Medievalists.net » Papacy http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The First Great Divergence? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/18/the-first-great-divergence/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/18/the-first-great-divergence/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2015 04:53:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59840 The 'Papal Revolution' in late eleventh and early twelfth century western Europe and the unsuccessful campaign by Wang An Shi and his followers to reform the imperial administration of Song China at just the same time are regarded as critical turning points in their respective histories.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/12/game-of-thrones-east-and-west-constantinople-and-rome-emperor-and-bishop/feed/ 0 KZOO 2015: Session #42 – Magna Carta in Context http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/#comments Mon, 18 May 2015 15:51:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58255 This coming week I’ll be featuring summaries on some of my favourites sessions and papers from #KZOO2015. I kicked off my first session on Thursday with the Magna Carta.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/18/kzoo-2015-session-42-magna-carta-in-context/feed/ 0 The Papacy and Christian Mercenaries of Thirteenth-Century North Africa http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/papacy-christian-mercenaries-thirteenth-century-north-africa/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/papacy-christian-mercenaries-thirteenth-century-north-africa/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56583 Could one be a good mercenary and a good Christian at the same time?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/papacy-christian-mercenaries-thirteenth-century-north-africa/feed/ 0 Thirteenth-century Papal Bull repaired and digitized http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/01/thirteenth-century-papal-bull-repaired-digitized/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/01/thirteenth-century-papal-bull-repaired-digitized/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:21:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55835 An extraordinary Papal document that’s nearly 800 years old has become a valuable teaching and research tool at University of British Columbia, thanks to a history instructor’s passion and the university library’s restoration efforts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/29/good-bad-ugly-reflections-renaissance-papacy/feed/ 0 Unexpected Evidence concerning Gold Mining in Early Byzantium http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/09/unexpected-evidence-concerning-gold-mining-early-byzantium/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2014 16:40:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54002 One of the consequences of the decline of Roman imperial might was the shortage of slaves at state-run mines. Consequently, criminals were often sentenced to damnatio ad metallum. The need for gold especially soared when the gold solidus was introduced at the beginning of the fourth century.

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