Daily Medieval

The Cathars, mentioned yesterday, were a largely peaceful group that attempted to lead lives of Christian simplicity, rejecting the materia...

...Onager, Mangonel, Springald, Polybolos—all words for devices that propelled heavy objects toward an enemy; not to mention Cheiroballista...

One of the re-creations of the Battle of Largs [ source ] King Haakon Haakonsson of Norway refused to sell islands off the Scottish coa...

The post on the siege of Zara mentioned using a mangonel  being used to attack the walls with stones. As you can imagine, a mangonel wa...