Charles VII of France

Vesteras •Poland was split between Lutherans, Anabaptists, Calvinists, and Antitrinitarians •Reaction Against Protestants •Charles V tried to enforce a compromise between Protestants and Catholics •Turned to a military solution •Established puppet rulers in Saxony and Hesse, and issued imperial law that Protestants had to return to Catholicism •The Peace of Augsburg •Charles reinstated Protestant leaders and guaranteed Lutherans religious freedoms in the Peace of Passau - surrendering his…

church to essentially keep the church within the church, in favour of being named by the secular. The conflict itself reaches its peak between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV (who was merely a youth). Henry, with the support of bishops appointed ecclesiastic positions in his realm, in order to gain maximum control of his realm. Pope Gregory VII (adversely) claimed he had a mission to purify the church and in order to do so, he needed to have total control over ecclesiastical appointments (to put…

Renaissance; Kati Main topics •Evolution of Italian Renaissance ◦Florence= birthplace of Renaissance and very successful city state ◾Wool industry was major factor in city’s financial expansion and political increase ◾Dominated European banking ◾Florence still remained economically stable after Black Death, huge debt issues, and labor unrest ◦Balance of power among Italian City States Communes and republics ◾Northern Italian cities = communes (sworn associations of free…

conflict in France. Examination of both periods reveals the driving force in each period of threat and conflict and the instinct of peoples, as Thiesse observes, to become more radical in beliefs and actions; creating albeit quite different outcomes in the two periods in terms of engendering a common sense of French nationhood and identity. In looking at these two periods we shall focus of the three key determinants of national…

Schism” or “Papal Schism” during the year of 1378. During this time there were three Popes who believed they were the one true Pope. Before the beginning of the schism, there was power of the papal in Avignon, France. Gregory XI, had wanted to return the papacy to Rome, and no longer have it in France (Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity 402). However he passed away and the Cardinals of Avignon had gathered in Avignon to elect a new leader, but those in Rome had argued that the new leader…

The concept of rule of law (ROL) was made popular in the 19th century by a British jurist called A. V. Dicey. The rule of law can be defined as the legal principle that a nation should be governed by the law, instead of being governed by decisions of individual that are the government officials. Basically, the law is subjected to every person in the country, the law that exercises limitation upon one’s behaviour including those who serve as government officials. The law has the utmost power and…

to have a son through marriage to another women he created a Protestant religion centered around the Church of England. This new religion was basically the same as Catholicism except the head of the Church was not the Pope it was actually King Henry VII. The King saw this as a way to increase his own power in his country. The King also believed that through changing religions he could also experience a huge monetary gain. Therefore, the King stripped the land of Catholic’s away and he shut down…

Starvation became a serious problem in Europe in the 14th century because of the black plague. The black plague 's effect reached terms to where all of the merchants refused to sell food in fear of the disease 's transmission. Also, due to the overwhelming precedence of its spread, the wiped out populations which had reached almost 50% left crops unattended. Unfortunately, as well, were heavy rains which had ruined the crops which were already growing in its over-exhausted land. With running out…

France was already in a very bad place at this time before they elected a new leader. Radicals were some of the main reasons France had revolts in 1848. In France, the demanded for a democratic government. in 1830, Frances King Charles X wanted to return to the absolute monarchy. by him trying to return to this, many riots started and forced King Charles to flee to Great Britain. He was replaced by Louis-Philippe. In 1848 comma…

to the Parliament to make laws and rules for the people. In the same sense that Voltaire was in favor of England’s more structured governing system, he admired their methodic judiciary system. He compares the trial of Charles I in England to the malicious deaths of Emperor Henry VII, Henri III, and Henri IV. Voltaire favors England’s more structured approach in which an offender is defeated, taken prisoner, tried, and condemned instead of France’s past solutions involving poison, murder, and…