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Byzantine History
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28 January 2005
Aeneas Piccolimini to Cardinal Capranica (July 1453): Letter on the Fall of Constantinople describing reaction and misinformation surrounding the event at the court of the Emperor Frederick III.
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28 October 2004
A letter from a Franciscan living in Constantinople in 1438 conveying his impressions of growing Turkish power and a call for aid from the West.
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The Knights of St. John on Rhodes write of the city's fall and Turkish plans to the Margrave of Brandenburg in Jerusalem.
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Letter describing Archbishop Isidore's capture by the Turks during the fall of Constantinople and his journey to Italy.
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The sheik discusses the defeat of the Turkish fleet by the defenders of Constantinople in April 1452 and recommends responses.
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28 January 2005
An annotation added to a Greek manuscript (now British Museum Add. 34060 f.1v) recording a contemporary reaction on the island of Crete to the news that Constantinople had fallen.
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Detailed account of the actual taking of the city from a Byzantine perspective.
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17 July 2010
Dated 1461-1462, this account attacks Cardinal Isidore of Kiev, formerly an orthodox bishop, who visited Russia in 1440 and 1443 as apostolic legate to persuade the Russian church to enter into union with Rome.
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17 July 2010
Found in a 13th century codex, these annals focus primarily on events in the Adriatic in the 12th century as well as the affairs of the city of Venice itself.
Carolingian Era
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Ca. 823: Abp. Agobard seeks the help of three imperial courtiers in protecting prelates' ability to baptize pagans who were the property of Jews and their intervention in cases where the Jews refuse to sell the individual or charge an excessive price for their freedom.
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Ca. 826/827: Abp. Agobard to Nibridius, Bp. of Narbonne, warning of the dangers of associating with Jews in an attempt to enlist the support of the regional episcopacy in his cause.
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833: Abp. Agobard describes the assembly at Compiègne and the ensuing public penance of Louis the Pious.
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Ca. 829: Abp. Agobard admonishes Louis the Pious for altering the provisions of the Ordinatio imperii of 817.
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Abp. Agobard admonishes Matfred to observe justice in the performance of his role as the emperor's administrator.
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826/827: Abp. Agobard writes to Louis the Pious in protest of policies favorable to the Jewish community and the harm they do to the Christian faithful.
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Amalarius describes the origin and method of composition of his antiphonary.
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866: Pope Nicholas I responds at length to the Bulgars' questions and concerns about christianization and specific aspects of their new faith.
Crusades
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Eugenius III “admonishes, asks, and commands” King Louis VII to crusade (Dec. 1145).
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A member of Frederick’s expedition describes the journey and battles of the German crusader force and the death of the Emperor in Asia Minor.
Investiture Controversy and Ecclesiastical Reform
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A brief account of a decision by ecclesiastics of the Gregorian party that the property of churches could be pawned to support an armed resistance to Wibert of Ravenna.
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This anonymous text, produced as part of a propaganda war against the Gregorian papacy, describes an alleged ordeal concerning the kingship and priesthood said to have been conducted by ecclesiastics of the Gregorian party on December 3, 1083.
Medieval France
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1038: Abbot Cadwalla asks the Duchess to grant assistance and safe, toll-free passage to a monk selling wine from the monastery's vineyards in order to raise money for renovations.
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Describes the theft of liturgical equipment and personal items from the Basilica of Blessed Mary and pronounces an anathema and excommunication for the thieves.
Medieval Germany
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1008/1009: Bruno writes of German missionary and diplomatic among Slavic pagans.
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981: Otto II summons armored knights from episcopal, abbotial, and lay contingents.
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A member of Frederick’s expedition describes the journey and battles of the German crusader force and the death of the Emperor in Asia Minor.
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Otloh describes an earlier 11th century instance of a judicial ordeal undergone by a layman accused of stealing a horse, the revelation of a different sin, and the subsequent wrath of God against the layman when he attempts to circumvent the letter of his penitential vow to God.
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971: Otto I provides for resolution of disputes over property by judicial combat.
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Emperor Otto III legislates expanded access to judges and judgment.
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Describes the penance imposed on Arduin for leading the murderers of Bishop Peter of Vercelli.
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A brief entry for the year 900 covering portentous astronomical phenomenon and ensuing environmental calamities, rebellions of men against God, deaths of rulers, and Radbod's new position.
Medieval Institutions & Their Histories
Medieval Intellectual History
Medieval Italy
Medieval Jewish History
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Ca. 823: Abp. Agobard seeks the help of three imperial courtiers in protecting prelates' ability to baptize pagans who were the property of Jews and their intervention in cases where the Jews refuse to sell the individual or charge an excessive price for their freedom.
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Ca. 826/827: Abp. Agobard to Nibridius, Bp. of Narbonne, warning of the dangers of associating with Jews in an attempt to enlist the support of the regional episcopacy in his cause.
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826/827: Abp. Agobard writes to Louis the Pious in protest of policies favorable to the Jewish community and the harm they do to the Christian faithful.
Saints' Lives & Miracles
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28 September 2007
A brief miracle story about divine punishment for usurers.
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Otloh describes an earlier 11th century instance of a judicial ordeal undergone by a layman accused of stealing a horse, the revelation of a different sin, and the subsequent wrath of God against the layman when he attempts to circumvent the letter of his penitential vow to God.
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A brief entry for the year 900 covering portentous astronomical phenomenon and ensuing environmental calamities, rebellions of men against God, deaths of rulers, and Radbod's new position.
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Sermon describing the conversion of the Roman Pantheon into a Christian Church by Pope Boniface IV (608-15).
