Daily Medieval

After the final phase of the decades-long war between Genoa and Venice , the man brought in to mediate a permanent truce between the two mar...

The final phase of the decades-long conflict between Genoa and Venice came in 1378 to 1381 when Genoa decided to directly attack Venice inst...

After the most recent events , the pope attempted to stop the conflict between the two, but they would not be dissuaded from their decades-l...

After the Battle of Curzola in 1299, in which Venice lost dozens of ships and thousands of men against Genoa, Venice was subdued for decade...

After the War of Saint Sabas between Genoa and Venice, a generation went by without outright war. In 1291, the Fall of Acre lost the Crusa...

Four times between 1258 and 1381, the rivalry between the maritime republics of Genoa and Venice reached a tipping point that turned into m...

After the sack of Genoa by the Fatimids, the city started to recover. One avenue for commercial growth was the Crusades, and the First Crus...

I wrote about Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice, 10 years ago here , but let's look at the man who "imprisoned" the Fourth Cr...

The influence of Byzantine art and culture on Italy (especially in the 13th century) was discussed yesterday , and I referred obliquely to a...

Our teeth would no doubt be better off if this had never been discovered, but Pandora's box was opened long ago. Different species of su...

Article One of King Henry III's 1253  Statute of Jewry allowed Jews to stay in England so long as they served the king in some capacity...

We should probably start by pointing out the misleading nature of the illustration [MS. Ludwig XIV 6, c.1290-1310, from Aragon]. Depictions ...

The Republic of Venice lasted from its establishment in 697 until 12 May 1797 when Napoleon conquered Venice and the last doge stepped down....

From Venice in the north to the heel of Italy's boot, the Adriatic offers access to the Mediterranean for many Italian cities, as well a...

Władysław III of Poland was born on 31 October 1424. He was named King of Poland when he was 10 years old and King of Hungary at the age ...

The crypt of St. Nicholas in Bari The city of Bari is located in southern Italy, right at the "Achilles Heel" so to speak. Th...

[see Part 1 here ] From Venice to Zara, and later to Constantinople Those members of the 4th Crusade who went to Venice were lodged ...

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, established after the First Crusade by Europeans, had been re-conquered by Saladin in 1187. Much of that was rec...

This past Saturday, the 21st of June, was the anniversary of the death of Enrico Dandolo, the 42nd Doge of Venice. His tenure as Doge had...

Doxe de Venexia. Doge di Venezia. The Doge of Venice. The title is based on the Latin dux ["military leader"], from which ...