Pope Gregory VII

but also for expanding imperial authority. In the sixth century, Pope Gregory I, or Gregory the Great, cemented his legacy for conversion by creating the first papal mission of any pagan people in Anglo-Saxon Britain. While Christianity had visited the island briefly, during the Roman occupation, the Anglo-Saxon’s and their paganism dominated the religious sphere on the island in the sixth century. Gregory, before becoming Pope, had long been interested in the island of Britain and desired…

Boniface was made the Archbishop of Mainz, a city in the southern part of modern-day Germany. He continued to work among the German peoples, and founded several more monasteries, while bringing the German clergy he was building up closer to Rome and the Pope. Boniface also worked to reform the crumbling Church in the Frankish kingdom. Boniface weeded out corrupt religious leaders and convened a synod in 742 to lay out plans for even greater…

Pope Gregory I, was the first monk to become pope of the catholic church between 590 and 604 AD. He was also the first pope who had the name of Gregory and the fourth doctor in the Latin Church. One of the many achievement he has made was to break the terror made by the Lombards who invaded Italy in 568. Even though Pope Gregory I accomplished many great things during his time, he was also “likely to be the first pope to send a mission to take the gospel to ends of the world” (Hollas). Pope…

Already a major part of European lifestyles, Christianity began to grow in importance as popes became more involved with federal matters. The popes “came to exercise control over the territories in central Italy that came to be known as the Papal States” giving them political leverage. People with religious affiliation were becoming intertwined with the political world…

conflict arose between Gregory and german Emperor Henry IV, where their differing opinions on who should choose local bishops clashed in the early 11th century. Pope Gregory was an advocate for more church authority and believed that he, and future popes, should have absolute say in certain spheres of power and decision making. To cement this total authority, Gregory created his “Dictatus Papae” in 1075, which laid out his vision for the church and delegated certain powers to the pope,…

The Christian Crusades of the middle ages are often discussed in regards to the decisions of the people in charge, such as Pope Urban or Saladin. However, the outcome of the crusades could not have been accomplished without the involvement of the citizens. In the late 11th century, a group of people came forward seeking to reform the church. They called their movement the Gregorian Reform. The reformers wanted to address various aspects of conduct among the clergy, such as maintaining duties and…

The Church During the Middle Ages Christianity gave the people of the Middle Ages the motivation to accomplish many great things. Many people during this time lived miserable lives in poverty and had nothing to live for but the Church. However, regardless of a person’s social status, everyone was united under the hope to go to heaven. The Church during this time provided all of Europe’s education in their monasteries and universities. They also created and built unbelievably beautiful works…

archbishop as the new pope. Clement V, the recently appointed pope, moved from Rome to the city of Avignon in France. The transfer to Avignon exceedingly enfeebled the Church. When reformers eventually attempted to relocate the papacy back to Rome, yet, the outcome was surprisingly severe. In 1378, Pope Gregory XI passed away while paying a visit to Rome. The body of Cardinals then gathered in Rome to select an inheritor. The cardinals proclaimed that an Italian had been selected, Pope Urban VI.…

is actually even concurrent with the rise in universities in Europe This can be seen in the Western Schism of the 14th Century, when Urban VI is elected to Pope in Rome, but is eventually disliked for poor ruling and with support of the King of France and government officials Clermont VII is elected to Antipope in Avignon, France. However Pope Urban VI does…

The First Crusade and the idea of crusading was not as much a rupture in a way of thinking as much as it was an evolution of the ideas which originated from the Cluniac papal reforms began by Pope Gregory VII and continued by his successor, Pope Urban II. The response to Pope Urban II’s call for the crusade at the Council of Clermont in 1095 was a large mobilization of both knights as well as clerical and lay noncombatants. However, there were numerous impetuses of both spiritual and…