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Showing posts with label Pope Alexander IV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Alexander IV. Show all posts
Saturday, June 7, 2025

What Started the Inquisition?

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As Christianity expanded to different regions and with different authorities, philosophical discussions and policies and practices developed...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

The Interregnum

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There was more than one period of time called an Interregnum ("between reigns") when a ruler for a specific area was lacking. The ...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

The Frangipani Family

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There are a number of families in the 21st century who have become wealthy through commerce and use that wealth to exert their influence on ...
Monday, March 28, 2016

The Saint Who Said "No"

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Saint Isabella, at a church in Paris Isabella of France (1224 - 1270) was the daughter of King Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. Her b...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

A King, a Cardinal, and a College

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Sancho in a contemporary manuscript King Sancho IV of Castile (1258 - 1295), also known as Sancho the Brave, ruled the combined Iberian...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The College of Sorbonne

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A university meeting Today is the birthday of the founder of the Sorbonne. The Collège of Sorbonne is arguably the best-known college in...
Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Rule of Augustine

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One Latin form of Augustine was "Austinus" Augustine of Hippo (354-430), pious man and brilliant theologian, has been mention...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Provisions of Oxford

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Henry III (1207-1272) spent much of his reign of 56 years dealing with fallout from the reign of his father, King John. For one thing, ...