Knighthood and learning

In this early tenth century manuscript illustration, thought to be based on a lost ninth century original, Charlemagne has a conversation wi...

  William the Conqueror and Henry IV of Germany Part 1 – why compare them? In this series of posts, I’m going to do something really quite...

  As a follow-up to the previous post and to wrap up loose ends, lets answer two questions. Did people at the time think was going on and th...

Tomorrow is Christmas Day so, as well as being the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ, it will also be the 1222nd anniversary of the c...