Power of Roman Catholic Church in Medieval Europe

The Roman Catholic Church, being the only universal European institution of the Middle Ages, practically governed every aspect of society. Medieval Europeans viewed the Church as a blessing from God; a humble order which was sent to protect them from the numerous raids and invasions which consequently led to chaos and disorder in society. Europeans that lived during the medieval times were pious and devout Christians. They believed that the road to eternal happiness was to fear their almighty…

By the late Middle Ages the Catholic Church had become the most powerful organization in the western world. More powerful than the government, the Church insisted that its clergy were not subject to the laws of secular kings, and thus could only be tried by the Church. Furthermore, the clergy went as far to sell indulgences to wealthy individuals, guaranteeing them remission of time in Purgatory. In contrast to Medieval times, the Renaissance was a period of questioning and discovery. People…

between the Latin Catholic church and the Lutheran church and their followers. The two had different views in their theology. This happened during a time period in the early 16th century which lasted until the end of the 18th century. The Latin Catholics controlled the people choices including religious and political views. The Latin Catholics engaged in plenty wrong doing from gambling, breaking the rules of celibacy and being absent from the community. The majority of Catholics were ready for…

happening except for the Protestants that rejected the church, so there were religious problems during this time as well. The humanist movement of the European Renaissance and the Protestant reformation transform Western Culture because of their arts, intellectuals, and their religious ideas. The arts were changed during the renaissance, when the Humanism movement started and caused the changed the way people view art. Arts in the medieval times were more dull and…

Constantinople and crusader-held territories in the Levant (MP p. 139)” due to the importance of the event. The council, or synod as it sometimes is referred, was executed as a means to strengthen the influence of Christendom and the Catholic faith as held by the medieval papacy. In order to accomplish this, ecclesiastical canon laws were created and later implemented. These canons provided pastoral care for Christians, implemented rules for properly managed clerical offices, combated heresy,…

Ideas that were introduced from humanism contradicted key beliefs of the Roman Catholic church. The chain of being was a chain that illustrated the order of the hierarchy of how things were supposed to be. This chain included the divine, starting at God, then slowly dropped according to significance until non-living things, the last…

Protestant Reformation, there were many concerns felt be Catholics. Many people began to voice their opinions as more translations of holy text became widespread. An important aspect of this change was when Greek became common use again during the renaissance and so the original Greek scripts were read and therefore interpreted differently by people, since before this only the Latin Vulgate was approved by the Church meaning that the Church controlled the contents of the gospel without question.…

Roland, but in a tone that is less imperialistic. Hilegard of Bingen became a nun in her early adulthood. She was very influential, spreading Christianity through her poetic works. With her poems she was essentially a lyrical mouth piece of the Roman Catholic Church. In the poem, Hildegard describes the scene of the immaculate conception of Christ. In the lines, “Priceless integrity / Her virgin gate / opened to none,” she explains that the gate is the unbroken hymen of Marry (Hildegard lines…

event that took place in Europe during the 14th century. The disease left a lasting impact on Europe, resulting in a new worldview. The Black Death, one of the greatest catastrophes in history, resulted in a world of fear. What started as a few infected sailors docking in Italy, resulted in the death of half of Europe's population. The disease started out in Asia and then spread westward with the help of merchants. Many factors allowed for this disease to alter the medieval world, including a…

Dark Ages. In the 3rd century A.D. new leaders were taken over by Visigoths. The beginning of the Middle Ages is called the “dark ages”, which is a Latin term for middle ages which means “medieval”. The dark ages were total chaos, the streets were coated with blood from their own people. Europeans starved the Romans and people were dying left and right. People said that Rome was the mother of the world because it had the most of the supplies which meant they had a lot of meat, bread and any…