On this date, November 12th, in medieval history: 607 – Death of Boniface III 1035 – Death of Canute the Great (or Cnut or Knut), norse king of England and Norway and Denmark (and parts of Sweden); he ruled England from 1016 – 1035 *Note: image is of a silver… Read More »Medieval Timeline: Today in Medieval History
I’m hoping to keep up a regular segment of famous battles in medieval history. These posts are intended to be short summaries of the battles and the circumstances surrounding the event, nothing too lengthy. The first battle is the Battle of Fontenay, fought on June 25, 841, in eastern France.… Read More »Famous Battles in Medieval History: The Battle of Fontenay
Ancient and Medieval History Online is a database of information covering various civilizations, including: ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, medieval Europe, ancient America, and medieval and ancient Asia, among others. The site includes biographies, events and topics, primary sources, timelines, images and videos, and maps and charts. This seems… Read More »Ancient and Medieval History Online
On this date, November 6th, in medieval history: 1282 – The Battle of Moel-y-Don (or The Battle of Menai Strait): Llewelyn II defeats the English army 1429 – Henry VI crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, a month before his eighth birthday
On this date, October 31st, in medieval history: 1147 -Robert, the Earl of Gloucester, dies 1517 – Martin Luther presents his “95 theses” to the Catholic Church, which he may or may not have posted on the door of the castle church at Wittenburg (scholars and historians debate this point)
The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts, And Walled Cities Of The Middle Ages by J.E. Kaufmann and H.W. Kaufmann is one of the most comprehensive, detailed books on castle architecture in the medieval period. The book is split into five major sections: Elements of Medieval Fortifications, Early Medieval Fortifications, The Age… Read More »Review of The Medieval Fortress: Castles, Forts, And Walled Cities Of The Middle Ages
I was stumbling the Internet this morning, and first of all, came across a list of 100 extensive libraries that anyone from around the world can access, and on that list was the Syracuse University Digital Library, so I clicked that link and about half-way down the page was a… Read More »Medieval Manuscript Collection – Syracuse University
On this date, October 21st, in medieval history: 1096 – Turks attack and slaughter the army of the People’s Crusade near Civetot 1422 – Death of Charles VI (the “Well-loved” and the “Mad”), King of France
The monastic way of life, a life of religious piety entirely devoted to God, had longed favored the Benedictine form of monasticism in medieval Europe up until the middle of the eleventh century. At some point during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, various forms of monastic orders began to spring… Read More »Monastic Communities in the Middle Ages