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Men, Women, and Beasts at Clermont, 1095

July 29, 2011 By Medievalists.net

When Pope Urban II called for a military campaign to the Holy Land in 1095, he launched what would be the first in a series of Christian crusades. But even more than that, he advocated a form of warfare that would be pleasing to God.

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Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus

July 27, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus Walsh, Michael Inferno, Volume IX, 2004 Abstract When Pope Urban II called the Council of Clermont in 1095, and in so doing ordered the start of the Crusades to the Holy Land, it was neither obvious nor predictable what […]

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The Byzantine Perspective of the First Crusade: A Reexamination of Alleged Treachery and Betrayal

July 18, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Byzantine Perspective of the First Crusade: A Reexamination of Alleged Treachery and Betrayal Nelson, Laura M. (west Virginia Unicersity) M.A. Thesis, Medieval Art, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University (2007) Abstract Scholars have generally ignored the Crusades from the Byzantine perspective with the majority of scholarship focusing on the Western, and more recently, […]

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