Medieval Europe The 13th Century
Overview 1202: pope Innocent III claims extensive papal power 1204: Constantinople looted by Crusaders Fourth Crusade 1209: Francis of Assisi founds the Franciscan religious order 1212: Iberian Muslims crushed in Spanish Crusade 1215: English king John seals the Magna Carta Fourth Lateran Council meets in Rome 1217: Dominic’s order of wandering preachers, the Friars Preacher (aka “Dominicans”) given papal recognition
Overview (cont.) 1227: Ulrich von Lichtenstein’s Venusfahrt 1241: beginning of the Hanseatic League 1250: death of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen Stupor Mundi 1255: the Church approved use of torture in the hunt for heretics c. 1280: Marco Polo at the Great Khan’s court c. 1290: the invention of spectacles in Italy
Pope Innocent III R The most powerful of the medieval popes well educated in both canon law and theology the dominant figure in Europe during his papacy
Francis of Assisi Founder of the Franciscan Order and one of the most honored saints of the Catholic faith Below: trying to convert the Egyptian sultan
St. Francis (cont.) The patron saint of ecology
The Franciscans The order was founded in 1209 by St. Francis Poverty and the Regula primitiva “primitive rule” c. 1300: violent disputes between the Spirituals and the Conventuals
St. Dominic Founder of the Order of Friars Preachers the “Dominicans” express purpose: to preach against and otherwise combat heresy right: Dominic oversees the burning of unacceptable books
Dominican friars Like the Franciscans, they sought to challenge the wealth and laxity of the older monastic orders
The Courtly Lover Below: the remarkable Ulrich von Lichtenstein
Stupor Mundi Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen De arte venandi cum avibus
The great dispute Right: a representation of God with the pope and the emperor Whose authority is hereby greatest?