area. He set out determined to unite all Germanic people into one kingdom‚ and convert his subjects to Christianity. Charlemagne was a gifted military strategist‚ much of his rule was occupied with fighting so as to achieve his objectives. In 800‚ Pope Leo III delegated Charlemagne to head of the Romans. During this time‚ he empowered the Carolingian Renaissance‚ a social and intelligent restoration in Europe. When he passed away in 814‚ Charlemagne’s domain included much of Western Europe‚ and he
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division of the Western Christendom into two: different divisions: Roman Catholicism and the new formed Protestant traditions. The Pope found out about these divisions‚ and was angry at Luther for his actions. When they asked his to take down his beliefs and “keep it to himself” he refused‚ and that ended in excommunication with the pope. Luther wrote ‘The 95 Theses’‚ in relation in which he criticized the beliefs of the Catholics and he called for reforms. After
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Pepin forced him off the throne. In order to gain the title of King of the Franks‚ Pepin made a deal with Pope Stephen II that if he attacked the Lombards and forced them to abandon Ravenna‚ he would receive papal approval of this new title of king. In doing so‚ Pepin gave a portion of the conquered land to the pope‚ known as The Donation of Pepin. As a result‚ the new alliance between the pope and the Franks marked the end of the papal dependence upon the
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Baccio Bandinelli: The Self-Elevation of a Renaissance Artist Bartolommeo “Baccio” Bandinelli was a Florentine sculpture‚ painter‚ and draftsman in the early sixteenth century. Bandinelli practiced his craft during the same period as the famous Michelangelo‚ who painted the Sistine Chapel‚ and considered himself Michelangelo’s rival in sculpting. Many critiqued Bandinelli at the time of his work‚ claiming that his pieces were not as great as Michelangelo or other artists of the time. Despite
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Leo Africanus was a captured slave given to Pope Leo X after the reconquest of Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella. He was baptized in 1519 and sent to Africa in order to observe and report back to the pope what he saw. In 1526‚ Africanus traveled through Timbuktu‚ a large city in the Songhai Empire in Western Sudan‚ a region consisting of the Sahel and surrounding grasslands from the east Atlantic coast through the western Lake Chad. His account shows that the society had a booming economy‚ citizens
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created to denounce the old Roman ways of promiscuity. P.11: In the early thirteenth century‚ papal influence peaked under the guidance of Pope Innocent III. Ascension of the social ladder was most easily done by worship of Christ. P.13: The Church adopts old pagan traditions in hope of transitioning those who still had faith in the old Roman Gods. P.14: Emperor Leo III of the Byzantine Empire denounced the integration of pagan traditions especially attempts to render holy figures into image. He considered
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years Catholic church was single factor of unity in Europe .Withing fifty years Catholic church start loosing it position and power. With the break of holy Roman Empire local princess made mini states and the rulers didn’t want wealth and power go to pope. Rise of secular and humanists also weakened the connection to Rome.There was abuse of power and courtship in the Church.Some corrupt practices include simony selling of church offices ‚ pluralism which a person who owned more than 2 church offices
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indulgences protestants and other anti-pope figures such as Savonarola‚ Hus‚ Wycliffe‚ and Luther‚ began speaking out of the corruptions and abuses of the church. It it was for the sale of indulgences (purely economic) there would be no reason for the reformation. The sale of indulgances went on for a long while. They were peddled everywhere. They were sold for several reasons‚ such as funding crusades‚ pope pocket money‚ feed the humanistic tasts of the pope. The people recieved salvation‚ were
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away to have a standing Army. In return the Empire needed to make a deal with the Normans whom were somewhat consequently always attacking Byzantium. This would have caused a problem in that in that the pact that Michael VII made had thinned the troops. The standing army that he had instituted during peace times sent these troops to other areas of the vast empire‚ areas of less importance. This left Constantinople unprotected and open for an outside attack to happen. “In 1081 Robert Guiscard abandons
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Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. Its roots are in the Hebrew prophets who announced God’s special love for the poor and called God’s people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ‚ who came "to bring glad tidings to the poor . . . liberty to captives . . . recovery of sight to the blind"(Lk 4:18-19)‚ and who identified himself with "the least of these‚" the hungry and the stranger (cf. Mt 25:45). Catholic
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