Machiavelli Machiavelli lived during the Renaissance era of the Medieval times. In this time period many concepts and ideas were being reborn‚ including the Christian faith. He lived during a time period in which the people of the time thought of the Black Plague as a symptom of judgment upon the sinfulness of the land. These same people began to scourge themselves in order to express their sorrow and therefore remove God’s judgment laid upon them. Although Machiavelli lived long after the fall
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UNIT II: The Reformation Chapter 16 The Reformation The Reformation & Daily Life The Wars of Religion PART I: SHORT ANSWERS: Answer the following questions in complete paragraph form. There must be a comprehensive topic sentence and a beginning‚ middle and end to the paragraph. Be specific and use examples where appropriate. (5-7 sentences is a general guideline) Why did the Reformation begin in Germany and not in France‚ Italy‚ England or Spain? The Reformation began in Germany
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How successful was Louis XIV in achieving religious unity in France in the years 1661-1715? (24 marks). For Louis XIV‚ achieving religious unity in France was of major concern as it was a challenge to his absolutism. Being a devote Catholic‚ Louis wanted to unite France under Catholicism as the presence of other unorthodox religions meant that Louis was not supported in every way‚ like an absolute King should be. Many‚ including Louis‚ saw the King of France to be ‘The Most Christian King’‚ and
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How succesfully did Italian governments deal with the problems they faced between 1896-1915 The liberal Italian Government faced many problems in the period between 1896 to 1915; Italy was in a political‚ economical and social state and was being held back in many ways because of this. Giolitti brought promising progress to Italy but could not solve all of the problems the government faced by 1915. Perhaps the most apparent and important problem which faced Italy was that of their economic situation
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Once the Roman empire collapsed‚ Christian Europeans civilizations began to emerge in Western Europe. The Frankish rule the emerged from within Rome established a Christian state that lasted that was founded by Clovis and was continually passed down to the sons from the Merovingians founded by Clovis‚ the Carolingians led by Charles Martel and Pepin III‚ to the age of Charlemagne following Pepin’s death. Although Charlemagne’s empire was able to improve the status of Western Europe‚ after Charlemagne’s
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His first work‚ Vita Beati Francisci 1229 (“The Life of Blessed Francis‚ often called the “First Life”). This was about the saint’s early life. Thomas of Celano was around Francis’s age when he joined the Franciscan order around 1215. He was asked by Pope Gregory IX in 1228 to write a biography of Francis. Although Thomas of Celano was not among the earliest disciplines of Francis‚ he eventually got to know Francis personally. Another work he wrote was Memoriale Desiderio Animae de Gestis et Verbis
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the fact‚ he believed salvation was merited if a good heart is present and had faith in Christ’s promise of salvation. He also believed in reading the bible‚ studying it‚ and interpreting the content themselves rather than it being recited by the Pope and told what to believe. The practices of the Catholic Church were fraudulent and Martin Luther was determined to invent a new institution of Religion in which would give the worshippers a better environment to worship in. With the invention of
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Unit 8 Charlemagne Why did Charlemagne distrust the pope’s motives in crowning Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor? - By crowning him emperor‚ the pope established the significant precedent that only the pope could confer the imperial crown. - He was worried about a conflict with the Byzantines. The Byzantine Empress Irene was rumored to have considered a marriage to Charlemagne‚ and his coronation as emperor‚ was seen as an insult to Byzantium. How could Charlemagne create such a powerful empire
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create a centralized territory which eventually would become the Dutch Netherlands. German principalities also used their religion as a common characteristic to hold themselves together. When Martin Luther told the German Princes to separate from the Pope and Holy Roman Empire‚ they unified under Lutheranism which led to the development of that nation state. While religion was used as a common characteristic‚ religion was also used to unify groups of people by creating common enemies. For example
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Jouvenel). During the late 1500’s‚ King Henry VIII split away from the catholic church and put himself as head of the independent church of England‚ so that he could have a divorce. In those times to get a divorce he needed to ask the pope for permission‚ but the pope refused to allow it. This conflict was the reason why the king decided to break away from the church. Many people lost their lives during this time period‚ Because king Henry VIII would remove and execute anyone who opposed him‚ or anyone
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