Daily Medieval

We talked here about how women and Jewish women could be physicians in the Middle Ages, but it would be a mistake to think that there was n...

Female doctors were not unknown in medieval Europe. I've written before of Trotula , for instance, and of course there were midwives . T...

Christians and Jews living in Muslim-controlled lands in the Iberian Peninsula were subject to Sharia Law...to a point. Sharia ( sharī'a...

Women weaving Guilds in the Middle Ages seemed to exist for every conceivable occupation (except, perhaps,  midwifery ). What about wom...

The posts called The Marrying Kind (Parts 1 , 2 , and 3 ) mentioned Zoe Porphyrogenita's nephew Michael confining her to "the wome...

Madonna of the Recommended, Lippo Memmi (c.1291 - 1356) Cosmetics were known as far back as early Egyptian culture, so it is no surprise...

Silk was not a medieval invention. According to Chinese tradition , Empress Si-Ling-Chi in 2460 BCE watched silkworms spinning cocoons; she ...

It is not uncommon for the term "medieval" to be used negatively, to connote an action or opinion that is primitive or uncivilized...

Beer/ale has been brewed since the days of the Roman Empire. I suppose we should say that ale has been brewed that long, and beer came lat...