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Great Schism Dbq Analysis

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There were many issues that created the Great Schism between the east and west, both prior to 1054 and after. It would appear from the document that the east had more issues with how the west governed the church. The split could probably have been avoided as well as its consequences. The Great Schism had many consequences two of which were the Eastern Orthodox's trying to tell the Roman Catholic how to run the church and the Roman Catholics attacking the Eastern Orthodox church with religion. In document 1 the Roman Catholics forcing Greeks to become part of their religion. The event in this document occurred after the year 1054. Document 2 also occurred after the year 1054, but this document talks about the Orthodox Church. In this document …show more content…

The seventh document Metochites from the Orthodox Church wanted the churches to reunite. They talk about all the arguments and fighting going on in the east. The eastern church accused you of being a westerner if you wanted the churches to reunite. Document 8 takes place after 1054. The Orthodox Church is showing the Serbian Law Code of 1349. There were 3 articles shown two of which were about the Latin Heresys, the other was about the priests. Document 9 was about the Robert Guiscard ,King of Sicily, 1076 writing a letter to the Germanic Holy Roman Emperor. He talks about all the conquered land as well as the death of soldiers. He thanks God for reclaiming the land. He also asks God for protection against Muslims and malice. The tenth document occurred prior to 1054 and was on the Orthodox side of things. It talked about the definition of the iconoclastic conciliabulum. Document 11 is very similar to the tenth. I hope you have developed interest in the conflicts between the churches and want to read into it even more now that you have finished this DBQ. There is much more information than what you see in the documents here so you can research it yourself if you

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