St. Peter's Basilica

At one point in history the church, and even more so the Pope, was the primary power in Europe. The church was said to have control over all of people’s destiney, due to their direct link with God. People honestly believed that the Pope had a hand in their fate to either go to Heaven after death or to go to Hell. Therefore, they would seek the word of the church in almost every matter. However, this way of thinking would change for many people around 1517 with the birth of the Protestant…

Martin Luther and the 95 Theses Aurora Gamboa Junior Division Paper The history and beliefs of Catholicism was changed by one monk and his 95 theses. Martin Luther was a 34 year old priest at the time when a church in Wittenberg Germany was, increasing indulgences to get more money, Indulgences are items that give people satisfaction it is like a treat for the people if they buy the item. Luther made his 95 theses and he wouldn’t recant his theses unless they were proven wrong.…

Introduction Debauchery, Simony, Sexual Immorality, these are but a few of the sins and hypocrisy that occurred within the Catholic church in the middle ages. Some of the biggest and most widespread sins that the church committed in the middle ages were simony, sexual immorality, selling indulgences and selling relics. The Black death caused panic amongst the people of Europe in the mid 1300s, and some believe that this was one of the main causes of the church beginning to become corrupt. There…

Artist Chosen/About Him The artist I chose to research is Raphael Sanzio. He was born on March 28, 1483. In his early life his mother Màgia died (in 1491) and his father died in 1494. Orphaned at the age of 11 he went to live with his Uncle Bartolomeo who was a priest and he engaged quite often in litigation with the boy’s stepmother. Raphael stayed with his stepmother rather than continuing to live with his uncle. From a young age he had shown great skill working with his father before his…

Protestant Reformation occurred during conflict between nation-states in Europe •First in imperial cities of Germany and Switzerland •Deep social and political divisions •Certain groups favored the reformation - like printers who were literate POPULAR RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS AND CRITICISM OF THE CHURCH •The reformation could not have happened without the numerous conflicts that had risen within the church during the Renaissance. •Diet of Worms (Germany) presented the emperor with 102 oppressive…

Martin Luther’s early life is characterized by a good education with a degree in the Arts that focused on grammar, logic, metaphysics and rhetoric which he earned from the University of Erfurt. However, his life changed when he conformed his life to monkhood in 1505 C.E. He felt that the life of monkhood would help him attain salvation and would drive away the fears he held of hell and the wrath of God. However, Martin Luther did not find the religious satisfaction he was searching for. Although…

followed in the compositional footsteps of his father, Alessandro Scarlatti. In 1708, Scarlatti moved to Rome to become maestro di cappella to the exiled queen of Poland, Maria Casimira. He later became head of the Cappella Giulia, the choir of St. Peter’s Basilica that sings for all solemn functions of the Vatican. While in Rome, Scarlatti composed many of his operas and serenatas. During his tenure in Rome, Scarlatti developed a friendship with Portuguese ambassador Marquis de Fontes. In…

Christianity: Christianity originated in Jerusalem, which is in the present day country of Israel. The creator of Christianity was born in Bethlehem, just outside Jerusalem. Christianity was spread by hierarchical diffusion. This is because many kings of Empires were converted to christianity and thus forced their people to believe in the beliefs of christianity. Christianity could also have been spread by contagious diffusion. The religion was spread and taken in by neighboring countries and…