Chapter 14: Reform and Renewal in the Christian Church Homework The Great Schism: The Babylonian Captivity was the blasting fuse of the Great Schism. It was a period of division when the popes resided in Avignon‚ where there were three rival popes holding their own administrative offices and own followers. The schism weakened the religious faith of Christians‚ and discredited the Roman Catholic Church’s prestige. The Conciliar Movement was the outcome. Absenteeism: It was one of the Church
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Shattering"‚ is the book’s longest section‚ expanding upon a number of events that Manchester regards as embodying the end of the Middle Ages as well as the early period of the Renaissance. It relates extensive anecdotes regarding a pope from the formidable medieval Borgia family‚ Pope Alexander VI‚ focusing on his "wild" celebrations and extensive nepotism. Continuing with his focus in regard to spirituality‚ Manchester writes on the rise of humanism in the early Renaissance days and its celebration of secularism
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Carolingian line‚ 1 was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III (795 - 816). The coronation took place during mass at the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome; immediately following the coronation‚ the acclamation of the people of Rome was heard: “To Charles‚ the most pious Augustus‚ crowned by God‚ the great and peace - giving Emperor‚ life and victory.” After this proclamation was made three times‚ the king “was adored by the pope in the manner of ancient princes; and‚ the title of patricius
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event that happened and it was called the Great Schism. The Great Schism‚ also known‚ as the Great Divide was a split within the Catholic Church. This happened because several men claimed to be the real Pope. In 1377 when the papacy had returned to Rome‚ the cardinals elected a new Italian pope after Gregory died. The French on
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As universitas began to arise‚ Pope Gregory IX issued a warning to theologians in Paris‚ instructing them that their teachings on theology were to remain “pure of worldly learning”. However‚ Boethius‚ a roman philosopher who is described as the “first of the scholastic theologians”‚ had already translated much of Aristotle’s work and by the eleventh and twelfth centuries‚ much of what philosophers knew of Aristotle‚ had come from him. While the Pope had instructed Theologians to stay away
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MEDIEVAL EUROPE: FROM THE FALL OF ROME TO THE RENAISSANCE A BACKGROUND READING LINKING CLASSICAL TO MODERN TIMES (Reprinted with permission from George Roswell‚ Rancho Buena Vista High School‚ Vista‚ CA. May 2010) From approximately 200 B.C. to 476 A.D.‚ the "civilized" areas of Europe and the Near East were dominated‚ ruled‚ and imprinted with a lasting influence from the Roman Empire. At its greatest extent‚ the Roman Empire stretched east to include Greece‚ Turkey‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia and
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force in Europe‚ the church was able to touch everyone’s lives. The Pope even had power to interdict an entire region if he wanted to. The legacy of the
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CCOT ESSAY During the Early Modern Period the world was experiencing many changes‚ some of which included religion. There were many changes in religion in Western Europe during the Early Modern Period (1450-1750) including changes in the Roman Catholic Church‚ due to the Protestant Reformation‚ and the creation of the Church of England; however‚ a constant throughout this period was the fact that Western Europe remained predominately Christian. At the beginning of the Early Modern Era most of
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he Protestant Reformation which began as a movement to reform the Church but then later turned into a rebellion against it‚ resulted in a number of non-Catholic religions know today as Protestant religions. This Reformation began mainly due to the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church but also due to political issues with surrounding states of the Holy Roman Empire. Europeans were plagued with death and disease like smallpox and the bubonic plague‚ which made them fear for their eternal salvation
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extended to northeast Spain‚ Bavaria‚ north Italy Charlemagne’s Administration Capital city at Aachen (in modern Germany) Relied on aristocratic deputies‚ known as counts Used missi dominici to oversee local authorities Charlemagne as Emperor Pope Leo III proclaimed Charlemagne emperor‚ 800 The coronation strained relations with Byzantine emperors The Age of the Vikings Louis the Pious Invasions Vikings Devolution of Political Authority Economy and Society in Early Medieval Europe
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