Liber Monstrorum: A Medieval Book of Monsters
If there’s anything we have in common with our medieval ancestors, it’s our love of monsters.
Get Crafty: 5 Medieval DIY Projects You Can Start Today
Five simple medieval do-it-yourself projects you can try out to impress your friends
Logan in Tights: An Open (Love) Letter to Michael Sarnoski, Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer – and Hollywood in General
I’ve heard there’s a new Robin Hood movie in the works, and I am stoked.
Medieval Pilgrimages: It’s All About the Journey
An integral part of this tangible form of faith was the pilgrimage: a spiritual journey to visit a holy site.
Unraveling the Legend: Did Medieval People Believe in King Arthur?
If you’ve ever had your doubts that King Arthur was a real, living, breathing human being at some point, you’re not alone.
Medieval Trial by Combat: Champions and Justice in the Middle Ages
Over the course of the thousand years that made up the Middle Ages, people were constantly working to refine their justice systems so that they would be more fair and impartial. Along the way were various missteps, of course – trial by ordeal stands out as a particularly nasty stage of the process.
The Iron King – new podcast series from This is History
For the next few weeks, you can listen to the story of France’s notably beautiful and infamously cruel King, Philip the Fair.
Medieval Executions: The View from the Scaffold
Let’s take a brief look at what judicial execution was really like in the Middle Ages.
The Five-Minute Medievalist’s Guide to Defeating Your Comic Book Nemesis
We are offering another ebook from Danièle Cybulskie on our Patreon Shop.
How to be a Medieval Priest
A look into the 15th-century work Instructions for Parish Priests, by John Myrc.
Memento Mori: Medieval Images of Death
How death was expressed in art in the late Middle Ages.
Chivalry and Courtesy with Danièle Cybulskie
This week on The Medieval Podcast, guest host Peter Konieczny interviews Danièle about her new book Chivalry and Courtesy: Medieval Manners for a Modern World.
What can we learn about the Middle Ages from its literature?
Five ways we learn from reading medieval fiction alongside our history books.
Privacy in the Middle Ages
Is privacy is a relatively new idea?
A Beginner’s Guide to Chivalry
Here’s a quick and easy beginner’s guide to chivalry as it was understood by the knights who lived it and wrote about it.
The Differences between Old English, Middle English and Modern English
The most noticeable difference between older forms of English and today’s English is the alphabet.
A Medieval Song for the Summer
One of the most famous pieces of music that has survived is a Middle English song about summer: “Sumer is Icumen In”.
Medieval Advice for Parents
A look at two Middle English texts that deal with advice: How the Goode Wife Taught Hyr Doughter and How the Goode Man Taught Hys Sone.
Love and Marriage: Medieval Style
I think the most widespread impression of medieval marriage is that of a cold, loveless, and practical union, made simply for the purpose of transferring real estate.
Five ways to get noticed by Historians
There are a few things that medieval people did that increased their odds of their names surviving, and they happen to be things moderns can do if they want to be remembered, too.
Five Things to Love About A Knight’s Tale
Yes, I’m talking about the 2001 movie starring the late Heath Ledger. Was it really just a sports movie set in the past? Yes. Was it edited until the plot seems a little less-than-coherent? Yes. But are there things we can love about it? Absolutely.
Copycat: The Life of a Medieval Scribe
Every book prior to the invention of the printing press was hand-copied from an original, which meant that it involved a lengthy process
Time and the Middle Ages
A look at time and time-keeping in the Middle Ages
Medieval Table Manners: The Messiest Myth?
Because medieval people ate with their hands, there is a common idea that they had no table manners at all.