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Showing posts with label Pope Nicholas V. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Nicholas V. Show all posts
Friday, November 1, 2024

Mother of a Saint

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Isabelle Romée (1377 - 1458) grew up in Vouthon-Bas and move to Domrémy when she married Jacques d'Arc , a wealthy farmer who had inheri...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

The Loving Pope Pius II

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Pius II was the only pope to write an autobiography while he reigned. Lest you think he probably sanitized his life so that it seemed more a...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

The Last Medieval Pope

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Others may dispute it, but I call Nicholas V the Last Medieval Pope because he saw the Fall of Constantinople to the Turks and the end of th...
Monday, June 12, 2023

The Medieval Slave Trade, part 4

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(Parts one , two , and three .) There are several parables in the New Testament that are set in the context of a slave-master situation. The...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

The Vatican Library

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In 1451, Pope Nicholas V wanted to establish a library at the Vatican. A "library" existed already—since popes had gathered import...
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 ...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Donating America

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Christopher Columbus is about as late as a "medieval" blog should deal with, but to me it seems appropriate. The world that Colu...