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The attempt to limit contact with Jews in public and keep their public authority diminished forced them to wind up be...
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Continuing our look at the final four Canons of the proceedings of the 1215 Fourth Lateran Council, we come to Canon ...
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Today we look specifically at the institutional racism against Jews established by Pope Innocent III in the Fourth La...
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Modern ideas of race and racism are largely based on skin color, but the Middle Ages saw many other factors. To quote...
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Not everyone believed that race and ethnicity were purely a result of being descended from the sons of Noah. Some fel...
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What did medieval people think about different races? How did they distinguish one ethnic group from another? This qu...
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Although Charlemagne is a famous name, and we know a lot about him, his descendants and the events of the Carolingian...
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In Saint-Omer in France there was a Benedictine abbey called the Abbey of St. Bertin, founded in 638 and existing rig...
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Our discussion on clerical celibacy, and how Emperor Justinian decreed no bishop or higher position could be married,...
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Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (527 - 565) took a keen interest in Christianity, and he had some thoughts on clerical ...
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The last post talked about attempts by popes to "monasticize" parish priests, preventing them from having families th...
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Pope Gregory VII (c.1015 - 1085) tried to establish many reforms in the Church, they did not all "stick." One of his ...
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The Fourth Lateran Council called in 1215 by Pope Innocent III had three chief objectives: Church reform, freeing the...
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The Fourth Lateran Council called in 1215 by Pope Innocent III had three chief objectives: Church reform, freeing the...
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The Fourth Lateran Council called in 1215 by Pope Innocent III had three chief objectives: Church reform, freeing the...
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After years of being pope and asserting his will on the world, Innocent III decided to bring together all the church ...
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Pope Innocent III believed in the absolute power of the pope over secular authorities, and he did what he could to as...
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Pope Innocent III was determined to assert papal authority over every area possible. He made sure that kings, althoug...
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Finally, the pope mentioned more than any other in this blog gets his time in the spotlight. He was named Lothario at...
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Pope Alexander III decided that it was time to tackle the pagans on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea (the Baltic...