Medievalists.net » Pope Gregory VII 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 Irish Hagiographical Lives in the Twelfth Century: Church Reform before the Anglo-Norman Invasion http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/irish-hagiographical-lives-twelfth-century-church-reform-anglo-norman-invasion/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/irish-hagiographical-lives-twelfth-century-church-reform-anglo-norman-invasion/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2014 22:37:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52403 In order to further disentangle the reality and fiction of this view of culture versus barbarity and of reform versus wickedness, I shall analyse twelfth-century Irish vitae.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/07/irish-hagiographical-lives-twelfth-century-church-reform-anglo-norman-invasion/feed/ 0 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/2013/12/27/pope-gregory-vii-a-church-reformer/feed/ 0 What was the Investiture Controversy a Controversy About? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/what-was-the-investiture-controversy-a-controversy-about/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/19/what-was-the-investiture-controversy-a-controversy-about/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:17:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39344 This thesis will aim to demonstrate that the Investiture Controversy was primarily a clash originating from fifth century ideas which were put into practice and developed by an eleventh century papacy.

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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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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/18/salutare-animas-nostras-the-ideologies-behind-the-foundation-of-the-templars/feed/ 0 Building the Ideology of Papal Monarchy Through Excommunication and Interdict: A comparison of Gregory VII and Innocent III http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/building-the-ideology-of-papal-monarchy-through-excommunication-and-interdict-a-comparison-of-gregory-vii-and-innocent-iii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/building-the-ideology-of-papal-monarchy-through-excommunication-and-interdict-a-comparison-of-gregory-vii-and-innocent-iii/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:37:27 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34301 This thesis will examine and compare how excommunication and interdict augmented papal power during the reigns of Gregory VII and Innocent III.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/29/building-the-ideology-of-papal-monarchy-through-excommunication-and-interdict-a-comparison-of-gregory-vii-and-innocent-iii/feed/ 0 The Place of the Papacy in the Ecclesial Piety of the 11th-century Reformers http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/the-place-of-the-papacy-in-the-ecclesial-piety-of-the-11th-century-reformers/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/the-place-of-the-papacy-in-the-ecclesial-piety-of-the-11th-century-reformers/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:42:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29120 In the tenth century, it was still the Ecclesia rather than the pope which constituted the fundamental reality. The men of the Gregorian reform, in contrast, saw the Church as dependent upon the pope and derived in some way from papal power.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/08/the-place-of-the-papacy-in-the-ecclesial-piety-of-the-11th-century-reformers/feed/ 0 “In the Name of Almighty God”: Gregory VII and the Investiture Controversy http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/06/%e2%80%9cin-the-name-of-almighty-god%e2%80%9d-gregory-vii-and-the-investiture-controversy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/06/%e2%80%9cin-the-name-of-almighty-god%e2%80%9d-gregory-vii-and-the-investiture-controversy/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:02:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=26192 The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between Pope Gregory VII and the German King Henry IV over who had the right to appoint church officials in the Catholic Church.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/06/%e2%80%9cin-the-name-of-almighty-god%e2%80%9d-gregory-vii-and-the-investiture-controversy/feed/ 0 Was there a Gregorian Reform Movement in the Eleventh Century? http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/11/was-there-a-gregorian-reform-movement-in-the-eleventh-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/11/was-there-a-gregorian-reform-movement-in-the-eleventh-century/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:33:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25313 Was there a Gregorian Reform Movement in the Eleventh Century? Gilchrist, John CCHA Study Sessions, 37(1970) Abstract If movements were simply a matter of counting heads, then the Gregorian Reform Movement would emerge unscathed. I simply draw your attention to the existenceoftheseries known as the Studi Gregoriani 7 vols.(1947-1960).Under the editorship of the late G. B. […]

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