Pope Urban II

A revival of trade in Europe during the eleventh-century lead to a redistribution of wealth in favor of nonreligious power benefiting the middle class and the monarchies of France and England. Saint-Denis had been the burial place of many French kings. The Gothic was the new and revolutionary architectural style during The Middle Ages and it all began with the reconstruction of St. Denis. Fooling and leading the people out of darkness through innovative creations and reinventions of cathedrals –…

This lead to what the pope did in 1521 which was give him a papal bull which basically was a document that summoned him to diet of worms. In 21 Luther appeared in diet of worms to recant, he refused. And his lead to huge huge disagreement which lead to a war . During this war…

Started by Martin Luther and the creation of Lutheranism reformation of Christianity spread across Europe, reformations like these spread across Europe. The protestant reformation spread throughout Europe with many different sects being created. After losing so many members, the Catholic church realized that they were doing something wrong and had their own reformation which has been deemed the “counter-reformation.” Ultimately the two religious revolutions because the protestant reformation…

VIII eagerness The French King Louis ad resisted r the temptation to attack Italy but, because of this his successor Charles rushed at Italy within his early 20s, he responded with lighting speed, and within five months he had crossed the Alps 14. Pope Julius the 2nd- Security of the Papal…

The reasoning behind the mix of styles Pontormo’s painting shows may have stemmed from many different sources. In particular, the historical and cultural events surrounding Italy in the early 1500s could have been a factor in the departure from the classicism and naturalism of the High Renaissance. The discovery of Heliocentrism by Copernicus in 1512 was a major deviation from what people had believed to be true for centuries. This dramatic shift in normal thought could have prompted an…

The recent visit of Pope Francis to the United States has been cause for both celebration and controversy. the News Media has suggested that the pope has the popularity of a celebrity. The public has come out in droves just to catch a glimpse of the Pontiff. His affabililty and uniquely charasmatic style- a style quite different from his predecesors- has made Pope Francis feel approachable and " human " to many. The Pope has been widely received by both Catholics and non Catholics alilke.…

families. The Great Schism or separation of the Roman Catholic Chruch into east and west, brought about feelings of distrust to a climatic level. Citizens all across Europe were began to lose their faith in the church's leadership especially with the Pope. A man Martin Luther who had spent his life dedicated to the monastery lifestyle ignited a collection of people who whispered that the Church had fallen away from the teachings of Jesus. They believed that the Church was overly obsessed with…

the church’s ideas regarding the well-being of society. Previous to the Reformation, priests and preachers sold indulgences, that at one point had a more purposeful meaning, but had become based on collecting profit for the church, and namely, the pope. Luther’s 95 Thesis argued that this practice was completely unbiblical,…

In 1681, King Louis XIV of France wrote a letter to the King of Tonkin requesting permission for Christian missionaries to be allowed to convert the people in Vietnam. King Louis did not only want to trade with the Vietnamese, but he also felt that the people should be allow to be taught about the one true God of the Christian religion. He argues that if the King of Tonkin knew of the truths that Christianity taught that he would be the first of his subjects to convert. Louis also mentions the…

Catholic Reformation The Reformation of the Catholic Church was a product of the Protestant Reformation which started with the Lutheran church’s separation from the Catholic Church in Germany. The separation of the Lutheran Church from the Catholic empire started a revolution across the empire. It started in the Country of Switzerland, with the reformed churches under the control of Ulrich Zwingli. Many wars broke out between the separated states of Switzerland, Zwingli was killed and the…