Pope Urban II

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…

Exclusively for religious purposes, the univeristies attracted students and teachers to form guilds of learning. The growing schools attracted settlers and allowed for urban towns to be built around themselves, with some Univeristies attracting people from around the world. University students even brought pressure on townsfolk to have reasonable prices for meals and shelter. The univeristies were places for learning and…

between the Pope and the Byzantine Empire; whether that may be the Iconoclast Controversy which sparked a public opposition of the use of images in church practices or the Schism of 1054 causing the separation between the Eastern Christian churches and the Western church. The tensions between the Papacy and the Byzantine Empire reached a high during this…

wide are of land, and many feudal lords felt closer ties to the Pope than to their King. Several items led to a decline in feudalism by the end of the Middle Ages. The Black Death or plague killed hundreds of thousands in Europe. This decreased the number of serfs available to work the land and support the lords. The Crusades also distracted the lords from managing their lands. The feudal system was further weakened as the Pope called on lords to recruit people for the holy wars in the…

Tartuffe is a great example of someone willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want. They are the people who are willing to completely destroy other people's lives so that they can be ahead. Tartuffe is an example of how such greed and ignorance was used against people listening to a sermon in a church. It could be said that Wall Street bankers are a near perfect example of someone possessing those characteristics today. There are many more ways that people have infiltrated our lives…

“Deus Veult!"- God wills it! cried Pope Urban II’s audience in 1095 at The Council of Clermont. This Papal sanction supposedly initiated the beginning of the First Crusade; a holy war designed to recapture Jerusalem in August 1096. Byzantine Emperor of Constantinople; Alexios I Komnenos appealed to Urban to request aid to resist the Seljuk Turks who occupied Antolia and the majority of Asian Minor. Pope Urban’s unusually secular desire for a legacy may have been a partial motivation for his…

were the rules all calvinist had to follow. Martin Luther and John calvin carried more similar views on politacal authorant than social order. Luther and Calvin both agreed on that they both did not agree with the politcal and social power of the pope and belived his ruling towards faith was not “fair. Martin Luther and John Calvin held more similar views on political authority than that of social order. Luther and Calvin were both theolgy were protestant…

and inequality. Royalty was an outstanding aspect of the culture, religion played a large role during this time, and women were not treated fairly compared to men in society. Thomas a’ Becket was a man in Canterbury, who was in the eye of King Henry II. Initially this was a good thing because Henry admired Becket so much that he made him Chancellor after seeing him achieve different missions for Theobald, the current archbishop. As Becket’s and Henry’s friendship continued, Becket was promoted…