followers believe in one god. Not only did this religion remain a major influence for the ordinary people of Europe‚ but it also influenced the artists and authors coming into the Renaissance. Christianity continued to be a huge source of power for the Pope and other religious leaders during this time; religion‚ essentially‚ gave these leaders more control and power. These leaders set up churches all across their areas in Europe‚ which continued to spread the influence of Christianity even more. Christianity
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The crusades were holy wars fought by Christians in Europe and Muslims in the Middle East between 1096 and 1270. Generally‚ military campaigns against the Middle East trying to recover holy lands. The Crusades were often controlled by the Pope who had the power to unite all the Catholic nations against a common enemy. Europeans were willing to fight not only for Jerusalem but many reasons. They believed it would give them forgiveness of sins‚ a chance to travel and make money‚ defend the Byzantine
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“Help me‚ Saint Ann‚ I will become a monk.” After that‚ in 1512 he earned his doctorate in theology. Then‚ on October 31‚ 1517 Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg castle church door. Next‚ for speaking against the church‚ Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther in 1521. Then‚ in 1534 Luther translated the Bible from Latin to German. Lastly‚ in about 1535 Martin Luther
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Rome but Rome’s secular ally‚ the Holy Roman Emperor. It is important to recognize that Luther’s challenge to the authority of the church and to the Catholic unity in Europe invited and supported an attack on the emperor by the German nobility. The pope and the emperor‚ as separate powers and allies‚ represented religious and political unity and conformity in Germany. Thus‚ the victory of
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Church in the Medieval Ages The Catholic Church had many influences on the Medieval Ages; Both positive and negative. Some positive influences were education and music. However‚ some negative influences were the crusades and conflicts between popes and kings for power. Before medieval times‚ most people could not read or write. This is why churches used so much stained glass‚ because the pictures that the glass formed showed the stories of the bible in a more understandable way for most people
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international skirmish and conflict. They could no longer use the struggle between democracy and Marxist Leninist dictatorship of the proletariat as an explanation. Francis Fukuyama and Samuel P. Huntington came up with two controversial theories to explain the basis for future disputes between nation states. The End of the World by Francis Fukuyama and the Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington are two theories became the touchstones of any debate about the direction of the world. However‚ I
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476‚ the Roman pope was the only guardian of Christian universalism in the West. He began more explicitly to attribute his dominance to Rome’s being the burial place of Saint Peter‚ whom Jesus had called the "rock" on which the church was to be built. The Eastern Christians respected that tradition and recognized the Roman patriarch to a measure of honorable authority. But they never believed that this authority allowed the papacy to overrule another church or that it made the pope into a universally
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happening with the Pope and his anticipations for the next Crusade. The focuses of the crusades were ideally to unite the churches to bring back Christian leadership and control in the Holy Land‚ that is‚ Jerusalem. One of the most impacting crusades is known as the fourth Crusade when Innocent III was pope. The fourth crusade became terribly diverted from its original plans and became one of the most tragic and barbaric of all the crusades. When Innocent III was elected Pope in 1198 he wanted
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left to do so the Byzantine Emperor called for help to Pope Urban II and his people to fight them off (Ellis 238). Even after the “Great Schism” of 1054‚ it was loyal of the Pope to help the eastern Christians to make sure it was not conquered by the Seljuks. In the Pope’s speech‚ the problem that the Byzantines were facing is addressed and then about the fact that all the listening people must obey the “God” and fight for their lives. The Pope strongly stood for his religion and also about not letting
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Many historians hold that the Medieval Church was a landmark of corruption. This view is often used to explain the decline and fall of the Church and the success of Martin Luther ’s reformation. It depicts the Church as being ruled by power hungry popes who abuse their positions of authority. At this time "the increasing hostility of the laity to ecclesiastical wealth and decadence undermined papal prestige". "Omne malum a clero"--every evil comes from the clergy. The clergy are church officials
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