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    the Lutheran religion. In England‚ another reformation took place. Henry XIII ’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon was not producing a son‚ so Henry wanted a divorce. When the pope refused to grant the divorce‚ Henry severed all ties with him‚ and made himself the Supreme Head of the Anglican Church‚ or simply put‚ the pope of England. Meanwhile‚ in France yet another reformation was started by a man named John Calvin who had fled to Geneva because the French Monarchy suppressed Protestants. In Geneva

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    How Can I be Saved? The question that many based their lives around and tried to find a constant answer to. Although there is no clear concise answer‚ Martin Luther‚ a German priest‚ believed the answer lay in the Bible and in the hands of God (Eriks). He thought predestination was the correct way of thinking. This is contradictory towards what Desiderius Erasmus‚ a Renaissance scholar‚ thought. He thought that free will was the answer‚ and that how a person acted and lived their life would decide

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    churches would often hold offices from many different churches. This was “illegal” at the time; however‚ it was commonly overlooked. The Council of Trent decided to end pluralism which was partially the reason the catholic reformation began. Also‚ Pope Leo X allowed John Tetzel to sell indulgences to gain revenue to build St. Paul’s Basilica. People thought they could pay a certain amount of money for a sin to be forgiven. This originally started Protestantism by Martin Luther. Trying to unite the

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    In the Middle Ages‚ many parts of Western Europe were falling‚ but the Roman Catholic Church had risen up from the darkness and influenced almost all of Western Europe. In this period of time‚ the Church had so much religious‚ political and economic power. The Church would start by “forcing” the people of Western Europe to believe and participate in Church life by giving them an opportunity to an everlasting afterlife. Then‚ from those who came‚ the Church gained wealth from donations and other reasons

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    King’s Council‚ written by Robert Aske in December of 1536‚ many things are asked of the Council. "To have the supreme head of the Church be the Pope in Rome as before (Doc. 5)." Henry VII had become the head of the Church by the Act of Supremacy in 1534. The demonstrations and protests of the Pilgrimage of Grace were in part reactions to this act. The Pope had been the face of the Church for past centuries. Now‚ the King‚ a protestant political figure head‚ was also the leader of the Church. This

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    Constitution of the Clergy wants Church officials to be elected instead of appointed. Elections are not subject to papal confirmation which means that the new bishop may not apply to the pope for any form of confirmation. The new constitution states that the clergy must swear an oath to France first and God and the pope second. They want us to become loyal servants of the state instead of servants of God and the church. This is the direction that France is going in if the Civil Constitution of the

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    part of the Byzantine Empire. (NEW PARAGRAPH) When the Turks threatened the capital city of Constantinople‚ the Byzantine emperor appealed to the pope in Rome. Because Christian pilgrims going to Palestine came home with reports of persecution from the Turks‚ the Byzantine emperor’s appeal for help found a reception in Europe. (NEW PARAGRAPH) Pope Urban I wanted to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims. He called a great meeting of church leaders and French nobles at Clermont France in 1095. At

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    The short yet significant reign of Edward bought with it a series of severe changes to England and all those within it‚ many of them taking a religious nature. As the once unquestionable authority of the church became challenged by both critics and affiliates alike‚ England witnessed an almost inevitable reformation. However‚ the impact on the majority was not necessarily beneficial- as Duffy wrote‚ the Reformation bought with it an ‘assault on traditional religion’‚ leaving many men that ‘breathed

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    going to the church such as in the office of the Pope and His reign. The Germans aristocrats also backed up much on the Lutheran

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    9/10 – 9/14 P.1 Neuman AP Euro Ch.9/10 Review Questions Kagan Western Heritage 8th edition Chapter 9 (1300-1527) 1. What were the underlying and precipitating causes of the Hundred Years’ War? What advantages did each side have? Why were the French able to drive the English almost entirely out of France? The first underlying and precipitating cause of the Hundred Years’ War was that England and France were too closely proximate emergent territorial powers. Another cause of the Hundred Years’

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