Antipope

Since Francesca and Paolo engaged in a love affair upon their death they were sentenced to hell. When they received their judgement, they were sent to circle 2, the lustful. They were sentenced here because the both of them committed a sin through their love affair. Then upon speaking to Francesca she tells him about what she went through while she was alive and living her life with her husband. While speaking, she continues to shift blame on to others and not herself but she also speaks of how love is what drove her to this extent. “Love who no loved one pardons love’s requite, seized me for him so strongly in delight that, as you see, he does not leave me yet. Love drew us onwards to consuming death (Inf. V, 103-106). She argues that her passion had taken over her which led her to commit such a sin, leading to her and Paolo’s death. By the end of Francesca’s story, what really moved Dante was all which the both had endured. Out of pity, Dante even fainted, at the end of the canto and compared his falling to as falling for death. As Dante mentioned before, each sin deserves an equal punishment but as we noticed before when Dante first starts his journey he tends to feel pity for the souls and as they get further along in hell it doesn’t affect him anymore. If Dante knew that all these souls committed sins in their life leading them to send their afterlife in hell, why make himself and the reader feel pity for the souls. In canto V with Dante taking his time it then permits…

The King of England, King Edward, claimed the French throne his own. The French apposed this claim. King Edward also angered the French with his possession of French territory. The French believed this endangered their policy of centralization. There was also dispute over control of French land known as Flanders. Flanders ' cloth industry depended on wool imported from England. In the Hundred Years ' War France had the advantage of fighting the war on their own turf, with a larger population,…

Italians decided to revolt and take control of their churches ("CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Gregory XI"). This shared distrust of one another between clergy and citizens caused the Great Schism in the power vacuum that appeared after the death of Gregory XI. During the Great Schism, John XXIII named himself Pope only one day after he was ordained as a priest, but he wasn't the only one claiming to power so there was a series of councils held to end the schism ("Antipope John XXIII"). The first…

with Gregory he was excommunicated (1076).” Their argument was surrounded by the question on who had the right to appoint church officials. Being excommunicated by the pope drastically crippled Henry IV’s popularity, forcing him to ultimately plea to the pope at Canossa. Gregory chose to not involve himself in the civil war taking place in Germany, but spoke out against Henry when he knew that he was not cooperating with works for peace. Henry answered back with an imperial antipope. “When the…

desire to grieve for the death of Pope Anterus (Meier). During the election, the names of several noble churchmen were being considered for the next bishop of Rome, Fabian was not one of them. While the electors of Rome were trying to figure out who their next bishop would be, a dove suddenly came down onto Fabian’s head. To the electors, this sight reminded them of the gospel scene of the coming down of the Holy Spirit on Jesus Christ during his baptism. Because of this, all the electors…

influencers of higher education During the High Middle Ages a rise in economic activity would come from a revival of trade that would occur from the rebuilding of old cities and creation of new cities that would be major urban centers throughout Europe. The rise in bigger cities led to people moving from a poor rural life to live a more “prosperous” life in the crowded Urban Centers of Europe (1) Urbanization of Europe is actually even concurrent with the rise in…

this practice has made him make sculptures so huge! The sculptures were bigger and larger than actual human beings and took up huge amount of space. Everybody loved his sculptures because Donatello knew how to create the emotion, facial expressions of all types, like sad, pity, joy, or just an outstanding resting facial expression. After a while, Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi joined his work with another Italian sculptor and architect Michelozzo. Who were known for working with Lorenzo…

creation of this new empire also further distanced the Byzantine Empire and church from the west, giving power of much of Europe solely to the Catholic church. By later in the 10th century, however, the church had lost a substantial portion of its power. Many officials in the church were being elected by political leaders. This resulted in a corrupt and secularized church, as many of the officials elected by the political leaders obtained the positions as favours. In 1050, Pope Leo IX attempted…

condition causes us to search for meaning greater than ourselves. Belief in the divine is as old as civilization itself, where many rulers drew authority from. Religion also has an authority of its own, but when combined with the state, a powerhouse appears. The Catholic Church of the medieval times is a prime example of this. The role that religion played in the life of the European was much more important and direct that it is now. The authority of God allowed the papacy to have a reign over…

the king. He sought to free the Church because he believed that current bishops were biased because they were chosen by the king. When becoming Pope Gregory VII in 1073, he played a major role in disputing with Henry IV that the papal authority, and the new canon law, governs the election of the Pope by the College of Cardinals, and the the Investiture Controversy. Before becoming Pope, he began developing relationships between the church and emperors. He was one of the first Pope’s to strictly…