Daily Medieval

Sweden's most celebrated saint was Birgitta Birgersdotter, the daughter of a magnate, knight, privy councilor, and the first law speaker...

Ivar the Boneless, played by Vaclovas Kiselevicius in the TV show "The Dark Ages" The post on Vikings in Ireland mentioned I...

A new TV show started in 2013 and has proven popular enough that it has been renewed for a couple more seasons. It is called "The Vikin...

Retrieving an object from boiling water without suffering burns would prove innocence. Margaret (or Margareta) Eriksdottir of Sweden (c....

Today is an important day in Sweden : Anna's Day, celebrating all people named Anna. It is also the traditional day to start preparati...

[This is Part 1; the other 3 parts address Gothic Architecture, the Gothic Revival, and Fiction.] From the Middle Ages until 1974, the Kin...