Rome. His unyielding tactics secured his victory in the Saxon War which carried on for over 30 years. In this conquest‚ King Charlemagne aimed to conjoin the Germanic tribes of Saxon and Frank by forcibly spreading the influence of Christianity. Christendom was the foundation that united his kingdom. He was revered by the leaders of nations outside his land because he was both affable and unrelenting. Charlemagne gained
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inflation all of which are tied together in a complex multiplicity making in difficult to isolate one symptom from the others. Alongside these three key factors is another two factors‚ Emperor Charles Habsburg’s (Charles V) call for expansion of Christendom by converting the natives of the New World and the desire for economic power through monopolising on the trading of specific commodities‚ mainly spices although this also including fabrics‚ foodstuffs‚ basic resources and curiosities. Exploration
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lands were burned and pillaged by an accursed race. The Byzantine emperor was in a state of emergency and requested help to fight against these people. The pope responded with a new kind of fighters to defend the lands. He called on the knights of Christendom to form a crusade. Their mission was to rescue Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks. The knights felt intense excitement and joy to fight for their religion. Their morale was high since the pope promised forgiveness for their sins if
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Sunni‚ other Christian descents‚ and Mormons. An article written by World Trade Press stated‚ “Italy‚ and especially Rome‚ is home to some of the most magnificent and revered churches‚ shrines‚ tombs‚ and relics of the martyrs in the whole of Christendom.” Italy’s capital is a hot spot for tourists‚ mainly because of the churches‚ relics‚ tombs‚ and so on. In Italy one of the most important independent nations is the Roman Catholic Vatican. One of the most important ceremonies to the Roman Catholics
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ECCLESIASTICAL CORRUPTION IN THE MIDDLE AGES Religion and faith dominated virtually every aspect of life during the middle Ages. However‚ the Church ’s influence suffered greatly during the later part of this age of faith. Many historians hold that the Medieval Church was a landmark of corruption. This view is often used to explain the decline and fall of the Church and the success of Martin Luther ’s reformation. It depicts the Church as being ruled by power hungry popes who abuse their positions
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medias. The Baroque period finished what the Renaissance started‚ and evidence of this is found in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. It is regarded as one of the holiest sites in the world and is described as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom.” It uniquely displays both the Baroque fashion and foundations of the previous Renaissance. After Emperor Constantine officially recognized Christianity‚ he began the construction of the great basilica in the year of 324 AD in the exact location
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Peter’s Basilica‚ this tremendous elliptical space further portrayed the humanist ideals of the High Renaissance. The great colonnade was “like a huge set of arms extended to embrace the faithful as they approach the principal church of Western Christendom.”2 This space allowed for greater numbers of people to gather near the church‚ and it perfectly accentuated the grandeur of the previous architect’s
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was both dominus mundi and animate lex in terries (legality personified). Moreover‚ Dante greatly expanded the concept of the individual citizen‚ collecting it into the humana civilitas. Thus‚ Dante’s ‘Roman’ was a citizen of something beyond Christendom‚ a world-government which encompassed the entire human race. The practical realisation of this was that‚ rulers‚ such a King Robert of Naples‚ were subject to the emperor and the empire‚ not just because of their Christian faith‚ but simply because
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figure in the history of Christianity because he was the first Christian emperor. Constantine built The Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on his orders at the place which is to be the original burial place of Jesus which is the holiest place in Christendom. Constantine’s conversion to Christ helped Christianity in many ways. Followers of the Christian faith were safe from persecution‚ and the Christian leaders were gifted by the Emperor. Constantine’s loyalty to Christianity assuring exposure of
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the register of Gregory’s letters‚ which used to emphasize the power of the pope‚ and to threaten king Henry’s misbehavior. This attack on the kingship was a challenge to the social order and a threat to the authority of every ruler in Western Christendom. (Bennett‚ pg. 208) Henry IV reacted to this declaration by sending Gregory VII a letter in which he withdrew his imperial support of Gregory as pope. In the letter‚ Henry thought that the kingship is “granted by God” but not received from Gregory
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