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    leaders and monarchs prompted the first religious holy war. This arose when the Turks threatened to invade the Byzantine Empire and conquer Constantinople. Emperor of Byzantine Alexius I made a plea to Pope Urban II for troops from the West to encounter the Turkish intimidation (Backman 255). Urban, wanting to reinforce the power of Christianity leadership, took advantage of the opportunity to unite Christianity in Europe by starting a crusade to take back the Holy Land from…

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    of Thomas Aquinas, impacted the ideologies that when coupled with the clever usage from the popes, impacted the crusades. As was seen in the secondary source, the connection between religious commitment and violent hostility had developed into a movement through propaganda sculpted by those of the cloth. That message would reach to Christians and non-Christians alike. “It is not believable that the popes who proclaimed crusades and the more respectable preachers who whipped up enthusiasm for…

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    the only reason and motivation of the crusade was religion whereas Ronald Finucane believes greed of wealth was the motivation to join crusade. Hans believes the crusade was called by the pope urban II. He asked Christians to join crusades to free holy land from Muslim. Who had occupied the holy land. The pope said if Christian helps free the land, god would forgive their sins that they may have committed. They will also be rewarded after life. In contrast Ronald believes that people joined…

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    Religion and politics will always be intertwined because religious and political leaders end up balancing each other out, creating an equal share of power. In medieval Europe, Pope Gregory VII, the Crusades, and Justinian all show examples of political figures acting more like religion based topics. Even though Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII were two different leaders, they still influenced each other. In 1065, Henry the…

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    The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were cataclysmic times in Europe marked by a momentous amount of death and dissension. Europe faced The Black Plague, political problems and the Hundred Years war and the Ottoman War and finally crisis in the church. Each unique crisis required their own individual response such as setting up new laws, revolting, and turning away from the church. ADD MORE The Black Plague was brought on in Europe when merchant ships came from China. Along with their goods,…

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    The word crusade comes from the Latin word crux, meaning cross. The Christian warriors called Crusaders wore the cross as a symbol. Seljuk Turks took control of the Holy places including Jerusalem, and closed it to Jewish and Christian pilgrims. Pope Urban II for help in gaining once again these lands. He agreed to help and called it the first Crusade. The crusades had a lasting effect on medieval society, the political system…

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    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…

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    Marcus Agrippa’s Pantheon. Apollodorus of Damascus was the architect. It took a decade to build the Pantheon. The Pantheon was also built to honor all gods. During the Renaissance, the Pantheon was used as a tomb for the Italian kings Vittorio Emanuele II and Umberto I, and for the famous painter Raphael. The Pantheon became a christian church to save it from destruction. It is now dedicated…

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    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…

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    different Popes, Nicholas V and Julius II. Very little was accomplished under Nicholas’s reign, but the work was completed under Julius’ reign. The work began on Aril, 18, 1506 and the work continued through a succession of architects: Bramante, Raphael, Peruzzi, and Sangallo which all made huge changes to the design. Then the dome of St. Peters was designed by Michelangelo, and the nave plan was changed again by Sixtus V. The building was finished in 1614, and was consecrated by Urban VII on…

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