Medievalists.net » Council of Clermont http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Men, Women, and Beasts at Clermont, 1095 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/29/men-women-and-beasts-at-clermont-1095/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/29/men-women-and-beasts-at-clermont-1095/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:11:12 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23445 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/29/men-women-and-beasts-at-clermont-1095/feed/ 0 Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/saint-peter-and-paul-church-sinan-pasha-mosque-famagusta-a-forgotten-gothic-moment-in-northern-cyprus/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/saint-peter-and-paul-church-sinan-pasha-mosque-famagusta-a-forgotten-gothic-moment-in-northern-cyprus/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:19:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=23368 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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/27/saint-peter-and-paul-church-sinan-pasha-mosque-famagusta-a-forgotten-gothic-moment-in-northern-cyprus/feed/ 0 The Byzantine Perspective of the First Crusade: A Reexamination of Alleged Treachery and Betrayal http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/the-byzantine-perspective-of-the-first-crusade-a-reexamination-of/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/07/18/the-byzantine-perspective-of-the-first-crusade-a-reexamination-of/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:00:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=22906 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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