Power of Roman Catholic Church in Medieval Europe

attempt to restore the medieval all-inclusive realm. His opponents were in this way the European national states; particularly France; the German rulers; the Turks; additionally the Pope. He controlled the Netherlands, Bohemia, Hungary, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia. Administering Spain implied controlling Spanish America and in Charles' chance Cortés took Mexico and Pizarro overpowered Peru. The abundance of Spain paid for his actions to control Western Europe. He tried to keep Europe religiously…

between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance (The Middle Ages). This time period is also often called the “medieval period” by some. As a way to control the timeline, the Middle Ages were split into three sections. The Middle Age’s began as a transition to a more structured system and ended with the increasing power of the merchants and artisans in the towns. These are called the early, high, and late Middle Ages. In the time between the fall Roman Empire and the…

People today look at the Catholic church mainly as a the leader of parts of Europe especially Vatican City, this is because of its main focal point on politics and the way things are handled, within the church. Many Catholics today argue that the Catholic church still has too much power over the people due to the popularity of the religion. Because of this the Catholic church has lots of support when making decisions involving politics yet often receives lots of criticism as well. This tends to…

was very significant for the emergence of medieval Europe. He was the one who claimed most of the land that is known as Europe today. His fought to keep the Christian faith the main religion of Europe, and Christianity is still practiced in most parts of Europe. In the end Charlemagne had created an empire that reached from the North Sea to the north, to Italy in the south, and from France all the way over to Vienna (Spielvogel 219). Charlemagne came to power when his father died in the eighth…

that was in charge of the people, so the Roman Catholic Church became in charge. They held all the power. A Frankish guy named Charlemagne was appointed king by Pope Leo III. He was the first person to be an emperor since the empire had fallen over three hundred years before. There is not much known of the early Germanic tribes. They lived in Southern Sweden, Northern Germany area, and the Danish Peninsula. The Germans began to clash with the Romans. They clashed with them at the end of…

most of Europe, was a time when mathematics very under-developed and slow due to the Roman Empire and it’s hold that they had on mathematics. This was the case until the Renaissance Era. The Roman Empire flourished until about the 5th century. The decline of the Roman Empire created a new awakening for mathematics. Mathematics around the world began to flourish and develop again. For majority of the world, mathematics was used for keeping books and using it for trading with others, “Since Roman…

Christian religion to the western civilizations. Every aspect of civilization was impacted by this socially, economically and politically. Christianity was first introduced by Constantine in the Roman Empire in the late third century. Constantine issued the famous Edict of Milan, which made it official that the Romans would tolerate Christianity. By the beginning of fourth century it had become the state religion. Under the ruler Theodosius Christianity was made officially the religion of…

the Middle Ages The Roman Empire covered parts of the three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. It brought together a large number of varying cultures, economies and languages (Garnsey 1). But how did the Roman rulers manage to conduct this Roman Empire as a unity, while it contained so many differences? The Romans often behaved as if vernacular languages did not exist, but were sometimes prepared to use Greek as a lingua franca (Adams, preface xix). This meant that the Romans operated in…

Both historians and Catholics believe that Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory VII as some of the greatest figures in history because they thought of everything in religious terms. More importantly, using their powers, they were able to achieve their goals of saving the welfare of the Church and Christian civilization. The Middle Ages was known as a period of European history, from the 5th to the 15th century, that followed the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and preceded the Early Modern…

structure is an essential component to every civilization and must be considered in order to gain a clear view of politics, economics, and religion. The Hindu in India enforced a strict caste system, in which everyone had their place. Similarly, medieval Europe utilized feudalism. But, not all societies had rigid social structures. The Bantu people of Africa, for example were subject to more stateless-societies. The social structures in the Hindu caste and European feudalism are very similar and…