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Publications authored by the Medieval Institute are released through the Medieval Institute Publications university press imprint. [6] This press, which was founded in 1978 and became a member of the Association of University Presses in 2011, [6] [7] specializes in "archeology, art history, dance, drama, history, literature, music, philosophy, and theology of the European Middle Ages and early ...
The International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual academic conference held for scholars specializing in, or with an interest in, medieval studies. It is sponsored by the Medieval Institute at the Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and is held during the first half of May. The Congress is the largest annual gathering ...
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, 1883 (Detroit, Michigan) St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, 1926 (Detroit, Michigan) Saint Mary of Good Counsel Catholic Church (Adrian, Michigan)
The parish of St. Paul was founded in 1824, by the Rev. Richard Fish Cadle, as the first Episcopal and the first Protestant congregation in what was then Michigan Territory. [2] The original site of St. Paul's church was on Woodward Avenue, between Congress and Larned. In 1851 the church moved to the corner of Congress at Shelby.
The church building was constructed of Grand River limestone and completed in 1850. Grand Rapids continued to grow as did the parish and a new church was soon needed. In 1875, the present church was started on Sheldon Boulevard and completed a year later. On May 19, 1882 Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Grand Rapids. [3]
The Rt. Rev. Perry, who leads the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan, was at St. David's Episcopal Church on 12 Mile to kick off the start of a gun buyback and destruction program at several churches ...
The medieval Church was an institution where social mobility was most likely achieved up to a certain level (generally to that of vicar general or abbot/abbess for commoners). Typically, only nobility were appointed to the highest church positions (bishops, archbishops, heads of religious orders, etc.), although low nobility could aspire to the ...