In the years following 1485 Pope Innocent VIII had had built and handsomely decorated a villa on the high ground at the back of the old Vatican palace. An enclosed space‚ bounded by villa and palace to north and south and by the two walls to east and west‚ was to be divided into a series of courts on different levels‚ designed originally for the display of sculpture. The great sculptures placed in elaborately painted and decorated niches at the four corners of the court and in the center of each
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to the throne in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Four men stand out among dozens in this effort to define the powers of the lay versus that of the spiritual: Emperor/kings Henry IV and John of England‚ and the popes who aggressively challenged their exertions of authority‚ Pope Gregory VII and Pope Innocent III‚ respectively. The years and conditions through which the worldly battled the holy for the command of the people differed‚ but the themes and events which emerged amidst the strife
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For this assignment‚ I chose to review chapter 21 from the Global Politics handbook‚ written by Naeem Inayatullah. The chapter talks about the question: Why do some know what’s good for others? In the first sentence of the chapter Inayatullah states that “Some people think they know what is good for others because they believe they know something crucial denied to others.” In this opening sentence‚ Inayatullah immediately tries to give an answer to the main question asked‚ at first this answer
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What goal do you think Pope Innocent VIII was trying to achieve when sanctioning the writing of the Malleus Maleficarum through his papal bull‚ Summis Desiderantes‚ in 1484? Pope Innocent VIII could have had obviously had many goals in issuing Summis Desiderantes; however‚ in my opinion‚ one goal is much more evident than the rest. Pope Innocent VIII had one of the most corrupt papacies on record (atheism.about.com/library/ glossary/western/bldef_innocentviii.htm). Also‚ during the time of his
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get power to invest Church officials. It was a conflict between the pope and the Holy Roman Emperor because both leaders desired to appoint the Church officials. It was just like a war over getting power for investiture. The emperors thought that they were secular and had the authority to do that‚ but papacy’s understanding did not like it. The main conflict between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV occurred in the 11th century. The pope St. Gregory VII looked a strongest reformer‚ was elected in 1073‚
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first Crusade call from Pope Urban the second was done to reclaim back Jerusalem from their religion of Christianity. If a person went on the Crusade‚ the Crusader would be able to win fame and bring glory and could come back with the
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his country goes to war. But before Prince Henry could achieve his goal‚ he died. There also happened to be another person who wanted to make a permanent religion change. This man happened to be Pope Innocent VIII‚ who happened to be in charge of the Catholic Church. In the year or 1486‚ Pope Innocent VIII had signed a treaty with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain that Catholicism would be the only region of the new territories. After this was decided; it became a mission to convert all
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during the time frame. First‚ highly influential religious individuals like Luther‚ Calvin‚ and the pope form a group of people who played a major role in promoting the belief of witchcraft among the people. Pope Innocent VIII‚ for example‚ willingly accepted the concept of witchcraft and even fully supported the persecution of witches. His bias was also towards the Bible. As a religious leader‚ the Pope wholeheartedly believed that individuals “give themselves over to devils” and‚ as a servant of God
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To what extent did the role of the papacy in English affairs change during the period from 1066 to 1216? William 1 papal intervention Pope alexander gave William I legitimacy with papal banner Stigand was excommunicated so couldn’t officiate William’s coronation in 1066 Pope alexander sent papal legate to re-crown William in 1070 William II 1088 trial of William of saint-Calais (bishop who supported rebellion‚ trial in Episcopal Church Rufus ruses papal intervention 1097 when William is
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4). Christians were responsible for either physically fighting or helping financially in the crusades. The exert from Pope Innocent III’s fourth lateran council is calling for the conquest of the Holy land for religious reasons. He tells his soldiers that god is on their side and they have divine and apostolic blessing‚ which gives them the confidence to fight (Pope Innocent III‚ Doc 5). Another way
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