Daily Medieval

St. Lucia's Day, commemorating a 4th century martyr, is 13 December. On that date in 1287, one of the largest floods in recorded history...

I did  mention the Medieval Warm Period in 2012 , from the viewpoint of how Greenland must have been warmer than currently. There is, of cou...

In 1315, Europe's spring rains never stopped. The rains kept coming, flooding the fields. Crop failures followed, lasting right through ...

"Volcanic winter" is a frightening phrase. It is the result of a volcanic eruption that spews so much ash and dust into the atmosp...

The Welsh Triads are several statements that group things in threes. They can be basic knowledge, such as "There are three primary musi...

Explanation of cross-in-square from this  fascinating site. Today is May Day, and the anniversary of the consecration of the Nea Ekklesi...

Okay, it wasn't that bad Much of the United States is experiencing lower-than-usual temperatures recently—and the forecast is that ...

Yesterday's post on St. Anthony's Fire mentioned the Annales Xantenses , the Annals of Xanten covering 790-873. The manuscript was...

Today is known in the USA as Black Friday. The term was coined in 1966 to refer to the practice of kicking off the Christmas shopping season...