Pope Urban VI

Emily Medeiros Humanities 101 Section #4169 Oct. 24, 2014 The Reformation and Counter Reformation beginning in the 16th century both had significant effects all across the Arts in Europe. The Protestant revolution led thousands away from the Catholic Church after Martin Luther nailed his protests to his Catholic Church door and brought forth new artistic traditions that moved towards more secular forms, which were felt to bring glory to God through the depictions of the beauty of his…

Rovere. Murphy’s book shows how a Renaissance woman achieved great power and respect by not birthright but by working for it. Felice della Rovere was the daughter of “The Warrior Pope” Julius II, and by definition, illegitimate. Julius did not want to be associated with the pervious pope, “The Borgia Pope” Alexender VI, and how he daunted on his daughter (Lucrezia). As a result of this hatred for Alexander, Julius kept his daughter at a distance. Felice and her father’s relationship were by no…

In October of 1740, Charles VI died. It was time for Maria Theresa, then 23 years old, to succeed to the Habsburg throne. Subjects of her crown lands—the Austrian duchies and Netherlands, and Bohemia and Hungary—were quick to accept Maria Theresa as their empress. But Maria Theresa immediately faced resistance to her succession from European powers who had previously agreed to her father’s Pragmatic Sanction. Under the leadership of Frederick II, King of Prussia, those powers formed a coalition…

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…

The spread of Christianity brought about considerable changes in the late antique world, with similar reactions to the ‘new’ monotheistic religion among the Anglo-Saxons and Irish as could be seen among the Gauls. Not only did the subsequent religious conversion effect the balance of authority in the region, but it also changed the society’ values regarding morality and ethics, as well as gender roles. Conversion itself meant different things to the different social classes. Additionally, the…

much influence over English politics, but also was very demanding of money. While at war with France, England was under Roman Catholic control and was charged money for the French Pope. That money eventually ended up in France. “So intolerable did this become that Parliament passed a Bill of Indictment against the pope” demanding that the Papal State not collect charges from England (prca). In 1374, England and France negotiated in Bruges, Netherlands, in order to resolve the issue in peace.…

Ignited at the start of the 16th century by the nailing of a candid list on the door of a small German church, the Protestant Reformation introduced the Catholic Church to new thoughts and practices that left European Christians in a state of disbelief. After many disaccording new sects cut ties with the Church, scholars and rulers had a hard time to accept the new concept being introduced to them- religious toleration. While many accepted religious toleration many regions didn’t embrace it for…

The proponents of absolutism in western Europe have reason to believe that their form of monarchical rule was fundamentally different although superior to what they saw as the “despotism” of Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The basis of this belief might sprout from the core differences of western Europe and eastern Europe. Western Europe seemed to be made up of mainly centralized monarchies who had the ability to control their territory and successfully employ and tax their populations to benefit…

Switzerland is a country of little to no conflicts. “The overthrow of Vaud started when Zurich started the Reformation. Zwingli’s teaching, which was appealing to populations of the modern cities in Switzerland, grew to other parts of Switzerland. Apart from Solothum and Fribourg who didn’t convert over. Most of the cities went over to Protestantism. At this time Protestantism was the main religion. Zwingli on the other hand, found little response among the less. The will-educated rural…

CHAPTER 5 1. Discuss the significant events that had a key role in strengthening the role of the papacy. When Charlemagne was crowned by the Pope on Dec. 25, 800，it was a key role in strengthening the role of the papacy. When Charlemagne was crowned people told to say “To Charles Augustus, crowned by God, great and peace-giving emperor of the Romans, life and victory” three times. It represented a strategic alliance between the papacy's gradually expanding influence and a political power that…