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Showing posts with label Pope Paschal II. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Paschal II. Show all posts
05 January 2025

The Vallombrosians

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Giovanni Gualberto (c. 985 – 12 July 1073) was not the sort of person you would expect to found a monastic order. A nobleman born in a castl...
22 February 2024

Thurstan of Bayeaux

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Thurstan (or Turstin) of Bayeaux (c.1070 - 1140) was the son of a priest (this was before Anselm disallowed priests in England to marry ). ...
18 February 2024

Anselm and Henry Working Together

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As mentioned  here , the relationship between Archbishop of Canterbury Anselm and King Henry I of England was not completely adversarial. He...
17 February 2024

Anselm and Henry I

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I have written before of how William II of England died  unexpectedly, and how his younger brother Henry quickly assumed control of England...
23 May 2023

The Battle of Mersivan

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The Crusade of 1101 had high hopes: the First Crusade had already been successful, establishing the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the Germans, ...
22 May 2023

The Crusade of 1101

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Because the First Crusade was successful, in 1100-1101 several of those who had avoided going on the First (or started and turned back beca...
13 August 2014

The Problems of Pope Paschal

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Pope Paschal II speaking to Anselm of Canterbury On 13 August 1099, a Cluniac monk from northwest of Rome named Ranierius was named Pop...
07 August 2014

Fathers & Sons in the HRE

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Henry IV (center), with his sons Henry V & Conrad Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV is best known for the Investiture Controversy and the...