Medievalists.net » Pope Gregory I http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Did King Alfred write anything? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/did-king-alfred-write-anything/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/did-king-alfred-write-anything/#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:52:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46458 The author investigates the question of whether King Alfred translated Latin texts into English. According to the author, modern scholarship seems to conclude that Alfred did compose the extant translations of a number of texts, although there are questions about Alfred's linguistic and intellectual skills.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/did-king-alfred-write-anything/feed/ 0 Criminal Behaviour by Pilgrims in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/04/criminal-behaviour-by-pilgrims-in-the-middle-ages-and-early-modern-period/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/04/criminal-behaviour-by-pilgrims-in-the-middle-ages-and-early-modern-period/#comments Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:26:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46356 In the early and high Middle Ages, an introspective religiosity was predominant and supported by Benedictine and Cistercian monks; thus, pil- grimages to holy places were neither as popular nor practiced as they were in the period from the late Middle Ages onwards.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/04/criminal-behaviour-by-pilgrims-in-the-middle-ages-and-early-modern-period/feed/ 0 Simoniaca Heresis http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/20/simoniaca-heresis/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/20/simoniaca-heresis/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:48:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45047 With Gregory the Great (pope, 590–604) the expression simoniaca heresis becomes a frequently used phrase.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/20/simoniaca-heresis/feed/ 0 Connecting Theory and Practice: A Review of the Work of Five Early Contributors to the Ethics of Management http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:07:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43096 Boethius, Gregory the Great, Alfred the Great, Stephen Langton and Thomas More

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/feed/ 0 The monastic thought and culture of Pope Gregory the Great in their Western context, c.400-604 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/15/the-monastic-thought-and-culture-of-pope-gregory-the-great-in-their-western-context-c-400-604/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/15/the-monastic-thought-and-culture-of-pope-gregory-the-great-in-their-western-context-c-400-604/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:56:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39254 Gregory was the first monk to be pope; proverbially, he would have preferred to have remained a monk; the audience he addressed was almost always made up of monks.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/15/the-monastic-thought-and-culture-of-pope-gregory-the-great-in-their-western-context-c-400-604/feed/ 0 Christian Living Explained: Alcuin’s De virtutibus et vitiis liber in a Carolingian Instructional Manual http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/03/christian-living-explained-alcuins-de-virtutibus-et-vitiis-liber-in-a-carolingian-instructional-manual/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/03/christian-living-explained-alcuins-de-virtutibus-et-vitiis-liber-in-a-carolingian-instructional-manual/#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:01:26 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36880 Another paper from the yesterday's SESSION I: Lived Religion in the Middle Ages. This paper focused on Alcuin of York's contribution to the standardisation of Carolingian Christian texts for pastoral instruction.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/03/christian-living-explained-alcuins-de-virtutibus-et-vitiis-liber-in-a-carolingian-instructional-manual/feed/ 0 Theological Works of the Venerable Bede and their Literary and Manuscript Presentation, with Special Reference to the Gospel Homilies http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/theological-works-of-the-venerable-bede-and-their-literary-and-manuscript-presentation-with-special-reference-to-the-gospel-homilies/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/theological-works-of-the-venerable-bede-and-their-literary-and-manuscript-presentation-with-special-reference-to-the-gospel-homilies/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:50:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29410 Bede’s theology is complex and closely interwoven; as we can observe, the different themes are interleaved within the homilies. Though Bede was profoundly influenced by Gregory, Augustine and the other Church Fathers, he combined their theologies in a new way that has had a lasting influence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/19/theological-works-of-the-venerable-bede-and-their-literary-and-manuscript-presentation-with-special-reference-to-the-gospel-homilies/feed/ 0 Authority and Duty: Columbanus and the Primacy of Rome http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/authority-and-duty-columbanus-and-the-primacy-of-rome/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/authority-and-duty-columbanus-and-the-primacy-of-rome/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:14:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29205 The Irish missionary and founder of monasteries, Columbanus (†615), crossed into Italy in 612 and established his last foundation at Bobbio under the patronage of the Lombard king, Agilulf.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/authority-and-duty-columbanus-and-the-primacy-of-rome/feed/ 0 Alfred’s Historia Ecclesiastica http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/alfreds-historia-ecclesiastica/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/alfreds-historia-ecclesiastica/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:11:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24990 Alfred’s Historia Ecclesiastica Uijttewaal, B.T. B.A. Thesis, Universiteit Utrecht (2011) Abstract The “Eng­lish” had been punished by God through the arrival of the Vikings. The British before them, had lapsed in their faith and been sent the scourge of the Anglo-Saxons. This was the message of king Alfred at the end of the 9th century […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/05/alfreds-historia-ecclesiastica/feed/ 0 A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/a-gregorian-manuscript-in-the-ian-potter-museum-of-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/21/a-gregorian-manuscript-in-the-ian-potter-museum-of-art/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:43:32 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24360 A Gregorian manuscript in the Ian Potter Museum of Art Martyn, John R.C. University of Melbourne Collections, Issue 6, June (2010) Abstract In about 1000 a very interesting illuminated manuscript that probably held copies of all of the letters of Pope Gregory the Great was created. Five centuries later, 41 of these letters, from books two, […]

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