Life in the Middle Ages

 The current belief (for most anyway) is that meat isn't really part of a healthy diet. We're told about societies where people rout...

 Medieval people talked a lot about monsters. Their " bestiaries ," books that discussed the supposed nature of different animals ...

 The thirteenth century is strangely neglected by modern scholars. How can you say that? cry medievalists. After all, Charles Homer Haskins,...

 As the discussion of the proper relationship of pope and king (or, more specifically, pope and president) continues to gain attention in th...

 With the American president now feuding (verbally) with the pope, and people in his orbit even threatening to pull an " Avignon papacy...

 After last weekend's "No Kings" rallies, it seems appropriate to blog about kings. Kings have been the default for most socie...

 The new National Geographic (April 2026) has a very interesting article about a shipwreck recently discovered in the Mediterranean, a Byza...