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Medieval Society

Explore the people, power structures, and daily life of the Middle Ages. From kings and nobles to monks, merchants, and peasants, Medieval Society examines how medieval communities functioned including law, religion, philosophy, food, and social customs that shaped Europe for centuries.

Pope Benedict XI: The Peacemaker Pope

Pope Benedict XI Pope Benedict XI Pope Benedict XI (1240–1304), born Nicola Boccasini, reigned for less than a year, from October 1303 to July 1304,

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19 March 2026

The Battle of Vítkov Hill (1420)

The Battle of Vítkov Hill The Battle of Vítkov Hill (12 June–14 July 1420) was a decisive early engagement in the Hussite Wars, a series

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18 March 2026

Pope Urban II and the Call for Crusade

Pope Urban II Pope Urban II (1035–1099), born Odo of Châtillon, is remembered primarily as the pope who launched the First Crusade, a military campaign

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12 March 2026

The Avignon Papacy

The Avignon Papacy For nearly a thousand years, the identity of the Pope was inseparable from the city of Rome. The “Eternal City” was the

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5 March 2026

Pope Clement V: Founder of the Avignon Papacy

Pope Clement V Pope Clement V (1260–1314), born Bertrand de Got, presided over one of the most consequential turning points in medieval papal history: the

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26 February 2026

Pope Boniface VIII: The Last Great Medieval Pope

Pope Boniface VIII Pope Boniface VIII (1230–1303), born Benedetto Caetani, served as the head of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303 and is remembered

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19 February 2026

Pope Innocent III: Guardian of Christendom

Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III (1160/61–1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni, is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential pope of the

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12 February 2026

Gregory the Great: The Architect of the Medieval Church

For much of the Middle Ages, the pope was far more than a spiritual leader. He was a kingmaker, a political rival, a reformer, and

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5 February 2026

Leo III and the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire

For much of the Middle Ages, the pope was far more than a spiritual leader. He was a kingmaker, a political rival, a reformer, and

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29 January 2026

Pope Gregory VII and the Gregorian Reform

Pope Gregory VII In January 1077, Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, stood barefoot in the freezing snow outside the gates of Canossa Castle in northern

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22 January 2026

Anglo-Saxon Chronicles: 1066

What did the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles say about the pivotal year 1066? Read the entries below. A.D. 1066 This year came King Harold from York to

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14 January 2026

Fulk II ‘the Good’ of Anjou

Fulk II “the Good” of Anjou was one of the formative figures in the rise of the House of Anjou. Fulk was born to Fulk

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16 September 2025

Redefining the Middle Ages Part 2 by Jeb Smith

Politics1 In part one, we reviewed the negative impact the return of Roman law and the transformation of the 14th century as a whole had

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9 May 2025

Redefining the Middle Ages by Jeb Smith

Most historians will somewhat arbitrarily define the Middle Ages as extending from around A.D. 500 to 1500, and this is generally accepted. However, I think

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9 May 2025

Was the medieval Church the same as the modern Catholic one

The answer is that there are many differences between the medieval Church and the modern Catholic Church. The medieval Church was very localized. The Pope

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5 February 2025

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Medieval Society

Explore the people, power structures, and daily life of the Middle Ages. From kings and nobles to monks, merchants, and peasants, Medieval Society examines how medieval communities functioned including law, religion, philosophy, food, and social customs that shaped Europe for centuries.

Pope Benedict XI: The Peacemaker Pope

The Battle of Vítkov Hill (1420)

Pope Urban II and the Call for Crusade

The Avignon Papacy

Pope Clement V: Founder of the Avignon Papacy

Pope Boniface VIII: The Last Great Medieval Pope

Pope Innocent III: Guardian of Christendom

Gregory the Great: The Architect of the Medieval Church

Leo III and the Birth of the Holy Roman Empire

Pope Gregory VII and the Gregorian Reform

Anglo-Saxon Chronicles: 1066

Fulk II ‘the Good’ of Anjou

Redefining the Middle Ages Part 2 by Jeb Smith

Redefining the Middle Ages by Jeb Smith

Was the medieval Church the same as the modern Catholic one

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