Gregory VII's Would-Be Proto-Crusade

In most conventional histories, the Crusades begin in 1095 with ...
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Manuel Komnenos' Submission to Alexander III

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The Justinian Code and the Emergence of Clerical Marriage in Byzantium

Clerical celibacy in the Latin rite is always a thorny subject t...
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Jews and the Sassanid Capture of Jerusalem

One of the most traumatic events for eastern Christians of the e...
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Aspebet-Peter, the Bishop of the Camp of Tents

Much of what we know about the growth of the Church in Palestine...
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