Holy Roman Empire

Martin Luther was a monk in the Holy Roman Empire. Luther had paved the way to question the church, which eventually led to the big conflict with the Pope. Martin Luther thinks that the church it is not a justice place to worship God any more, since the churches are corrupted and powerful. Martin Luther have did some harm and support through his challenge of the Catholic Church, but at the end he did more harm through his challenge of the Catholic Church, he inspired violent revolt, he…

places. The Carolingian empire construction of a network of regional centres of power appears to offer an instance of contrasts from the decentralized post roman world.^137 Charlemagne himself seems to have traveled surprisingly little outside the heart of his realm in the Rhine-Moselle region, with the exception of his visits to Rome, of which must have required a sophisticated network of communications and officials to disseminate the royal will^215. This set up much of the empires to come…

Pope Gregory VII Often considered one of the most influential and controversial popes of the Middle Ages, Gregory VII became pope after a long career in the papal court. Historians have claimed that the papacy of Gregory VII is so important and must be emphasized, they have coined the term “Gregorian Reform”. Gregory VII played an important role in Europe during his time, and was a major contributor both before and after his election to the reform. When discussing the biography of Pope Gregory…

During the 11th century in Germany, three monks each wrote a chronicle on the events of the papacy, their monastery, and the Holy Roman Emperors during their lives. The three authors, Herman ‘the Lame’ of Reichenau, Berthold of Reichenau, and Bernold of St. Blasien, would write their chronicles by year, or annals, mostly recording the deaths of different bishops and changes in personnel in their monastery. However, their detailed accounts, starting around 1049, would describe important events in…

Nationalism and Colonialism in the German Empire Within these two novels, there lies a common theme which aims to further develop and explore the state of the German mindset within the late 18th to early 19th century. One of these themes is the German belief of their racial superiority over all other existing races. The people of the German Empire believed that their racial purity and specific traits made them of a higher standard than those of any other ethnicity. For example, Rash states that…

Environmental issues have been the talk of the town by many public figures recently, but it does not always seem to “stick” in the minds of the viewers. Both Pope Francis and Naomi Klein discuss the topic in great detail, but take different approaches in convincing their readers. Klein seems to evokes a great deal of negativity in her book, to the point where it questions the reader’s own actions and almost makes them feel that they are partially to blame for the current state of Earth. Pope…

Germany’s Unique Culture The world is made up of numbers of countries, and each country has different kinds of unique cultures. Germany’s culture is very rich that is built, to name a few things, upon the German’s love of art, food and sports. German’s also has their unique behaviors and etiquette when it comes to simple things such as meet and greet, introducing or addressing people with their professional titles. Germany also has certain cultural ways when it comes to social gathering,…

Petrarca and the True Restoration of Rome Ever since the fall of the Roman Empire many people and entities have claimed to be its inheritor. From Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire and from the Roman Catholic Church to the lowest of Barbarian tribes whose contact with Rome was so minimal that they would even know what a Roman was, everyone claimed they were the society that most deserved the title of the successor to Roman greatness, however one humble Italian man had a different way of…

The Thirty Years' War was a great power struggle between Catholics and Protestants of Europe. Countries became involved for not only religious reasons but also political and economic reasons. Warring factions among the Protestants and Calvinists brought upon more unrest within the Christian community and it was only inevitable that a religious war would soon break out. Firstly, the Council of Trent led to suspicions of Catholic conspiracy. Moreover, Ferdinand stripped the political freedom of…

symbolizing the rise of empires that would ultimately wipe out most culture, Christianity has had several ideas of the end of the world. After the death of Jesus, Christianity would really begin to spread again starting around 400CE with the fall of the Roman Empire. Over about a 1000 years span the views of Christianity and its apocalyptic views will change from about 400CE to 1000CE. This can be demonstrated over many different intervals of time starting with the fall of the roman empire,…