Peter’s Medicine – lessons from the 13th century
Peter of Spain lived out a long and fruitful life as a scholar known for his works on logic, as a scholar-physician who wrote widely and was sought by his contemporaries as their doctor, and as a churchman so successful that he became Pope
Papal Intervention In England in the Thirteenth Century
John came to power the year following Innocent III and died three months after Innocent. These two men fought a titanic struggle over papal prerogatives and the rights of kingship as it relates to the Church.
Ideology and Motivations in the First Crusade
Ideology and Motivations in the First Crusade By Jean Flori Palgrave Advances in the Crusades, ed. Helen J. Nicholson (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)…
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni
Pope Eugenius IV and Jewish Money-Lending in Florence: The Case of Salomone di Bonaventura during the Chancellorship of Leonardo Bruni By Andrew Gow…
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism?
The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? Aigle, Denise (French Institute for the Middle East – Damascus) Inner…
The Templar Trials: Did the System Work?
Although the trials in general were held with enormous personal expenditures and by obviously careful observation of procedural rules, the ’system did not really work’; it was undermined by the dynamics of a legal instrument (that is, torture), which in the end was based on the use of violence.
The Secular Motivations of the First Crusade
The Secular Motivations of the First Crusade Vicari,George Jr., Major, USAF Research Report, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April (2002) Abstract The 11th…
Conflict and Conscience: Ideological War and the Albigensian Crusade
This thesis is a case study on ethics within war. The thirteenth century Albigensian Crusade was a war against a heretical religious ideology known as Catharism whose tenets threatened the social order of Europe.
When did the Dominicans Arrive in Tallinn?
When did the Dominicans Arrive in Tallinn? Tamm, Marek Tuna, No.4 (2009) Abstract It is difficult to overestimate the significance of the Order…
Mobilisation of the European Periphery against the Mongols
I related how, according to the Novgorod Chronicles, newly arrived crusaders, together with the Sword Brothers, allied themselves with the Russian-Orthodox Pskovites before they went on to their crushing defeat at the hands of the Lithuanians at Saule in September 1236.
Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I
Romantic Geography and the Crusades: British Library Royal ms. 19 D I Quigley, Maureen (Saint Louis University) Peregrinations, Vol.2:3 (2009) Abstract It is not…
Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095
Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095 Larson, Erin (Clemson University) PhD Thesis, Clemson…
Pope Joan: a recognizable syndrome
The story of the female pope first appeared in a manuscript by friar Jean de Mailly in about 1250 A.D. During the late Middle Ages and Reformation dozens of people wrote about this scandal, many of them Franciscan and Dominican friars or Protestants, and their stories were widely believed.
Recent Research on Canons Regular in the German Empire of the 11th and 12th Centuries
For decades the reform movement of the canons of the 11th and 12th centuries remained to a great degree unnoticed by historians. The Premonstratensians, who in this report are treated only in passing, have to be regarded as a certain exception.
Michelangelo’s Moses of the Julius Tomb: The Definitive Michelangelo Sculpture
Michelangelo’s Moses of the Julius Tomb is one of the most powerful works from one of the most important artists of all time. Michelangelo is perhaps best known for the David.
The Papacy, Crusading, and the Jews in the Central Middle Ages
The Papacy, Crusading, and the Jews in the Central Middle Ages By Rebecca Rist Paper given at the 46th International Congress on Medieval…
THE BORGIAS: “The French King” – SE01EP06
“The French King” Cesare falls deeply in love with Baroness Ursula, Lucrezia has a torrid affair with Paolo the stable boy, while her…
Franchise Conflict: The Tide of Antipopes in the Aftermath of the Eastern Schism
This paper examines the events surrounding the schism between the Eastern and Western Christian churches that occurred in 1054, and explains the se events in terms of opportunistic behavior on the part of the papacy.
The Borgias: “Lucrezia’s Wedding”, SE01 EP04
“Lucrezia’s Wedding” Fiery preaching, political plots, scandal, and more mayhem, the Borgias are back at it again this week with Rodrigo planning Lucrezia’s…
Pope John XXII and the Franciscan ideal of absolute poverty
Pope John XXII and the Franciscan ideal of absolute poverty By Melanie Brunner PhD Dissertation, University of Leeds, 2006 Abstract: My thesis offers…
The Borgias: SE01 EP01/EP01 – “The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin”
The House of Borgias The Borgias were a Spanish papal family who rose to prominence through their involvement in ecclesiastical and political affairs…
Concerning a Paradox in the “Divine Comedy”
Concerning a Paradox in the “Divine Comedy” By Frithjof Schuon Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 4, No. 2. (1970) Introduction: One of the…
The Borgias
The Borgias – The Original Crime Family – is a nine-part television series airing on Showtime in the US, and Bravo in Canada.…
Restoring the Ancient Water Supply System in Renaissance Rome: The Popes, the civic administration, and the Acqua Vergine
Restoring the Ancient Water Supply System in Renaissance Rome: The Popes, the civic administration, and the Acqua Vergine By David Karmon The Waters…
The Bishop in the Bedroom: Witnessing Episcopal Sexuality in an Age of Reform
A significant number of bishops continued to marry during the eleventh century.