Life in the Middle Ages

 We think of jails and prisons both as somewhere to lock up bad people so they won't do further harm and also as places of punishment, w...

 The rise of the independent author ("indie") has set up a curious dance between the indies, their readers, and Amazon, which lead...

 The twelfth century was a high point for monasteries .  With very few exceptions (primarily the cathedrals), all urban churches then either...

 As I've discussed before, miracle stories were very much part of the elite culture of the Middle Ages.  The stories were written by hi...

 Twelfth-century English royal history usually goes from the sons of William the Conqueror, to Henry II with Eleanor of Aquitaine and Becket...

 There is concern right now in the US about justices taking generous gifts or having sources of income that seem questionable.  This is noth...

 There's an old saying, "You can't judge a book from its cover."  It means that glancing at something's exterior won...