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A Brief History of the Peoples of the Camino

In June, a spirited group of 36 pilgrims, myself included, will embark on an exhilarating two-week odyssey across both land and sea,...

Luke Daly

Feb 26, 20245 min read

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Matildas and Matriarchs in England's Epic Strife ("Women of the Anarchy" Book Review)

"Women of the Anarchy" by Sharon Bennett Connolly is a captivating exploration of the often-overlooked female figures who played pivotal...

Luke Daly

Jan 23, 20242 min read

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Divine Enterprise: The Obedientiaries of 13th Century Canterbury Cathedral

As with most English monastic communities by the early thirteenth century, parentage, institutional structure, and monastic activity can...

Luke Daly

Oct 10, 202320 min read

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Medieval Saints: From the Weird to the Absurd

The following is an extract from my upcoming book 'Saints and Sinners: A New History of the Middle Ages Through Saints and their Stories'...

Luke Daly

Aug 1, 202313 min read

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Pacifist Saint or Islamophobic Sinner? St Francis of Assisi and the Fifth Crusade

After the fourth crusade, the fervour that had once sung in the hearts and minds of those a century earlier had faded. In some ways,...

Luke Daly

May 17, 202312 min read

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Rome Questions, Byzantine Answers - The Age of Justinian

There is a theory within cosmology that describes a possible event whereby an imploding universe bounces back and reignites through a Big...

Luke Daly

Jan 7, 202327 min read

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A Man Between Two Worlds – St Augustine of Hippo

To pinpoint a specific moment in time when our dramatic epoch came into existence is one of the most difficult questions posed to the...

Luke Daly

Nov 6, 202223 min read

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Miracles, Wax Limbs, and Coins: Understanding Pilgrimage in England and N. France, 11th–13th Century

In his ‘ Liber Miraculorum Sancte Fidis’ , 11th century churchman and sceptic, Bernard of Angers reported hearing of strange miracles,...

Luke Daly

May 7, 202231 min read

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Abbot Suger and the Conception of Capetian Kingship in the 12th Century

The narrative of the twelfth century is one defined by kingship, religion, and violence. The crusades in the East, combined with a crisis...

Luke Daly

Apr 7, 202230 min read

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The Exploitation of Saints in Medieval England, 11th - 13th Century

The Commercialisation of Saints in Medieval England, 11th - 13th Century During the period in which the silver shrine of Saint Erkenwald...

Luke Daly

Jan 19, 202231 min read

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