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    The First Crusade

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    Plus‚ since relations between Western Europe and Byzantium had been strained for quite some time because of the "Great Schism" of 1054‚ the Pope saw this as an excellent opportunity to help reunite them and perhaps bring them under the control of the Papacy. This expedition‚ however‚ was not to be seen as a crusade; but as an act of charity and mercy

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    In 1953 he was apponted the Patriarch of Venice and sunsequently‚ became a Cardinal (Pope 2). He became a pope shortly after following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958. Throughout his papacy‚ he was known as "Good Pope John" for his inviting warmth‚ good humor‚ and unrelenting kindness (Pope 2). One of his first acts as pope was to visit prisons saying‚ "You couldn’t come to me‚ so I come to you (Pope 3). This initial act was demonstrative

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    maintained‚ thus creating a divide between the clergy and the peasants. Hence‚ the congregation began to lose faith in the papacy and the papacy began to lose its reputation. In addition‚ at that time‚ religious writings were in limited supply‚ and most commonly sold to the highest bidder. Ergo‚ many priests did not know much about the faith‚ which created a lack of uniformity in papacy

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    Study Guide Ch. 12-14  AP European History Mr. Piersma  Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Chapter 12—The Crisis of the Later Middle Ages AP European History Style Questions Analyze the Black Death’s impact on Europe’s late medieval economy‚ society‚ and culture. Evaluate the relative importance of economic and political causes of the Hundred Years’ War. Compare and contrast the consequences of the Hundred Years’ War on England and France. Analyze the impact of late medieval political

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    streets of Peters Square‚ as the Pope John Paul II awaited his passing. Tourists‚ Romans and religious followers gathered to show their regards. This was no easy passing for the Pope‚ he lead nearly one billion Catholics over his twenty-six year papacy. In his last hour‚ everyone noticed a sense of finality with Pope John Paul II and his life. Only 46 days short of his 85 birthday‚ Pope John Paul II died at age 84. The Pope had many worsening health conditions including a heart condition‚ pneumonia

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    The Reformation

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    Lecture 2. THE REFORMATION Recap: • Political organisation: and development of Renaissance monarchies‚ move towards centralised orgnans of administration‚ expanded bureaucracies‚ use of media to burnish image of rulers • Renaissance: individualism‚ man as autonomous moral agent‚ capacity to do good or evil • Society: large percentage‚ subsitance existance. Much more space for the divine than today • History as relationship with the past: the process of our own interaction with the pas as

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    The Black Death

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    causing instability. This was due to internal conflicts on who should lead to bureaucracy. How and why did the authority and prestige of the papacy decline in the fourteenth century? The papacy began to lose control when King Philip IV chose to tax the French clergy‚ without the pope’s consent. The Struggle was based on authority between the papacy and the royal sovereignty of the monarch. The church also lost a great deal of their prestige when the cardinals had elected two popes‚ Pope

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    As noted in more detail in the SparkNote on the Fall of the Roman Empire‚ beginning in the middle of the 3rd century CE‚ the Roman Empire faced increasing Germanic tribe infiltration and internal political chaos. Romans set up generals as emperors‚ who were quickly deposed by rival claimants. This pattern continued until Diocletian (r. 284-305) rose to power in 285. He and Constantine (324-337) administratively reorganized the empire‚ engineering an absolute monarchy. Constantine the Great patronized

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    of the papacy‚ Pope Gregory’s skirmish with Henry IV ultimately ended with Henry continuing his reign of power. This was because of the Pope Gregory’s lack of military force. The uphill climb to superiority in the papacy was continued by Urban II. Pope Urban was able to recognize that Pope Gregory was too bold without proper backing: that in order to have authority over a king‚ the church must have their own means of military enforcement. In an attempt to reinforce the power of papacy and triggered

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    “calamitous era” because of three major crisis‚ the religious disruption caused by heresy and papal schism‚ the political instability caused by the Hundred Years War‚ and the social tragedy of the Black Plague. When heresy was introduced into the papacy‚ it was defined as an intellectual sin. Unlike sins such as stealing and lying‚ people accused of heresy were given only

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