Pope Martin IV

was asking for forgiveness from Pope Francis after the pope set him out of Rome due to the last crime he did. Therefore Caravaggio did not want to lose his old rich life and that is why he wanted forgiveness from the pope. Therefore, many claim that this painting was not painted as a self-portrait for his older and younger versions of himself, to show all the destruction he was going through. In fact; it was done by Caravaggio to ask for forgiveness from the Pope Francis for all the crimes he…

St. Philip Neri is an interesting person. He was born on July 21,1515. His feast day is May 26. St. Philip Neri is from Florence, Italy. He journeyed to heaven on May 26, 1595. His symbols are a Rosary, an angel holding a book, and a lily. The rosary represents the virgin Mary. The lily Represents purity, innocence, and heavenly bliss. Finally,the angel holding a book represents wisdom. This Saint was officially recognized as a Saint in the church's eyes in 1515. Some information about…

Pride or Prejudice? By Halai Brazel, a concerned Australian girl. Having a multicultural Australian society will not hinder our growth; but prevent war, famine and prejudice. If the next generation grows up surrounded by other cultures, religions and races, they will have less (if any) prejudice than the last generation because they will have friends from all origins and backgrounds. If we all sing our National Anthem with gusto and pride there will be understanding and communication; which…

Charlemagne is often claimed as the greatest ruler in Europe before Napoleon. In her study, Rosamond McKitterick re-examines Charlemagne the ruler and his reputation. She analyses the narrative representations of Charlemagne produced after his death, and thereafter focuses on the evidence from Charlemagne's lifetime concerning the creation of the Carolingian dynasty and the growth of the kingdom, the court and the royal household, communications and identities in the Frankish realm in the…

Drama! Drama! Drama! We have all experienced it. We have all seen it. we've all heard about it. did you know that it has been around since the Middle Ages? In the Middle Ages drama was developed by the ruling and wealthy class to keep the poor peasants in line. Many plays were developed performed and produced by the church. at the time, the church was a major political and moral center. Medieval theatre refers to the period of theatrical performance between the fall of the Western Roman Empire…

In the book How the Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas Woods, he describes the Catholic church as civilization. Civilization is defined as “an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture,science, industry, and government has been reached” by Dictionary.com. Our modern culture, Western Civilization, was completely built by an institution that is ironically criticized by society today: the Catholic Church. Woods manages to do a great job of defending his thesis…

fourth crusade was created in 1202 and ended in 1204. It only lasted for two years and in those two years they did many things. The genuine creator of the Fourth Crusade was the well known as Pope Innocent III. Youthful, excited, and driven for the greatness of the Papacy, he revived the arrangements of Pope Urban II and looked for afresh to join the strengths of Christendom against Islam. No ruler or lord addressed his summons, however various knights took the crusader's pledge. None of the…

This society’s religion evolved from a polytheist religion to Christianity over the course of more than a thousand years. The first polytheist god is Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. On the site of The Temple of Aphrodite that there is a 7C BCE wooden temple to this goddess, demonstrating the site’s only connection to Mesopotamia. Demonstrated in “Inana’s Descent to the Nether World”, the Mesopotamians believe that Ishtar ascended down to the underworld and her time there represented winter.…

Medieval society took place during the 1400s to the 1500s. Geoffrey Chaucer was a very famous enough poet at the time. He was labeled the father of English literature. King Edward had awarded him a gallon of wine for the rest of his life for a task he completed. Geoffrey Chaucer was the first writer to use English in a major literary work. He wrote The Canterbury Tales. Medieval society was different then how it is now, everything has changed. The Medieval church was a huge factor during this…

Sin is what every man does, beauty is what they care about and knowledge is what they strive to attain. Death is never on their minds so good deeds fall behind. In this essay I will be discussing the morality play Everyman set during the Medieval period where ‘ Church leaders such as bishops and arch bishops sat in the King’s council and played leading roles in government’ (What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages?2015). Britanica.com, the online reference dictionary defines the…