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Besteiros Do Conto (Crossbowmen): Organization, abuses of power and irregularities during the reign of Dom João I (1385-1433)

November 23, 2014 By Medievalists.net

Besteiros Do Conto (Crossbowmen/archers)

The aim of this paper is to examine an aspect of social life linked to one of the most important and original forms of military organization in the whole of Portuguese history—the besteiros do conto (crossbowmen).

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Archery, Christianity, Fifteenth Century, Fourteenth Century, King João I/ King John I of Portugal, Late Middle Ages, Law, Military History, Pope Urban II, Portugal, Second Lateran Council, Social History, War

The Sermon of Urban II in Clermont and the Tradition of Papal Oratory

September 15, 2013 By Medievalists.net

Pope Urban II preaching the First Crusade in the presence of Philip I before the assembly.

The speech that Pope Urban II delivered at Clermont in 1095 to launch the First Crusade is probably one of the most discussed sermons from the Middle Ages.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Eleventh Century, First Crusade, Papacy, Pope Urban II, Sermons and Preaching

Church Reunification: Pope Urban II’s Papal Policy Towards the Christian East and Its Demise

August 18, 2013 By Medievalists.net

First Council of Nicaea - Emperor Constantine 381 AD

What separates this brief work from that of previous historians is that it focuses on the formation and changes of papal policy in regards to the Eastern Orthodox Church during the First Crusade, exclusively.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Christianity, Colonialism, Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Eleventh Century, First Crusade, Greece, Greek, High Middle Ages, Interfaith Relations, Islam, Muslims, Nestorians, Orthodox, Papacy, Pope Urban II, Religious Life, The East–West Schism of 1054

Abbot Majolus of Cluny, Ambassador to the Dead

November 6, 2012 By Medievalists.net

This paper was part of a intriguing session on monasticism entitled: SESSION IV: Abbots between Ideals and Institutions, 10th–12th Centuries. Here, we meet the unsung hero of Cluny’s early history, Abbot Majolus.

Filed Under: Conferences Tagged With: Christianity, Cluny, Early Middle Ages, Ecclesiastical History, Eleventh Century, Haskins, Heresy, High Middle Ages, Historiography, Literature, Majolus of Cluny, Monasticism, Odilo of Cluny, Peter of Bruys, Petrobrusians, Pope Urban II, Religious Life, Tenth century, Twelfth Century

Medieval reads for Dad!

June 15, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Cathar Castles: Fortresses of the Albigensian Crusade 1209-1300

Father’s Day is just around the corner – here are some fun medieval reads to make his day special!

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Albigensian, Carolingians, Castles, Cathars, Christianity, Crusades, England, France, Franks, Gender, High Middle Ages, Islam, Jerusalem, Kingship, Late Middle Ages, Military History, Muslims, Papacy, Plantagenet, Politics, Pope Urban II, Religious Life, Social History, War

Men, Women, and Beasts at Clermont, 1095

July 29, 2011 By Medievalists.net

When Pope Urban II called for a military campaign to the Holy Land in 1095, he launched what would be the first in a series of Christian crusades. But even more than that, he advocated a form of warfare that would be pleasing to God.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Council of Clermont, Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Eleventh Century, First Crusade, Gender, Medieval Women, Military History, Pilgrimage, Pope Urban II, Religious Life, Sermons and Preaching, Social History

The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept?

July 28, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Political Crusades – A useful historiographical concept? Følner, Bjarke MA. Honours, University of Edinburgh (2001) Abstract This paper deals with the modern historiographical concept of the “political crusades”. The term “political crusade” was, of course, not coined during the Middle Ages itself. The simple explanation for the historiographical invention and application of the term […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Christianity, Crusades, Eleventh Century, Feudalism, Fifteenth Century, First Crusade, High Middle Ages, Historiography, Italian Crusades, Jerusalem, Late Middle Ages, Military History, Pope Gregory IX, Pope Innocent III, Pope Urban II, Social History, Thirteenth century, Twelfth Century

Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus

July 27, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Saint Peter and Paul Church (Sinan Pasha Mosque), Famagusta: A Forgotten Gothic Moment in Northern Cyprus Walsh, Michael Inferno, Volume IX, 2004 Abstract When Pope Urban II called the Council of Clermont in 1095, and in so doing ordered the start of the Crusades to the Holy Land, it was neither obvious nor predictable what […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Architecture, Art History, Christianity, Churches, Council of Clermont, Crusades, Cyprus, Egypt, Eleventh Century, England, First Crusade, Fourteenth Century, France, Genoa, Islam, Italy, Jewish, Late Middle Ages, Middle East, Muslims, Ottoman Empire, Pope Urban II

The Secular Motivations of the First Crusade

July 25, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Secular Motivations of the First Crusade Vicari,George Jr., Major, USAF Research Report, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April (2002) Abstract The 11th Century Roman Catholic Church claimed that its motives for the First Crusade were sacred, based solely on religious principles. This research project is an attempt to reveal or uncover any potential secular […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Christianity, Crusades, Eleventh Century, First Crusade, Islam, Military History, Muslims, Papacy, Politics, Pope Urban II, Social History

Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095

July 19, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Why Jerusalem? Why then? A study of the religious significance of Jerusalem to the West in 1095 Larson, Erin (Clemson University) PhD Thesis, Clemson University, May (2010) Abstract One of the fascinating aspects of this research is how what individuals believe to be true leads to collective action as a society. Research for this paper will […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Augustine, Byzantium, Christianity, Crusades, Early Middle Ages, Ecclesiastical History, Eleventh Century, High Middle Ages, Islam, Jerusalem, Middle East, Muslims, Papacy, Pilgrimage, Politics, Pope Urban II, Religious Life, Reliquaries, Social History

The Byzantine Perspective of the First Crusade: A Reexamination of Alleged Treachery and Betrayal

July 18, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Byzantine Perspective of the First Crusade: A Reexamination of Alleged Treachery and Betrayal Nelson, Laura M. (west Virginia Unicersity) M.A. Thesis, Medieval Art, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University (2007) Abstract Scholars have generally ignored the Crusades from the Byzantine perspective with the majority of scholarship focusing on the Western, and more recently, […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantium, Christianity, Constantinople, Council of Chalcedon, Council of Clermont, Crusades, Early Middle Ages, Ecclesiastical History, Eleventh Century, Fulcher of Chartres, Gesta Francorum, High Middle Ages, Islam, Literature, Military History, Muslims, Politics, Pope Urban II, Religious Life, Roman Empire, Social History, Spain, Theology, Turkey

The Byzantine Background to the First Crusade

March 20, 2011 By Medievalists.net

Just over nine hundred years ago, Pope Urban II closed a provincial church council at Clermont Ferrand with a rousing call to arms that launched the First Crusade.