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Ryan Patrick
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The irony of the last years of the medieval papacy is that it is the Renaissance that brought them down - during the Middle Ages proper they had been a vibrant and dynamic force in the world.
— Dec 05, 2012 08:01AM
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Ryan Patrick
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Conciliarism solves the problem of the Great Schism, but what now? (also, I had never before encountered the suggestion that Urban VI was suffering from mental derangement.)
— Dec 01, 2012 06:47PM
Ryan Patrick
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Boniface VIII fails to change with the times, and gets himself harangued, harassed, and hurried to his death for his efforts.
— Nov 29, 2012 07:05PM
Ryan Patrick
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The papacy had the most sophisticated governmental apparatus of the thirteenth century (but that still doesn't mean they were all-powerful, despite their rhetoric).
— Nov 18, 2012 08:43PM
Ryan Patrick
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We hit the zenith of papal power: Innocent III
— Nov 15, 2012 08:10PM
Ryan Patrick
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Ahh... the papal monarchy defeats Frederick Basbarossa.
— Nov 14, 2012 05:51PM
Ryan Patrick
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Charlemagne becomes emperor, but what kind of emperor?
— Oct 09, 2012 06:50PM
Ryan Patrick
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Through Gregory the Great and the 'Byzantine Captivity' now.
— Oct 08, 2012 07:06PM
