William of Tyre (c. 1130–1186) was a
medievalprelate and
chronicler. He grew up in
Jerusalem at the height of the
Kingdom of Jerusalem, which had been established in 1099 after the
First Crusade, and he spent twenty years studying the
liberal arts and
canon law in the
universities of Europe. Following William's return to Jerusalem in 1165, King
Amalric I made him an ambassador to the
Byzantine Empire. William became tutor to the king's son, the future King
Baldwin IV, whom William discovered to be a
leper. After Amalric's death William became
chancellor and archbishop of Tyre, two of the highest offices in the kingdom, and in 1179 William led the eastern delegation to the
Third Council of the Lateran. As he was involved in the dynastic struggle that developed during Baldwin IV's reign, his importance waned when a rival faction gained control of royal affairs. He was passed over for the prestigious
Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and died in obscurity, probably in 1186. William wrote an account of the Lateran Council and a history of the Islamic states from the time of
Muhammad. Neither work survives. He is famous today as the author of a history of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the only source for the history of twelfth-century Jerusalem written by a native. (more...)
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Rob Lowe was originally expected to leave the comedy television series Parks and Recreation after the episode "Indianapolis", but he instead signed on as a permanent cast member?
1923 – Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of
Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of
modern art in the U.S.
A broken
cap of a blue milk mushroom (Lactarius indigo), turned so that
gills are clearly visible. The
common name refers to the milky
latex that exudes when the mushroom tissue is cut or broken. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America. It is an
edible mushroom, and is sold in rural markets in Mexico, Guatemala, and China.
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