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Showing posts with label Raymond IV of Toulouse. Show all posts
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Raymond of Aguilers

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One of our sources for the events of the First Crusade was the participant Raymond of Aguilers of Provence. Raymond was a lay canon (a lay p...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

The Holy Lance, Part One

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One of the "side-effects" of the Crusades was allowing Western Europeans to look for artifacts connected to the Bible and the life...
Monday, June 5, 2023

The Siege of Nicaea

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When the First Crusade was on their way to free the Holy land from the "infidel," they passed through Constantinople and asked for...
Monday, May 22, 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...
Sunday, May 21, 2023

The First Troubadour

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William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony (1071 - 1127), also Count of Poitiers, had a shaky start in life. He was the son of Duke William V...
Monday, June 20, 2022

Deeds of the Franks

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Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum (Latin: "Deeds of the Franks and the other pilgrims to Jerusalem"), also known simp...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Godfrey of Bouillon

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Godfrey (c.1060 - 18 July, 1100) was the second son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and therefore was not in line for much inheritance. Hi...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Catharism

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The Cathar symbol The Cathars were a heretical sect that first appeared in historical records of Europe about 1143. In truth, the term ...