Pope Innocent IV

TOPIC 3: The changing literary and visual representations of China by Westerners in the history One of the oldest countries in the world, China, is also one of the four ancient civilization. For long stretches of history, China had their glory but also had a hard time, and the changed of China also changed impression on westerners by their literary or visual representations. In the 13th - 14th century, Genghis Khan established the Mongolia regime, built the Empire of Mongolia and began his territorial expansion. At that time European were having a bad time of their Crusade, they lose the Jerusalem to the Muslims, Emperor Frederick II refused to take part of in the fifth Crusade and had conflicts with the Pope. After the death of Pope Celestine…

The Witch's Hammer In 1559, Pope Paul IV had The Witch's Hammer published as kinda a manual on how to hunt, capture, and torture Witches. They would use the common things from having weird birthmarks, to having a simple medical herb garden as signs as one being a witch. In this essay, I will explain the meaning of the Witch's Hammer, and what it means to me. I will also discuss how it is used in the Pagan and Wiccan community and if I would use it in my own practice. I will be discussing why it…

inquisition and it’s purpose had originated from the queen’s interest to, “weed out heresy in the Christian world” (The Inquisition). The earliest date of the establishment had developed in 1478 and had lasted a 356 years, ending in 1834. The only rulers known to have been noticed for this event are only the king and queen themselves and Spaniard Pope Sixtus IV. Even though it had been carried throughout for many years, no others have been recognized for such, except for Tomás de Torquemada.…

madness he calls a disease has rearranged the narrator's way of thinking. His senses were sharpened opening up his mind to the sounds of heaven, earth, and hell. But this disease was no burden to him, to him it was more of a gift. The narrator thought of this disease as a gift granted to himself after seeing the vulture eye. It was this vulture eye that deceived the narrator into believing his actions, his plan to murder the old man were justified. Tension builds along with his madness in the…

generations, was pushed to the forefront of European politics by the actions of Pope Gregory VII, who attempted to dispose of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and set an example of papal power. Rome’s political influence reached its peak under the guidance of Pope Innocent III who played Kingmaker and pitted the great armies of Europe against each other with mere declarations of faith. As often happens…

Both historians and Catholics believe that Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory VII as some of the greatest figures in history because they thought of everything in religious terms. More importantly, using their powers, they were able to achieve their goals of saving the welfare of the Church and Christian civilization. The Middle Ages was known as a period of European history, from the 5th to the 15th century, that followed the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and preceded the Early Modern…

made out to be. I had been evacuated out of my house, and into a ghetto. I have never been closer to my community than I have now. We are in immediate vicinity of each other and we are able to socialize and operate normally for a community from a certain aspects. The guards aren’t being heinous, and they seem to take our best interest in mind. I mean sure, they may have taken away our liberties such as taking away my gold, but it’s all orders given to them. The only real part I really have to…

feeling of detachment from the enemy in the war. All the government cares about is winning the war, no matter the cost. Most men are blind to the actual events of war. They only know what the higher power wants them to know. In order to get more people to enlist in the army, the government will show propaganda of people praising soldiers or soldier receiving awards for their bravery. Once the men become fighters, they realize that they “fell into the [hands of the] State “(1). The State, or…

Imagine an outrageous gambler, betting on anything he can get his greedy hands on and never loses a single bet. Then one day someone uses his cheating tactics against himself and he finally loses. To begin with, the story “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” written by Mark Twain is about how Simon Wheeler tells the narrator the amusing story of Jim Smiley and his trained frog. A notorious gambler, Jim was startled one day when a stranger fed his frog lead and made Jim lose the bet.…

This 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,…