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Hapsburg of the Month: Rudolf I, Holy Roman Emperor

04 Monday May 2015

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Ruda_HabsburgOne of the Greatest of the Sacretemporal (Medieval) Hapsburgs, Rudolf I was the eighth Count of Hapsburg, and the son of Count Albrecht IV, born on May 1, 1218.  Upon his father’s death on Crusade in 1239, he inherited the Hapsburg lands in Aargau and Alsace. A just count and a holy man, he had a personal devotion to the Holy Eucharist, which would be passed on to his descendants. A faithful Catholic, he was nevertheless briefly excommunicated for supporting his godfather the heretical Emperor Frederick II and Frederick’s son Conrad IV, however the excommunication was soon lifted upon Conrad’s death in 1254 Continue reading →

Nothing “Middle” about the “Middle Ages”!

23 Thursday Apr 2015

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It’s About Time We had a New (More Truthful) Name for “the Dark Ages”

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Thanks to Isabella Rose, The Catholic Nomad, over at Reclaiming the Sacred, the so called “Medieval Period” will henceforward be know on this website as:

The Sacred Ages

And such things as were known as “Medieval” shall now be known as:

Sacretemporal

As this may seem confusing at first, I will continue to use the terms “Middle Ages” and “Medieval” in parentheses alongside these new terms.

“κῦδος” to The Catholic Nomad 🙂