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5 09, 2017

Heloise and Abelard – Middle Ages in Europe

By |2019-08-09T12:02:30-07:00September 5th, 2017|Medieval, Religion|Comments Off on Heloise and Abelard – Middle Ages in Europe

Heloise and Abelard Who was Heloise? The story of Heloise (HELL-oh-ees) and her husband Peter Abelard is one of the saddest stories of Western history. Heloise was born about 1100 [...]

21 08, 2017

St. Benedict – Christianity – History of Religion

By |2019-02-13T08:19:08-08:00August 21st, 2017|Medieval, Religion|Comments Off on St. Benedict – Christianity – History of Religion

Egyptian caves where early monks and nuns lived Who was Benedict? In the 500s AD, Benedict was the founder of a new Christian movement toward monasticism: living as monks or nuns. What are [...]

2 08, 2017

Leo to Empress Irene – Byzantine History

By |2019-11-07T07:15:16-08:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Leo to Empress Irene – Byzantine History

Leo the Isaurian (ca. 720 AD, Louvre museum, Paris) Anastasius II When Justinian II's assassin Philippicus turned out to be a worthless party animal, other Roman officials killed him. In 713 [...]

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