Medievalists.net » Pope Innocent III 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 International Congress on Pope Innocent III to take place in Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/02/international-congress-on-pope-innocent-iii-to-take-place-in-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/02/international-congress-on-pope-innocent-iii-to-take-place-in-spain/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2015 02:36:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58661 Murcia, Spain, will host an International Congress on 'Innocent III and his Times' from December 9-12, 2015.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/02/international-congress-on-pope-innocent-iii-to-take-place-in-spain/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 (Attempted) Alliance of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Valdemar II of Denmark: the Infante Fernando’s Marriage Reconsidered http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/30/attempted-alliance-alfonso-viii-castile-valdemar-ii-denmark-infante-fernandos-marriage-reconsidered/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/30/attempted-alliance-alfonso-viii-castile-valdemar-ii-denmark-infante-fernandos-marriage-reconsidered/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:13:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53751 This paper presents the evidence for a lost marriage alliance between Castile and Denmark, contextualizes the marriage within the larger framework of Alfonso VIII’s international relations, and finally, demonstrates that the match can help to underscore the importance of crusading lineages in the affairs of the Castilian royal family.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/30/attempted-alliance-alfonso-viii-castile-valdemar-ii-denmark-infante-fernandos-marriage-reconsidered/feed/ 0 The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: the Albigensian Crusade and the Subjugation of the Languedoc http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:46:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52112 In March of 1208, Pope Innocent III preached the Albigensian Crusade. The crusade, which covered an area from Agen to Avignon and the Pyrenees to Cahors, initiated a new phase in the already strained relationship between the Catholic Church and the Languedoc.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/feed/ 0 Ten Reasons Why a Man Should Not Get Married (from a Pope) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/01/ten-reasons-man-get-married-pope/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/01/ten-reasons-man-get-married-pope/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:34:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51522 'In general, she sighs and cries, day and night, and gossips and grumbles.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/01/ten-reasons-man-get-married-pope/feed/ 0 Innocent III and England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/innocent-iii-and-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/16/innocent-iii-and-england/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:00:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38068 This paper begins with the dispute between England and the papacy over an election to the see of Canterbury. The beginning of the quarrel, seemed simple enough: King John’s refusal to accept Stephen Langton as archibishop of Canterbury.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/01/labyrinth/feed/ 0 “The Eucharist and the Negotiation of Orthodoxy in the High Middle Ages” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:29:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37161 This paper is part of Adam Hoose's dissertation. It examined the differences between Waldensians and Franciscans in their treatment of the Eucharist. It also explored why the Waldensians were unsuccessful in their bid to become a legitimate religious order and were eventually marginalized as heretics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/15/the-eucharist-and-the-negotiation-of-orthodoxy-in-the-high-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Through the Eyes of a Crusader: An Intensive Study Into the Personal Involvement of Two Men in the Fourth Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/through-the-eyes-of-a-crusader-an-intensive-study-into-the-personal-involvement-of-two-men-in-the-fourth-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/through-the-eyes-of-a-crusader-an-intensive-study-into-the-personal-involvement-of-two-men-in-the-fourth-crusade/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:54:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35853 What was going through the minds ofthese men who were fighting for the cross when they attacked a Christian city, which was one oftheir allies?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/21/through-the-eyes-of-a-crusader-an-intensive-study-into-the-personal-involvement-of-two-men-in-the-fourth-crusade/feed/ 0 Of Milk and Blood: Innocent III and the Jews, revisited http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/07/of-milk-and-blood-innocent-iii-and-the-jews-revisited/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/07/of-milk-and-blood-innocent-iii-and-the-jews-revisited/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:40:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35464 Much of the past century of scholarship devoted to the history of Medieval European Jewry has attempted to trace and explain the waning of Christian tolerance and the rise of anti-Jewish prejudice and violence, as measured by a number of macabre indices

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