The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ it resulted in the deaths of about 75 to 200 million people in Europe in the years 1346–53. The cause of this sudden eruption of the plague is not exactly known. From the Gobi desert‚ it spread out in all directions. The plague then spread eastward to China. During the expansion of trade during the Early and High Middle ages‚ trade routes with China were strengthened and ventured greatly. European traders‚ particularly those
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factors that must take into consideration. For instance Wolsey’s failure sometimes was out of his control as Queen Catherine was Charles V’s aunt so he would never accept the annulment in fear of hear being humiliated. Charles also had captured Pope Clement this meant that all decisions would have been controlled and manipulated to Charles’ will‚ delaying the annulment even more. Another failure that was out of Wolsey’s control was the role of factions within the court‚ Anne Boleyn and her family
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Machiavelli-Ideals of the Renaissance: An Analysis of Machiavelli’s principles It has been the general outlook among political philosophers that there is a particular association between moral goodness and legitimate authority. Many authors believed that the use of political power was only correct if it was employed by a ruler whose personal moral character was strictly virtuous. Therefore‚ rulers were advised that if they wanted to be a successful ruler‚ they must behave according to the conventional
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the debate with Cajetan in 1518‚ Luther remained unmoved and incredibly defiant of his ideologies and this developed his idea of the sola scriptura. Luther’s defiance improved the progression of the reformation and claimed that the Pope was incorrect about his Clement VI’s bull and that it was contrary to the sola scriptura; thus providing him more influence over all the other theologians who were present. At the debate Cajetan questioned Luther’s thoughts on
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catholic church by Pope Leo X in 1520. the prayers are set in sets of decades. these decades reflect on the mysteries and events in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. The laity wanted to be able to pray with the monks. The monks came up with a solution to use sets of prayers so the laity could keep pace with them. This would help both groups start and finish together. The rosary was revealed first to Saint Dominic by Mary. This belief is supported by thirteen popes. Pope Clement VIII declared
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The Medieval times and the Renaissance each had their separate views of humanism. The Renaissance rejected all beliefs and ideas that the Medieval times had developed. Medieval times thought that the human body and individualism were sinful while Renaissance thinkers said that individualism should be glorified. The main complaints made against the church were corruption and hypocrisy within the clergy. These complaints reflected the Renaissance ideas of individualism in that the clergy thought that
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that started years ago. “All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews‚ their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate peoples into a state of poverty‚ especially farmers‚ working-class people‚ and the very poor.” (- Pope Clement VIII‚ 1592) The Pope initiates a prejudice against the Jewish people. He believes they are deceitful and will betray you‚ especially when it comes to money. This is where the beginning of anti-Judaism originated. Hitler becomes inspires]d and this leads him
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away from it. For example‚ the Great Schism. The Great Schism greatly reduced the Church?s popularity when there was so much confusion over who was Pope. In 1378 the Cardinals in Rome elected Prignano to be Pope‚ but they soon chose Robert of Geneva to be Pope. Robert called himself Clement VIII and left Rome to Avingnon. Much chaos followed because the Pope was not home to solve problems with Protestants‚ etc. A third long-term cause was that the Church owned lots of land. This was an economic reason
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The order of command in the Church: Clergy: Religious officials. The members of the Clergy could usually read and write‚ as oppose to the peasants of the time‚ who most usually could not. All of the Clergy were under the authority of the Pope. Pope: The pope was the head of the Catholic Church. Bishops: The Bishops supervised Local parish priests. Local priests: The local parish priests had the most influence on people as he had more contact with the people of his area. 3. How the Church
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(Mary I)‚ Henry wanted a son to succeed him on the thrown and Catherine was unable to give him anymore children. Henry also wanted to marry his lover‚ Anne Boleyn but her nephew‚ Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was strongly opposed and he was holding Pope Clement VIII prisoner so he could not approve the divorce without displeasing his captor. Another obvious reason was to do with religion. Henry may have been sympathetic to ideas of protestant‚ Martin Luther and therefore rejected Catholicism. It was
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