unfamiliar. Then test your understanding of the chapter by selecting the quizzes and short-answer activities included in this Online Study Guide. I. Opening Vignette A. In 1964‚ the Eastern Orthodox patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI met and rescinded the mutual excommunication decrees imposed by their respective churches in 1054. 1. Christianity had provided common ground for postclassical societies in western Eurasia
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faith. Another place of pilgrimage for Christians is Rome‚ which encloses the Vatican City‚ the capital of the Roman Catholic Church. On Easter Sunday‚ the pope makes a speech to a huge gathering of pilgrims from around the world in St. Peters Square outside the Cathedral of Saint Peter. Although the pope is the head of the Roman Catholic faith‚ not all the people who go to see him are Roman Catholics‚ or even Christians. This speech at Easter has become something of a
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1474. It is a very strange yet wonderful image full of all classes of men‚ women‚ children‚ and between them skeletons walk in procession. There are ten characters in this dance; each one is accompanied by Death. In-between the skeletons dance the pope‚ the cardinal‚ the bishop‚ the king‚ the queen‚ the innkeeper‚ the child‚ the maimed‚ the knight‚ and finally the merchant‚ who stands by a table covered with goods. The skeletons are naked and some of them play music; bagpipes‚ mandolins and wind
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In spite of the fact that preachers like Patrick and Augustine had made Christianity immensely fruitful in the British Isles‚ there was truly just a single tribe in the entire of territory Europe who were standard Christians — the Franks‚ whose King had changed over in 496. The others were all agnostics or Arians. This changed when Charles the Great‚ or "Charlemagne" moved toward becoming King of the Franks‚ administering from 771 to 814. He was an incredible military hero‚ and directed this ability
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God can get you to heaven‚ and faith in God indicates that violence is never the answer‚ so why did he say the following words “Why do we not all the more fling ourselves with all our weapons upon these masters of perdition‚ these cardinals‚ these popes‚ and all this sink of Roman sodomy that ceaselessly corrupts the church of God and wash our hands in their blood so that we free ourselves and all who belong to us from this most dangerous fire?” This quote proves all the more that Martin Luther’s
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As noted in more detail in the SparkNote on the Fall of the Roman Empire‚ beginning in the middle of the 3rd century CE‚ the Roman Empire faced increasing Germanic tribe infiltration and internal political chaos. Romans set up generals as emperors‚ who were quickly deposed by rival claimants. This pattern continued until Diocletian (r. 284-305) rose to power in 285. He and Constantine (324-337) administratively reorganized the empire‚ engineering an absolute monarchy. Constantine the Great patronized
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decided that the best way to invade and re-take Jerusalem back from the Muslims was by way of Egypt. At about the same time “Alexios and Phillip of Swabia propose to the Crusaders to overthrow Constantinople and restore Alexios to the throne” . “Alexios had previously wanted Papal support for this but his request was denied” . Previous to the Fourth Crusade happening “the Doge of Venice‚ Dandolo had set his sights on Constantinople. In 1182 there was a Latin massacre that had included the Venetians
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t AP World History: 1s Semester Review Byzantium: Chapter 12 a. Explain how the “Theme System” worked. Describe the key parts. Placed an imperial province under jurisdiction of a general. general managed defenses and land was available for the people Emperor places the province under the jurisdiction of a general. b. Describe “Iconoclasm” and why Emperor Leo III supported it. destruction of icons . Emperor Leo III Veneration of these religious images was sinful Wh
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A period of increased popular piety‚ the 12th century featured the formation of many new religious orders. Established primarily as a means to promote reform in the church‚ and to fit the demands of believers who sought out a heightened individual spiritual life‚ reform orders became one of the primary weapons used by the Church to combat heresy. Designed as grassroots organizations‚ much like their heretical counterparts‚ these groups aimed to win believers back to the Catholic faith. However‚ it
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delegates in all special committees‚ where they levied taxes on peasants and implement the code of the church amongst many other functions. Thanks in part to this‚ Christendom community was formed. Christendom Community was based on the belief that the pope was the overall head of the church of God on earth. The Catholic Church saw the need to infiltrate the world using crusades which they used as a method to control many countries together with its people. Having the intelligence the church administration
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