215 by King John. After the Norman Invasion of 1066, the kings of England started to...