Medievalists.net » Emperor Henry IV 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 Pope Gregory VII: A Church Reformer http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/27/pope-gregory-vii-a-church-reformer/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/27/pope-gregory-vii-a-church-reformer/#comments Fri, 27 Dec 2013 06:32:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46085 By the time that Hildebrand was appointed Pope Gregory VII, the Church was in dire need of change and direction.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/what-was-the-investiture-controversy-a-controversy-about/feed/ 0 Salutare Animas Nostras: The Ideologies Behind the Foundation of the Templars http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/salutare-animas-nostras-the-ideologies-behind-the-foundation-of-the-templars/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/salutare-animas-nostras-the-ideologies-behind-the-foundation-of-the-templars/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:29:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37224 The meteoric rise of the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon (more commonly known as the Knights Templar) and their equally swift fall has fueled fanciful tales and scholarly research. The order promoted their mythological origins and the extreme charges leveled against them by Philip IV of France (1285-1314) created an atmosphere of speculation.

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