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4 giorni fa · Charles of Anjou, the brother of the French king Louis IX, displaced Manfred of Sicily and inherited his title in 1266; he then organized a coalition of all parties interested in reestablishing the Latin empire, posing as the pope’s champion to lead a Crusade against the schismatic Greeks.
2 giorni fa · During the withdrawal, the Egyptians captured Charles and his two brothers, Louis IX of France and Alphonse of Poitiers. In December 1244 Louis IX took a vow to lead a crusade. Ignoring their mother's strong opposition, his three brothers—Robert, Alphonse and Charles—also took the cross.
1 giorno fa · Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477) called The Bold [a], was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. He was the only legitimate son of Philip the Good and his third wife, Isabella of Portugal. Appointed as the Count of Charolais upon his birth, Charles vied for power and ...
2 giorni fa · The crusades were religious wars that the Christian Latin church initiated, supported, and sometimes directed in the Middle Ages. The members of the church defined this movement in legal and theological terms that were based on the concepts of holy war and pilgrimage.
4 giorni fa · Cotts then considers the impact of emerging eschatological ideas, especially in Peter of Blois’ crusade-related works; for example, the 14 references to Revelation in the latter’s Passio Raginaldi effectively placed Reynald of Châtillon’s death, Jerusalem, and the forthcoming expedition in an apocalyptic context.
1 giorno fa · Louis II (the German) and Charles II (the Bald) affirmed their alliance against Lothar I with the Oath of Strasbourg (842). After several battles, including the bloody one at Fontenoy, the three brothers came to an agreement in the Treaty of Verdun (843).
5 giorni fa · Band of Crusaders embarking for the Holy Land, detail from 15th-century “Statutes of the Order of Saint Esprit.”. The increased authority of the papacy and the relative decline in the power of the emperor became clear in the unforeseen emergence of the Crusades as a major preoccupation of Europe.
