that split up Europe. The protest against the church was not entirely new. In England there had been similar protests in the 14th century: although these had been crushed. Luther gained a lot of support for his ideas. Many people were unhappy with the Pope and the Church. The Reformation began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The Protestant Reformation started in the northern and central parts of Europe. This area was affected because it is further away from the Catholic religious capital
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bodies would hang from a single scaffold-by men frantic to eat the warm flesh raw"(54). Manchester describes how dire starvation really was for peasants. Rulers were too busy overpowering each other that the cries of suffering cannot be heard. While popes‚ monks‚ and priests collected indulgences to satisfy their pockets‚men eat each other’s flesh. Violence rose‚ especially when the culprits were easily forgiven by surrendering money. Manchester writes‚"’As an incentive donors would receive‚ not only
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The Middle Ages were affected greatly by economic improvement‚ the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church‚ and the Bubonic Plague‚ which ultimately collapsed the feudal system and forced Europeans to become more independent through a secular way of thinking. The Middle Ages took place in Europe from around 476 A.D. to the beginning of the Renaissance period in the 14th century. Under the protection of the Roman Catholic Church‚ feudal society was gradually formed‚ which relied on an exchange of
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1. After the fall of Rome‚ Feudalism took hold as the new form of political organization instead of kings and local nobility. As a result‚ there was no longer a strong government to maintain the quality and safety of roads and bridges for public use and ravel became dangerous and even more difficult. The lords who stood at the top of the Feudalism hierarchy did not need trade to run their manors as most were self-sustaining‚ so none tried to improve the traveling situation. This caused traveling
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Have you aver questioned authority or superior forces than yourself? Martin Luther and John Calvin‚ two famous theologians deeply questioned their times authority‚ the Catholic Church. These two had created a new way of thinking and voicing it out‚ especially when it comes to religion. Questioning the Catholic Church and the works that came with that made both of them landmark points in the world’s history but the question relies on why they attacked the fundamental principles of the church. The
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the pope. The most important thing in this divine tradition is the Bible‚ its text determined and disseminated by the church. The church‚ according to the Roman Catholic catechism‚ is the only Christian body that is "one‚ holy‚ catholic (universal)". The doctrine of apostolic succession is one of the key parts of the Catholic faith. It says that the pope (the vicar of Christ) and the bishops have in varying degrees the spiritual authority Jesus assigned to his apostles. The voice of the pope‚ either
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Peter to be the rock upon which His Church shall be built (Matt. 16:18.) Throughout the centuries‚ the earthy head of the Church (the Pope) had been divinely passed down; starting with Peter and so on and so forth. The authority of the men that have held the said position has been challenged repeatedly. Before the time of the Poststent Reformation‚ the authority of the Pope was being held in question by a man by the name of John Wycliffe. John Wycliffe was born in the United Kingdom in 1320. Wycliffe
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Western Europe was under the rule of the Roman Empire until the empire collapsed in 500 CE. During the recovery time of 500 CE to 900 CE‚ Western Europe was developed by the impact and spread of Christianity. As Christianity spread throughout the world from 200 CE to 1300 CE‚ the impact of the religion changed the gender relations‚ economic structure and political institution of Western Europe. During the Roman Empire reign over Western Europe‚ the women in the upper class families had great influence
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roman catholic church was manipulating the way and the truth of the bible and its teaching‚ not only were they‚ teaching false things but they were‚ saying that good things would come out of that evil. Rome taught that all who did not acknowledge the pope as God’s representative on earth and the Roman Catholic Church as the only true church were
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2.3 Study Questions Early (Dark) Middle Ages Chapter Fifteen‚ “Europe to the Early 1500s: Revival‚ Decline‚ and Renaissance” The High and Late Middle Ages—Chapter Fifteen As compared to its experience in the early Middle Ages‚ Europe in the High Middle Ages was a. more decentralized. c. less militaristic. b. less isolated. d. more religiously diverse. Which is the best summary
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