Final Readings Flashcards
(19 cards)
Pope Urban’s Speeches
1095: in the four accounts of Pope Urban II’s speech, he justifies the crusade by dubbing the Seljuks as demons and heretics, and speaks of the desecration of holy sites, and promises remission of sins for crusaders
Raban: Martyrs in the Rhineland
1096: The crusaders kill Jews in the Holy Roman Empire on their way to the Holy Land
Bernard Gui: On the Albigensians
13th century: Cathar’s believe the Latin church is hypocritical, they don’t believe in the Eucharist, translate the bible into the vernacular. He gets them to confess through questioning and threats
Fourth Lateran Council
1215: Pope Innocent called it: established Doctrine of Transubstantiation, how to deal with heretics, how to deal with Jews, and called for another crusade
Magna Carta
1215/1216: Lays out the rights of the people and of the king: laws for when and how much to tax, laws for dispensing justice, and security clause about a council of barons (was written by King John’s barons)
Peter Waldo: the Chronicle of Lyon
1173: the Waldnesians embodied popular religion because they made it easier for people to connect with God on a personal level by translating the bible into the vernacular and living a life that emulated Christ
Hildegard’s Letters
12th century: She gave advice to kings and scolded them for their mistakes: significant because female roles in the church were so limited at this time
Rule of the Franciscan Order
1223: take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, but aren’t cloistered like monks
Sarum Manual: procedures for isolating lepers
1360s: lepers are given last rites like a dead man and then removed from the city and made to live in a leprosaria and wear a bell to announce their presence.
Jewish host desecration story
A Jewish man tried to “kill” the host and it bled, the family converted to Christianity but the man was killed, people flocked to see the bleeding host
Female Physician at the University of Paris
1322: Because women could not attend the universities and doctors were now required to be licensed, Jacoba was treated poorly by licensed doctors, even though she was curing people they had given up on
Juvaini: on Mongol Women
13th century: Torgene and Sorghatani Beki were elite women who had power in the Mongol world after their husbands died
Rashid al-Din: Samarkind
13th century: the Mongol’s treatment of towns who surrendered and towns who didn’t were a type of psychological warfare that helped make them successful
William of Rubruck: Religious Debate at Court
1253: Many representatives of religions are invited to Mongke’s court to teach him about their religion and to have a public debate with each other: symbolizes the Mongol tradition of learning about religions to use them as a tool
Rabban Sauma: Journey from the East
13th Century: the pope hosts a Nestorian Christian and learns that they are not that different from Orthodox Christianity; this a bid for support form the Nestorian Christians because he is losing his influence
Marco Polo and Rustichello: The Travels
1300: tells of Kinsai and the glory of Qubilai’s court, as well as the caste system and prosperity in the Yuan Empire
Ludolph of Suchem: Muslim Conquest of Acre
1291: Attributes the fall of Acre largely to Christian infighting
Philip V of France: Call for the Recovery of the Holy Land
1318: This call for the recovery of the Holy Land by a secular king shows how far papal power has fallen
Heinrich von Diessenhoven: Blaming the Jews
1348: a rumor spread that Jews were poisoning Christians and causing the black death; the pope refuted it but the people continued to riot
