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Showing posts with label Papal States. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Papal States. Show all posts
Monday, December 16, 2024

Charles the Fat's Growing Empire

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When Pope John VIII was threatened by Guy II Duke of Spoleto, who invaded the Papal States  in 880, he looked for help from the King of Ita...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Pope John VIII

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John VIII was a Roman who, as a young man, witnessed the 846 CE raid against Rome by Muslims. According to the Liber Pontificalis  ("Bo...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Treaty of San Germano

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When Pope Gregory IX started what came to be called the War of the Keys , he thought he was secure because his target was the Holy Roman Em...
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Pepin's Godfather

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Liutprand was King of the Lombards from 712 - 744. During his reign he conquered much of the Italian Peninsula, made an agreement with Pope...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Liutprand of the Lombards

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In order to preserve Western Europe for Christendom and repel the Muslim invasions, Charles Martel enlisted the aid of Liutprand, King of t...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Lorenzo Valla--Early Modern Scholar

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Lorenzo Valla was born about 1407 in Rome. His father was a lawyer for the pope. Lorenzo studied under Leonardo Bruni (sometimes called the ...
Monday, September 26, 2022

The Donation of Pepin

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The idea of actual Papal States  giving the pope serious temporal power really took off in 756 when Pepin the Short , king of the Franks, ga...
Sunday, September 25, 2022

The Papal States

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Although the early popes had no temporal power or property, as the Roman Catholic Church grew in popularity and influence, they accrued terr...