Daily Medieval

Alfred the Great (849 - 899) was not an idle king, even when not battling Danish invasions to protect the shores of Great Britain. Some of h...

The Middle Ages in Europe recognized the value of cavalry and put resources toward evolving it. Stirrups so the rider can brace himself (see...

St. Martin of Tours as a young man was a cavalryman, and likely a member of the  Equites cataphractarii.  Of all the cavalry styles Rome use...

In "The Shipman's Tale" of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , a monk gains the trust of a friend's wife by invoking St. Mart...

Memorial to Battle of Näfels Military engagements between England and France were a large part of the 14th century in Europe, but those...

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

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...