Daily Medieval

This is a story told by Johann Philipp Siebenkees (1759 - 1796), a German philosopher. There was a mention of such a device in a 1756 editio...

Hugh le Despenser the Younger was an able administrator and close friend and advisor of King Edward II , who had made Hugh his chamberlain. ...

Confidentiality is expected in many relationships: doctor-patient, lawyer-client, ... and priest-penitent. The so-called "Seal of th...

We've talked about torture before, regarding the Templars , and the "ultimate" torture of being hanged, drawn and quartered...

We have discussed the ultimate torture—to be Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered— here and here . Now let us take a brief look at the man whose...

In 1307, on Friday the 13th of October, King Philip of France ordered the head of the Knights of the Temple, Jacques de Molay, arrested alo...

We have so often heard the phrase "hanged, drawn and quartered" that we probably don't think about the details--or perhaps we...