Talk:Curia Christi

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I created the article but don't know how to add the refs. The first three refs are for the last three paragraphs, respectively.

One reason this was probably not created earlier is that much of the material about the Crusades comes from an earlier period (pre-World War I probably) when Mainz was called, in English and NOT just in French, Mayence. So a search for the "Diet of Mayence" reveals more than "Diet of Mainz."

Evangeline (talk) 02:21, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Innaccuracies?
I believe the diet may have happened in 1184. Also, from two sources I have read it is mainly a celebration of Barbarossa's kingship and pece in his empire; on the other hand during my research on Barbarossa I have come across a lot of contradictory information, so I am not sure. See: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TccPuWKAxBkC&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=barbarossa+diet+of+mainz&source=bl&ots=fzO7-iF40J&sig=U4tS4_HfFW_AISfnrc2MAmI2oyY&hl=en&ei=_28jTZOMC8eZhQfw2523Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=diet%20of%20mainz&f=false —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.172.10.2 (talk) 19:12, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree that the authorities are not consistent on whether the event in 1188 was strictly a "diet" - but it does seem clear that it was in March 1188 in Mainz Cathedral that Barbarossa vowed to take up the cross: see e.g. http://www.allcrusades.com/CHRONOLOGICAL/chrono-1150-1188.html - "Third Crusade (1188-92) begins when The Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I (called Barbarossa, than 70 years of age) takes the cross at the diet of Mainz known as the 'curia Jesu Christi'.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.189.127.36 (talk) 20:12, 22 April 2011 (UTC)