Daily Medieval

The claim of Balliol College to be the first college at Oxford has been challenged by both University College and Merton College. Balliol w...

John I Balliol (died 25 October 1268) was an English nobleman. He married Dervorguilla of Galloway, whose extensive lands (inherited from he...

Much of the medieval attitude about music and its forms came from Boethius (c.480-524 CE). In his de institution music [Latin: "On th...

Because medieval universities were often designed as breeding grounds for educated clerics, clerical robes were a standard form of dress....

Sancho in a contemporary manuscript King Sancho IV of Castile (1258 - 1295), also known as Sancho the Brave, ruled the combined Iberian...

A brilliant scholar and fervent theologian/philosopher did such a good job at achieving his aims that the Church realized they had to supp...

A university meeting Today is the birthday of the founder of the Sorbonne. The Collège of Sorbonne is arguably the best-known college in...

William of Champeaux (c.1070-1122) was a student of Anselm of Laon , and may have helped to compile the Glossa interlinearis . He may also h...

Anselm of Laon (d.15 July 1117) studied under one of the great names of the day, St. Anselm of Bec, whom I teased about here . He became a m...

The medical school in Salerno had on its staff the first well-known female physician and professor of medicine. Sadly, we know nothing of h...

Salerno, located on the lower "shin" of Italy's southwest coast, has been occupied continuously since pre-historic times, freq...

Town vs. Gown The St. Scholastica Day Riot This phrase is commonly used to refer to conflicts between members of a university and the com...