middle ages people were controlled by the church. Leaders led by divine rule‚ deriving their power through God and the church. There was no separation of church and state and no single king‚ queen or other royalty‚ other than the church through the Pope‚ united the European countries. The Catholic Church used this opportunity to become the super power of Europe. The Church controlled everything‚ including the reproduction of books. The monasteries reproduced manuscripts manually and‚ accordingly
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The reign of Charlemagne marked not only the reawakening of the imperial ideal in the West‚ but also‚ for a brief time‚ the resurrection of education and a form of centralized government. For a moment‚ it looked like the Roman Empire was about to be reborn in the West. Such was not to be the case however as Charlemagne’s empire collapsed soon after his death. Though the political entity known as the Carolingian Empire vanished‚ it left a legacy that would influence the development of western Europe
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The corrupt church was failing more and more and the leaders in the church didn’t do much good to help it‚ and in fact they were the ones bringing the church to its knees. Four of the popes within the church became perpetrators‚ Pope Boniface VII‚ Pope Alexander VI‚ Pope Gregory XI‚ and Pope John XXIII. Pope Boniface VIII started his decline when he had a firm policy when dealing with someone‚ and therefore he refused compromising‚ and because of this it ended up being harmful towards him. More so
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church wished. The pope was the absolute political and social leader of the church and as the church had the most authority‚ he controlled almost everything in all Christian nations which were sometimes called Christendom during the Middle Ages. The main reason of the immense power of the church was the fact that it owned over one-third of all the land in Europe (largest landholder) and collected a large amount of tax from the public. Power disputes were common between the pope and the crown. Since
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his “church” to do His work. There have been many key people and events that have shaped the church through its two thousand year‚ roller-coaster history. Secular rulers and religious leaders‚ popes and laity have all played a significant role in this event filled history. In particular‚ Saint Peter‚ Pope Innocent III‚ and the Second Vatican Council were very influential in shaping the Catholic Church into what it is today. Saint Peter was arguably the most important Saint‚ as he was the head
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Introduction In this essay I will first briefly discuss the background that led to the revolt of Martin Luther against the Christian Church. Next I will discuss the major differences between his thoughts and the ideas of the Medieval Latin-Rite tradition in a systematic way and finally conclude this essay by evaluating the thoughts of Martin Luther. Background It is believed that the western Church needed to be reformed at the beginning of the sixteen-century[1] for various reasons. One of the
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to coerce lazy bishops. Anyone doubting Gregory’s capacity for tactical somersaults in the matter of clerical and secular spheres of activity can turn to a letter of 1074‚ suggesting that Gregory‚ as pope‚ lead an army to rescue Byzantium from the Turks‚ and the king is to look after the Roman church while the pope is away. A pope so reliant on allies had no choice but such ideological gymnastics; nor should it need saying though it does‚ and Cowdrey again says it with a new degree of authority that Gregory was not the only one to shift his positions
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Michelangelo’s Moses The Michelangelo sculpture that I have chosen to write about is Moses. The immediate thing that struck me about this sculpture that led to me choosing to write about it is due to the intricate details in the muscle tone‚ and hair detail (in particular his beard). After looking at it for a little I came to realize that its not just about the details that attracted me to it but also caught my eye for the incredibly stoic look on Moses’ face and the bizarre element of horns. And
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The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe were both very powerful nations between 700 and 1300 CE. That was an important time in the history of the world‚ when many changes were taking place. People were making decisions on what place they wanted to be loyal to‚ and these Empires did not always get along. The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe both left lasting effects on Europe and the world‚ but were vastly different in religious matters and in political systems. The Byzantine Empire and Western
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church‚ the term "pope‚" which means “father‚” was used for any important and respected bishop‚ and the bishop of Rome was one of several important bishops in Christendom.” Rome had always been respected for its relationship with Peter and Paul and its position as the church in the Empire’s capital‚ especially after Christianity was legalized under Emperor Constantine. The doctrine of the supremacy of the pope finally reached its pinnacle in the late 13th century‚ when Pope Boniface VIII claimed
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