Life in the Middle Ages

 It's Saint Patrick's day! One of the most enduring stories about this late-Roman saint is that he drove the snakes out of Ireland. ...

 Recently a number of medieval scholars have started examining what are called performative acts, that is not simply that someone did someth...

 The donkey playing a harp.  Or, if you prefer, the ass playing a lyre.  It's an image you'll find carved on Romanesque churches (el...

 I have posted before about medieval romance and epic, the two main fictional forms of literature in the Middle Ages, written in the vernac...

 The Merovingians have always held an ambiguous position in medieval history.  On the one hand they are considered the founders of France, ...

  Don't get me wrong.  I prefer to eat "healthy" foods.  Lots of fruits and vegetables every day and a minimum amount of the k...

 As I discussed in my p revious post , there are disadvantages to being an American when studying the Middle Ages, but also advantages, in t...