A Clerk of Oxford

When Óláfr Haraldsson, King of Norway, was killed in battle on 29 July 1030, fighting against his own people, he was almost immediately ...

Since it's the feast of St James, by medieval tradition the patron of pilgrims, here's a miscellany of texts touching on pilgrimages...

Mary Magdalen (St Winnow, Cornwall) 22 July is the feast of St Mary Magdalene - a major feast in medieval England, for which recorded n...

Wihtburh (Fritton, Norfolk) Today I'd like to introduce you to a miracle performed by St Wihtburh, an Anglo-Saxon saint who was cel...

The murder of Thomas Becket, BL Stowe 12, f.27v 7 July is one of the two feasts of St Thomas Becket which were celebrated in medieval E...