Middle Ages History

The truth behind medieval chivalry

by Steven
April 25, 2016

From Kathleen McGarvey, University of Rochester: Our popular ideas of the chivalric world are off base, according to historian Richard Kaeuper. The gallant knights on horseback… Read More »

Vikings Season 2: Anatomy of a Battle Scene

by Steven
February 26, 2014June 23, 2014
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Season Premiere, Thursday Feb. 27 at 10/9c on the History Channel

Bone found at English abbey could be King Alfred the Great

by Steven
January 22, 2014

From Fox News: British archeologists are hoping they have discovered partial remains of the ninth-century’s King Alfred the Great at a medieval abbey in southwest England.… Read More »

Medieval history term of the week: Mainmorte

by Steven
January 17, 2014January 17, 2014

Mainmorte Mortmain. The lord’s right to a share of his men’s personal estate after death. (Duby, Georges. Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval… Read More »

The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade

by Steven
January 6, 2014June 23, 2014

The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade By Susan Wise Bauer Hardcover: 746 pages Publisher: W. W.… Read More »

Anglo-Saxon coffin uncovered in Lincoln Castle

by Steven
December 2, 2013December 2, 2013

From Culture24: Experts say a shoe-wearing skeleton, found as part of an excavation on a church beneath Lincoln Castle dating back at least 1,000 years,… Read More »

Berkhamsted Castle

by Steven
November 13, 2013

A brief history: Berkhamsted Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle at Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England. The castle was built during the Norman conquest of England… Read More »

Archaeologists further knowledge of Palace in Sherwood Forest

by Steven
November 6, 2013November 6, 2013

From Heritage Daily: Archaeologists have helped to prove the size and thus the importance of a Palace that formed the royal heart of Sherwood Forest in… Read More »

Today in Medieval History: Happy Leif Erikson Day!

by Steven
October 9, 2013October 9, 2013
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Today is officially Leif Erikson Day. Commemorated as a national holiday by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, the holiday is an observance of Leif… Read More »

Richard III’s lost chapel near York

by Steven
October 7, 2013

From The Press, article by Emily Flanagan ARCHAEOLOGISTS near York believe they have found a chapel built by Richard III to commemorate the Yorkist victory in… Read More »