Pope Celestine V

Pope Urban II started the First Crusade to help Byzantine Christians, to manifest papal authority, and to provide redemption for Christian souls. Thomas Asbridge¹ in his book, The First Crusade, explains that in the advent of the First Crusade in 1095, the papacy was slowly recovering. In the events leading up to the First Crusade, Europe had undergone significant political and social upheaval. The Church was divided with Eastern Christians following Orthodoxy and Western Christians following…

Did the Protestant Reformation matter, and if so, how? The Reformation has severely affected the modern view of politics and law. Before the Reformation, the Church governed politics; she controlled emperors and kings and governed the law of lands. Before stating whether, the Protestant Reformation matters one needs to understand what it was. During the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural disruption that fragmented Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and…

The Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King persuades the white moderates to take his side because of his use of support. In the letter King talks about Hitler and this scares the white moderates into supporting him. King critiques the churches, this is something no one does at this time period. He talks about something all moderates can relate to Jesus. All of Kings support relates to his audience the white moderates to attempt to persuade them to his side. Supports his cause by…

During the Middle Ages Christianity shaped the spiritual, intellectual, and institutional development in Europe heavily. Christianity shaped the spiritual development in Europe from the fifth to the tenth century when churches sent out missionaries to attempt converting barbarians to Christianity, which in later centuries helped rid Europe of barbarianism. Because it was the most dominant religion in Europe, many attempts to purify the church were taken on by Christians attempting to unify the…

In this essay I’ll be discussing the history of Baroque art and two artist from that era, Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Then I’ll explain the role of the church during this era and how Caravaggio and Bernini differently conveyed faith and commitment to the church. Lastly, I’ll give my visual analyze on Bernini’s painting Ecstasy of St. Teresa and Caravaggio’s painting Crucifixion of St. Peter. The Baroque era came about from the Reformation which was a religious…

The period between the 5th and 14th centuries were known as “The Middle Ages” or Medieval period. After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe didn’t have leaders or a political structure to unite the people. The Roman Catholic Church eventually became that institution along with kings, queens, and noblemen that would incite control over the people. During the Middle Ages, ordinary people like merchants, salesmen, carpenter and peasants were required to tithe 10 percent of their earnings each year…

History is filled with lost cultures. Victims of their own oral historical traditions, and without literature of their own these cultures suffer the mercy of neighbors and in many cases enemies. Obscured by half-truths and hateful rhetoric written by enemies, much of their heritage is lost in time. Historians and archeologists working with incomplete manuscripts, biased histories, and ancient graves are challenged to discover the true nature of these lost cultures. The subject of this effort is…

Critical Thinking Question By Kristen 1050 words To what extent was Europe's Renaissance and its worldview both the same and different than Europe's Medieval period and its worldview? Include lots of support, examples, details, and evidence to explain your thinking. Introduction The medieval period and Renaissance worldviews can be compared and contrasted with many different reasons. From the church and religion to the art from these two periods. There were also royalty and science…

the two primary documents noted earlier, both made use of harsh terms towards the Church. Colot referred to Rome as being foul and deformed. The ‘Death of Alexander VI’ created a clear description of the hierarchy of the church, describing the former Pope as being cruel and being fond of poison to advance his own means. The unjust nature of the sixteenth century Church paints a picture of serfdom and other uses of unfair treatments towards the poor. However, the corrupt nature of the Church is…

most likely because of what I have stated before that the only religion kingdoms accepted was Christianity (Alchin). There were even classes when it came to religion because of feudalism. The pope was the head spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic church, next is the cardinals who were to elect the pope. Archbishops were the spiritual leaders and a bishops were spiritual leaders of the…