Daily Medieval

Richard I of England was not his father. Not only did he rebel against his father and reject support of his father's favorites, but he...

The first royal wedding too take place at Windsor Castle was that of King Henry I and Adeliza of Louvain.  Henry (c.1068 - 1135) was a young...

Ælfgifu on the Bayeaux Tapestry Ælfgifu of Northampton was once mentioned here as the wife of King Cnut. When King Svein Forkbeard of ...

Cosmati floor, Westminster Abbey church, during a recent cleaning. When discussing the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey yesterday, I me...

I started this here with the origins of what we now call " Westminster Abbey ." A major rebuilding campaign began about 1245 by...

Panel from Bayeaux Tapestry; Edward's body carried to Westminster. The Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster was begun on ...

One street is all that remains of the Jewry Jews had followed William the Conqueror to England* and established a significant presence i...

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton was born 22 January, 1570 (or 1571). Too late to be part of the Middle Ages, but still a subject for this blog; you&...