Holy Roman Emperor

became more triumphant than the Roman Empire, because they did very well in trade, defense, and social order. During 590 –1517, the Roman Catholic Church had complete control over the Western World. The Roman Catholic Church had control over religion, philosophy, art, politics, and education. For many years there was a singular Christian church. In A.D. 1054 the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated, generating what is called the Great Schism. Roman Catholics and Eastern…

was very unappealing to Luther, and he voiced his opinion very blatantly in his piece, the 95 Theses. This piece of writing had quite a big impact on this revolution, it “began as a theological debate in a provincial university soon engulfed the Holy Roman Empire. Luther’s earliest supporters included younger Christian humanists and clerics who shared his critical attitude toward the church establishment. None of these Evangelicals, as they called themselves, came from the upper echelons of the…

In 1095, an order for Christendom to fight for the Holy Land was issued from Pope Urban II. This preceded what was to become many years of Holy War. Christians were challenged to recapture the Holy Land and push back the infidels. Some historians see the Crusades as part of a defensive war against Islamic invasion, some see them as part of a conflict at the borders of Europe, and others see them as aggressive, papal driven expansion efforts by Western Christendom. I believe the Crusades were a…

by Confucius followers regarding marriage. Chinese women could not have multiple husbands and some could not remarry after their husband’s death but men were allowed to have several wives. Emperors kept up to thousands of concubines for their own pleasures. However, Wu Zetian changed traditions by forcing Emperor Li Zhi to…

come to their land and slaughtered so many people. Many of the Christians many view the crusades and great and noble deed to get back the holy lands of Christ. Many Muslims still think about the crusades and the holy war that the Christian had started in the eleventh century and it continues today. The early Christians did not want war, but when the Holy Roman Empire, Constantine won many battles with the cross on his shield, which made Christianity the official religion of the empire. With…

provides opposing views to female leadership as a ruling position. He states that a woman can be ordained a deaconess if she is faithful and holy, for the ministries toward women. Furthermore, that position is one strictly of service and women can teach younger women, but is not a ruling position.10 He also referenced a letter that Pliny wrote to the Roman emperor Trajan in which he mentions deaconesses in the Eastern churches. Oppenheimer admits there are references in church history to women…

core consists of two key component parts: the Mandate of Heaven governing principle and the tripartite ideological/cosmological core and both were developed during the Zhou Dynasty period. The Mandate of Heaven doctrine helps to determine if an emperor of China is satisfactory enough to rule. According…

Zheng He was a Chinese Muslim admiral during the Ming Dynasty. In 1405, Zheng He received orders from Emperor Yongle to travel down the coast of China and across the ocean to India to show the power of China. For the next 28 years, Zheng He would lead seven voyages and sailed distances farther than anyone had before. He commanded numerous ships of breath-taking size with thousands of people in his crew and established peaceful relationships with other areas. The voyages of Zheng He should be…

Kaiser Wilhelm II, the emperor of Germany (1888-1918), significantly impacted not only the governance of his country, Germany, but ultimately influenced the rising tensions between rival nations on an international level. Kaiser’s authoritarian upbringing caused dysfunctional relationships within his family and his British monarchy. This led to his hatred toward Britain. His erratic nature may not personally have decided that Germany should go to war, however he had put into place the structures…

Subsequently, the Chinese emperor met the Arab general with generosity (Arnold 2006). This fictive incident happened in the reign of emperor Toasting from the Tang dynasty. It states that Yazdegerd sent an envoy to the emperor of China after his defeat in the battle of Nahawand. And when the envoy had returned, he asked about what had happened. The Persian messenger retold the dialogue that he had with the Chinese emperor, which included a description of the Arabs’ conditions, and the emperor…