Tag: middle ages
Liturgical Handwarmers
Celebrating the sacred liturgy in cold climates before the adven...
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The Religious Culture of Frankish Syria
From 1098 to 1187, there existed in Palestine a small Frankish c...
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Orderic Vitalis on Curly-Toe Shoes
So long as you have not been living in a cave for the past thirt...
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Maelurain of Tallaght (d. 792)
St. Maelurain (d. 792)was the founder and abbot of the monastery...
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Medieval Examination of Conscience
The reflective exercise known as the Examination of Conscience h...
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Understanding Medieval Life Expectancy
Of the many inaccurate pieces of information that we often hear ...
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Twelve Notable Decretists of the Middle Ages
Among all the collections of canon law in the history of the Chu...
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Herve the Bard (d. 556)
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Ark of the Covenant in the Lateran Basilica
The most extensive exposition of medieval liturgical ideas comes...
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Willehad of Bremen
St. Willehad was a native of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom Northumbria...
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The Saga of the Patarenes
The middle of the 11th century was a time of crisis and reform i...
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The Leopard (Bestiary)
For medieval Christians, zoological knowledge about the animal w...
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Gens du Beaucet (d. 1127)
St. Gens du Beaucet (1104-1127) was a medieval French hermit-sai...
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Piety for the Dead in Merry England
Commemorations for the dead were a staple of life in medieval Ch...
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Four Contributions of the Cluniacs
In the year 910, Duke William of Aquitaine did something which w...
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Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (634-687)
It seems somewhat unjust to group St. Cuthbert amongst the ...
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Coronation of Charlemagne
If one were to have a basic literacy of the most important dates...
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Humility and Station in Life
While most Catholics are familiar with the concept of "state in ...
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The Legend of St. Maternus
St. Maternus is a semi-legendary figure from the history of the ...
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Ecclesiastical Property Ownership in the Middle Ages
One of the most commonly asserted statements about medieval Cath...
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Comparing Roman & Medieval Technology
One of the biggest myths underpinning the alleged host...
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Demonic Impregnation: Incubi and Succubi
This is the third installment in a series of essays studying the...
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Gesta Romanorum: The Severed Foot
The Gesta Romanorum was written at the turn o...
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Life in Medieval Cluny
Founded as part of the Benedictine reform in the early 10th cent...
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Capuciati and the Peace of Aquitaine (1183)
The long reign of the French King Philip Augustus (1180-1223) wa...
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Catholicism and Medievalism
Many of the challenges in the Church and world today could be re...
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Ostrich Eggs in the Liturgy
One of the most curious liturgical practices of the medieval Chu...
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Crusaders and Conversion
In the secular histories of modernity, it has become common to p...
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Cathar Apocalypticism
The medieval heretical sect of the Cathars are known for their ...
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Greenland's Hvalsey Church
To visit the ruin's of Greenland's Hvalsey Church is to take a p...
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St. Hildegard on Gemstones
One of the most remarkable minds of the medieval Church was St. ...
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Laesio Enormis
Catholic social teaching from the Middle Ages right up to the mo...
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Gregory VII and the Reform of Penance
The term "Gregorian Reform" i...
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