pagan school but his father taught him his religion as well. Jerome began to like the pagan writings and lost some of his love and faith for God. Although Jerome grew up learning the pagan background due to his schooling‚ he decided to be baptized by Pope Liberius in 360 AD. Jerome then decided to live in the desert and resided there for four years. He started out with some of his friends and some of them died and other decided to leave the desert. He entered the desert for penance from his love of
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BRIEF HISTORY OF ITALY Italy‚ history of since earliest times the history of Italy has been influenced by cultural and political divisions resulting from the peninsula’s disparate geography and by circumstances that made Italy the scene of many of Europe’s most important struggles for power. EARLY ITALY Human activity in Italy started during the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods. By the beginning of the Neolithic period (c.5000 BC)‚ the small communities of hunters of earlier times were
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tragedy when her young husband‚ Arthur died in 1502.Henry VII wanted to marry Catherine to his younger son‚ who would be‚ Henry VIII so that he did not lose the dowry money from Catherine’s parents and to secure some other agreements between the two countries. In the Catholic Church‚ it was forbidden to marry the wife of a deceased brother. A papal dispensation was required for the marriage. It was easily obtained from Pope Julius II. Henry VII died before the marriage took place but Henry VIII immediately
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because Pope Urabn II accepted to help the Byzantine Empire by reuniting the Christians under his commandership and provide Empror Alexios I‚ who was the emperor of Byzantine Empire with military support‚ while the Byzantine Empire was facing difficulties due to the territory loss during the initial Islamic conquest in 1071. By taking a public vow and receiving indulgences from the church‚ several hundred thousands of Roman Catholic Christians all over the Europe became crusaders. Pope Urban II
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(Augusta) from Pope John XII. For many years after this ceremony an Emperor would be proclaim in German lands which would become the Holy Roman Empire. The formative years of the Holy Roman Empire‚ included the papal decline and recovery of Rome in addition to the struggle for power. A pope is in need of help from the Frankish king. After being physically attacked by his enemies in the streets of Rome. It is not known what is agreed‚ but Charlemagne travels to Rome in 800 to support the pope. But unexpectedly
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century England was torn by a series of civil wars between two dynasties‚ the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The wars ended in 1485 when Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth and gained the throne of England. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) was crowned Henry VII on 30 October 1485 beginning a new dynasty. In January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York‚ daughter of Edward IV‚ uniting the dynasties of York and Lancaster. However the Yorkists were unwilling to accept the situation. In 1487 they attempted a rebellion
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series of religious wars we know today as the first‚ second and third Crusades or: The Crusades. Pope Urban II declared the first crusade‚ The Christian plan was to go to Constantinople to gather more leaders and armies to fight against the Muslims. The Christians were very determined to gain access back to the Holy Land. So much so‚ that they spent three years preparing for it. Pope Urban II preached to the Christians and told them that anyone who helped and fought the Muslims would
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Florence where he worked for and lived with the Medici family. For some time‚ Michelangelo traveled throughout Italy‚ mostly between Rome and Florence. During this time‚ he created masterpieces like the Madonna della Scala‚ Doni Tondo‚ and David. In 1508‚ Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to fresco the ceiling of the Sistine
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having beliefs that do not agree with the church was extremely frowned upon. With this is mind‚ many heretics were burnt at the stake. Additionally‚ all books that did not agree with the church were tried and convicted and also burnt. In 1242‚ Pope Gregory IX burnt a grand
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INTRODUCTION The subject of this report is India in medieval time. Medieval time is the time between 500C.E-1400C.E. India has always been diverse and rich in culture and architecture places like Gandhara was rich with culture of different regions of world. That’s because it had influences from people coming from different areas like when Alexander came from Greek civilization. World’s first university was in Taxila. It became the centre of education. In medieval times invaders mainly Arabs came
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