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Showing posts with label Pope Eugene III. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Eugene III. Show all posts
07 November 2024

Louis and the Second Crusade, Part 1

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The Second Crusade was the first to be led by European kings. It was announced by Pope Eugene III , preached widely by Bernard of Clairvaux ...
06 July 2024

The Council of Reims is Held

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Pope Eugene III (the Homeless Pope ) called the Council of Reims in 1148 to discuss and ratify issues that were brought up in an earlier Co...
05 July 2024

Council of Reims is Called

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After a few years in the papacy, Pope Eugene III  thought there were some issues that needed discussing/ratifying. A letter he wrote to Abbo...
11 January 2023

Reviving the Roman Senate

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After the Ostrogoths took Rome in 476 under Odoacer , the Senate continued managing affairs; after all, the "barbarians" didn'...
10 October 2022

Empress Matilda

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The previous post discussed how Stephen of Blois seized the throne of England in 1135 upon the death of King Henry I, despite having sworn ...
10 July 2014

Curbing the Pope

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19th century bust of Arnold. For those in the Middle Ages who thought the pope should be solely a spiritual leader and not wield tempor...
09 July 2014

The Homeless Pope

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Hugh of Jabala tells Pope Eugene about Prester John Many of you know about the decades when the papacy was headquartered in Avignon (fi...
06 May 2013

Damascus - Some History

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Dimashq. دمشق. Dimishe'. al-Sh ām. The City of Jasmine. "Oldest continuously inhabited city in the world." Damascus. I...
19 January 2013

Prester John, Part 1

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That "inaccessible area" in Asia mentioned in the Finding Paradise entry fascinated Europeans. Knowledge of the lands to the ea...