Medievalists.net » Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 An abbot between two cultures: Maiolus of Cluny considers the Muslims of La Garde-Freinet http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/an-abbot-between-two-cultures-maiolus-of-cluny-considers-the-muslims-of-la-garde-freinet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/an-abbot-between-two-cultures-maiolus-of-cluny-considers-the-muslims-of-la-garde-freinet/#comments Wed, 22 Jan 2014 22:20:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46899 In July 972, Muslim raiders from the citadel of Fraxinetum (modern La Garde-Freinet) abducted Abbot Maiolus of Cluny and his entourage as they crossed the Great Saint Bernard Pass ( Mons Iovis ) in the western Alps.

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