How Did Christianity Influence Politics In Medieval Times?

Politics in the late Middle Ages is best described as instable due to competition for succession and power. The most significant event during this time period was the Hundred Years’ War, basically a territorial conflict and competition for succession between the king of England and the king of France after the Capetian monarchy crumbled. (Spielvogel 281) After the Hundred Years’ War, Europe was put under a period of adversity in terms of their political stability. In England, “Parliament

For most civilizations, religious figures have had a large influence over the lives of the common people. The Roman Catholic Church was a very influential figure in many civilizations. It can trace its origins to over 2000 years ago. One of the Church’s most influential periods of this time was the Middle Ages. The Roman Catholic Church played a very big role in the lives of the people during that period. For many, it was the center of their life. The three most important impacts of the Church on medieval life were their secular roles concerning laws and their position over the state, the way that the Church unified Europe, and their power over the common people.

On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II gave a supposedly important speech at the end of a church meeting in Clermont, France. In it he had called upon the nobleness of the Franks, to go to the East and assist their Christian “brothers”, the Byzantines, against the attacks of the Muslim Turks. He also apparently encouraged them to liberate Jerusalem, the most sacred and holy city in Christendom, for the Muslims had ruled it since taking it from the Christian Byzantines in A.D. 638. The Crusades were a series of wars between Christians and others to take back Jerusalem.

In northern Europe after the Middle Ages, monarchies began to build the foundations of their countries that are still in affect today. During the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries these “New Monarchs” made many relevant changes in their nations. During the middle of the fifteenth century Europe was affected by war and rebellion, which weakened central governments. As the monarchies attempted to develop into centralized governments once again, feudalism’s influence was lessened. This “new” idea of centralization was reflected in the monarch’s actions. Rulers tried to implement peace and restore the idea that the monarchy represented law and order in the nation. These New Monarchs were able to build armies due to taxation, and

The Crusades occurred in the Holy Land during the 11th and 13th century and was sanctioned by Pope Urban ll to free the Holy Land in Jerusalem. It significantly brought tremendous change to the Church's wealth and influence, the Church's practices and teachings and Catholic's daily lives.  The Crusades largely involved men and some women from every country in Europe and brought both negative and some positive results to Europe.

During the Medieval Era in Europe, Christianity was seen as a threat to the Roman Empire due to Christians refusing to worship other gods or the emperor. As a result, many Christians were persecuted due to their refusals. However, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the church became dominant in Europe. Christianity (Catholicism) was the only religion that was recognized during this specific era. Christianity began its spread from the north and to the west into Europe. It was carried mostly by merchants, missionaries, and soldiers, which they believed helped to guarantee their freedom. Moreover, Christianity played a major role within the Medieval Era in Europe, which saved many lives and freed many people.

The men who founded the legislature of our country had seen first hand the difficulties that church and state partnerships could create in Europe. The consequences of this partnership are the main

On October 31, 1517, a plump, young professor & Augustinian monk named Martin Luther (1483-1546) tacked/nailed a list of 95 complaints about the Catholic Church on the doors of the Wittenberg Cathedral. Written in Latin, the complaints were mostly attacking the doctrine of indulgences. Indulgences were forgiveness of punishment for sins, usually obtained either through good works or prayers along with the payment of an appropriate sum of money. The complaints are mostly known as the 95 theses. This event would trigger the Reformation.

If the plague were to happen today in the United states, it would impact us like how it impacted the middle ages, by religion. First our religion would survive, and like medieval time we would believe we were punished by god. We would all stay in our own religions and trust that our god would keep us safe. This is what many believed in the middle ages. We would haft to get back to work and maybe even work harder to keep everything in progress. We would continue to build lives and make new families. We would use a lot of ideas the europeans used during their plague.

A topic that very much applies to Love of Power was the Crusades and Power of Love is shown through the Papacy. This was a time in the Christian faith where an army made up of Christians from Western Europe answered the call of Pope Urban II’s to go to war against Mulsims in the Holy Land. Power of Love and the Papacy is shown with the strong leaders of the comminty and God.

The base of civilization is religion; without it, no civilization could advance as much unless they had something to believe in and strive for. From 1000-1500 B.C., civilizations were flowering. They had strong religions, a flourishing economy, a variety of government forms, and a variety of social systems. Civilizations such as the Islamic Empire and the Medieval Empire were becoming stronger and fought against each other in the Crusades. While that was happening, the Vikings were raiding the medieval empire in hopes of becoming alike their war-like gods. Religion was a positive force in developing civilizations because it created stronger governments, closer communities, and new advancements that assisted economically.

Roman Catholicism has a significant influence on the lives of all the medieval societies, including their beliefs and values. The power of the church even let them create their laws and let people follow their social hierarchy. With strong political power, the church can even make holidays. It has a significant influence on art, education, religion, politics, and also the ability to change the feudal system through their authority.

Dating back to the 11th century, The Crusades can arguably be seen as one of the most pivotal events in religious history. What lead to the development of the crusades though? Several acts of influence and persuasion helped create a large following of support to partake in these controversial events. With the main source of influence sprouting directly from the popes and those of the church affiliated directly under the pope during this time period, they were able to gain a large amount of support from the people of their religion by promising forgiveness of sins as this would be seen as a command from christ. Along with these promises for the remission of sins, Pope Urban II goes on to portray the other religions as gruesome races who have

In chapter sixteen of "Understanding Western Society: A brief History / Volume 2: From the Age of Exploration to the Present", the reader will be presented with reading material based on Absolutism and Constitutionalism in Europe between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. In this chapter the question is presented, "What made the seventeenth century an age of crisis?" It is explained that Europe experienced economic hardships due to changes in climate, disagreements in religion, and war. The war which largely contributed to this economic crisis is referred to as the Thirty Years War. The Thirty Years War was a religious war between the Catholics and the Protestants. Tensions between Catholics and Protestants date back several centuries. After tensions had reached an all time high prior to the Thirty Years War, a truce was formed by the Peace of Augsburg in the year 1555, however the truce did not hold up as time went on. In time, Lutheran princes developed the Protestant Union in 1608, which influenced Catholics to develop the Catholic League in 1609. These groups wanted to make sure that the opposing groups made no advancements in religion or territory. The Catholics had the Spanish Habsburgs on

The Roman Catholic Church held supreme power in Europe for over a thousand years. The middles ages was essentially a time of control and prosperity for the Roman Catholic Church. It wasn’t until late 1517 when the Church finally lost some of its power. Martin Luther was the main antagonist of the Church and more specifically the pope. Luther disagreed with many of the Church’s practices and publicly disrespected the Roman Catholic Church. An act of heresy like this by Luther would usually have resulted in execution. Luther was most likely not executed by the Roman Catholic Church because he was hidden away before the Emperor could change his mind about his decision to let Luther live and Luther gained so much support that even after issuing