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Tag: Medieval History

2.3 Ethiopia – Estifanos

February 19, 2021 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

Estifanos (1380-1454) is sometimes known as Africa’s first protestant, even though he lived 70 years before the Reformation. He believed…

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Filed under: African Christianity, African History, Church history, ethiopia, Medieval History

2.2 Ethiopia – Zara Yaqob

January 15, 2021 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

With Frumentius and Ezana, the Ethiopian church got off to a great start, but things did not stay that way.…

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Filed under: African Christianity, African History, ethiopia, Medieval History

1.18- Brigid, Columcille, and Columbanus

November 25, 2019 Eric Clausen 2d Comments

We continue our time in Ireland. Once Patrick was gone, the next generations would carry on his work. And before…

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Filed under: Church history, Irish History, Medieval History

1.16- Jean Gerson

August 26, 2019 Eric Clausen

You have probably never heard of Jean Gerson, and that is a shame. Most students of Church History do not…

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Filed under: Church history, French History, Medieval History, Reformation

1.15 – Jan Hus

July 29, 2019 Eric Clausen

The fate of Jan Hus is a great tragedy in the history of the Church. He was an ardent follower…

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Filed under: Church history, Czech History, Medieval History, Reformation

1.14 – John Wycliffe

June 10, 2019 Eric Clausen

John is known to some as the “Morning Star of the Reformation,” and to others, as the “Master of Error”.…

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Filed under: Church history, English History, Medieval History, Reformation

1.13 – Christine de Pizan

May 13, 2019 Eric Clausen

It’s fitting this episode comes out the day after Mother’s day, as Christine was a good mother. She was also…

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Filed under: Church history, Medieval History

1.12b – Guillaume de Machaut with Christian Guebert (Part 2)

April 29, 2019 Eric Clausen

This is the second part of the interview with Christian, so don’t listen to it until you’ve finished Part 1.

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Filed under: Church history, Medieval History, Music History

1.12a – Guillaume de Machaut with Christian Guebert (Part 1)

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Today is a special interview episode! My friend and PhD candidate Christian Guebert will join us to take a look…

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Filed under: Church history, Medieval History, Music History

1.11 – Louis IX

April 1, 2019 Eric Clausen

This episode we will learn about a king, known as “St. Louis”. Louis IX is one of only a few…

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Filed under: Church history, Crusades, French History, Medieval History

1.10 – Francis of Assisi

March 11, 2019 Eric Clausen

Today we will learn about our most famous forebearer yet: Francis of Assisi, also known simply as St. Francis. He…

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Filed under: Church history, Italian History, Medieval History, Missionary History

1.9 – Hildegard of Bingen

February 22, 2019 Eric Clausen

Today we will discover a woman who defies categorization. Hildegard was a mystic, a theologian, an administrator, a composer, a…

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Filed under: Church history, Medieval History, Music History

1.8 -Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim

January 28, 2019 Eric Clausen

This episode we will discover the 10th Century playwright Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim. She is very distinguished as being both the…

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Filed under: Christian Women, Church history, Medieval History, Women's History

1.7 – Anselm of Canterbury

January 7, 2019 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

This episode we will jump ahead a little bit, to the 1000s. We’ll take a look at a great scholar,…

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Filed under: Church history, English History, Medieval History, Theology

1.6 – Cyril and Methodius

December 9, 2018 Eric Clausen

This episode we will look at two missionary brothers in the mid 800s AD.  These two brothers were born in…

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Filed under: Church history, Eastern Christianity, Medieval History, Orthodox Christianity

1.5 – St. John of Damascus

November 21, 2018 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

In this episode we are going east, all the way to Syria.  Here we will meet John Mansur, more commonly…

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Filed under: Church history, Early Church, Eastern Christianity, Medieval History

1.4 – Alcuin

October 29, 2018 Eric Clausen

This episode we will look at Alcuin, the great teacher of Charlemagne’s court, and the key part of a mini…

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Filed under: Charlemagne, Church history, French History, Medieval History

1.3 – Boniface and Leoba

October 8, 2018 Eric Clausen 1 Comment

This Episode we will look at a student of the schools and monasteries of Theodore, a missionary named Boniface.  He…

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Filed under: Church history, German History, Medieval History

1.2 – Augustine, Theodore, and Bede

October 4, 2018 Eric Clausen

This episode we will look at the missionary work that Gregory started in England last episode.  We will see how…

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Filed under: British History, Church history, English History, Medieval History

1.1 – Gregory the Great

October 1, 2018 Eric Clausen

In this episode we look at Gregory the Great (540-604).  We’ll see how Gregory led the church from collapsing to…

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Filed under: Christianity, Church history, Early Church, Medieval History

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