Papacy In The Middle Ages

The Black Plague was one of the world’s most deadliest diseases. The Black Plague had many effects on the people back then when the Plague was most common. The effects we’re abandonment, burning of certain types of people, for example: The Jews, and over a third of Europe was killed because of the plague. The Black Plague caused major mortality rates to drastically increase. People believed that the plague was an act of god, sending it down as a test for the human’s survival.

One of the most terrifying moments of human life would emerge in the 14th century, the Black Death. The Black was transferred, according to studies, by rats on ships traveled from Asia to Europe. Within four years, (1347-1351) most of Asian, European, and Middle Eastern people were infected. Socially and religiously, nothing worked like before, and people lived as if it was their last day. Jews were executed and accused of creating the plague by poisoning the wells. The Catholic Church lost its credibility when it came to explaining the disease. This lead to the evolution of Protestantism. The Black Death exterminated one to two third of the European population, about 25 million in Asia, interrupted the progress of science and intellectual

Council of Lyons (1274) declared a reunion of the Eastern Church with Rome after the pope sent forces to defend the Byzantine Empire against the Turks (the reunion only lasted seven years)

During this time, feudalism developed. In the feudal system, weak kings granted lands to greater lords in return for military aid. Greater lords in turn granted lands to lesser lords below them. These nobles governed all people, including clergyman to whom they granted a ‘fief” of land. When a clergyman, who were to pay their loyalty to the pope, became a vassal, or under the charge of a lord who granted him land, it gave the nobles and kings power. But because the papacy had the unified support of the larger peasant class and there were no strong kings to challenge him, the pope gained greater secular power than the nobility in addition to religious influence. Not only could he banish people from the Church through religious excommunication, but he could establish secular decrees like the Peace and Truce of God, which limited the appropriate locations and days for war. Secular powers such as these were previously reserved to kings, and illustrate that the pope due to the weakening of kings in the feudal system, held greater authority.

The Christians of Europe began saying it was God’s wrath to punish them for the corruption of the church. Some Christians called Flagellants would travel from town to town beating themselves to show that God no longer needed to punish them.“Others said God’s anger came as a result of the divisiveness that existed within Christian Europe” (The Black Death). There were many reasons to why they believed it was God’s punishment, but after a short while, a new idea rose up among the Christians of Europe. They began blaming the Jews because they had let them live there and remain faithful to their own beliefs. This idea became widely accepted, even by the church although they were not the ones who started the rumor. The Christians then got the idea that if the converted, exiled, or murdered the Jewish population that the plague would disappear. During this time, many people were unsanitary which led to them contracting the Black Death, but as a Jewish law, it was required that they clean themselves. Since the Jews cleaned their bodies daily, they were practically immune to the disease even though some still contracted it. Therefore, this led to the belief that the Jews caused the Black Death because their population died at a slower rate than the Christians (The Black

The black death had a devastating effect on society. The country was torn between riot and disorder. The first Plague was followed by others milder each time but no less disjointing to society. Landowners and rich men were threatened with ruin by what seemed the crazy demands of the poor men to get higher wages. Wandering homeless man was for the first time masters of the labour market and Peasants from villages migrated to towns and cities, leading to the downfall of the Feudal System' When the plague was happening everybody thought it was a punishment from God for being too sinful, so what they did was pleasure god as much as they could but it still wouldn't work, so that made people lost faith and courage in Christianity and the church.

The Black Death was a very lethal and deadly epidemic. It has been widely debated years ago what the black plague really was, how the epidemic had spread, why and how were the Jewish people were responsible for the outbreak or not, and how people attempted to put a halt to the plague. Even up to this day scientists are still observing the DNA of the infected people found at mass burials . It was such a complex and widespread disease that no one can stop it and it killed a large amount of Europe’s population. It wasn’t one simple disease; there were many mutations and adaptation to it that the thought of treatment was just outrageous. Many Christians and other religions blamed the Jews for the events that had occurred even when they had no considerable evidence that is was the Jewish people who started this outbreak.

Cathedrals were being built in ways that they hadn’t before, and have become central areas for tourism instead of just worship. Although this brought people together, it began to arise the problem that the popes were becoming less spiritual and more about money. When Pope Clement V settled in Avignon in France instead of Rome, the people are infuriated. The Pope has always been in Rome, and that’s how it should stay. But that’s not the only reason, the people also felt that Avignon was far too luxurious.

Taylor Harris History 1110 Mr. Shurtleff March 29, 2015 The Black Death Throughout history there has been many infectious diseases to harm the human race. Every so often there is a new disease presented as well as recurring diseases. As time has gone on we have found many epidemics and cures for the these infectious and harmful diseases, but we haven’t always been able to stop it.

The Black Death resulted in the death of over 25 million people and one third of Europe’s people from 1347 to 1352. This disease originated in China in the early 1330’s and started to spread to Western Asia and Europe through trade. The bubonic plague, aka Black Death, affects rodents mostly but fleas can transmit disease to people. Once a one person is infected, it was easily transmitted. The plague caused fever and swelling of the lymph glands. It also caused red spots on the skin, but then turned into black spots. During the winter the plague seemed to vanish, but came back and happened in waves. The aftermath of the Black Death had a major impact on, literature, religion, and the economy.

Western European people had endured a series of changes during the late medieval period. Changes can be categorized into two aspects: politically and socially. On politics, Popes were not as strong as they were due to conflicts between the state and the church. Socially, people began to live a religion- dominated life, and experienced active sexism towards women. These changes, either positive or negative, have become an undivided part of European History.

The Middle Ages came right after the fall of the Roman Empire because of its lack of centralized religion and its inability to deal with the raids of the nomadic and germanic tribes. Compared to all the revolutionary advancements of the Roman Empire, many considered the Middle Ages to be a big step back in lifestyle, education and technological advancements. The The Middle Ages have been defined as many things. It has been called the Age of Feudalism, The Golden Age, and the Dark Ages. However, the Age of Faith is a more accurate title, because during the Middle Ages the church was the main source of unity in Europe, the church was viewed as the most important and powerful part of Europe, even more powerful than the kings and governments, and finally the Age is Faith is a more accurate title because people followed the church no matter what, even through situations as extreme as the Crusades.

This paper will look into the primary reasons for the rise of the Roman papacy to power, and a few of the many things that aided the papacy in getting there. The fall of the Roman Empire is clearly a key factor in the rise of the papacy, so a look into the factors that caused the fall of the Roman Empire is essential. Secondly, a look into how the church positioned itself, to step into the vacuum of power left behind by the fall of the Roman Empire will prove to be needed. Lastly, there will be a brief look at the positive and negative ramifications that ensued from the churches rise to power. This paper will not be an exhaustive look into the rise of the papacy, but instead will provide a good place to start ones study into

The Black Death, the most severe epidemic in human history, ravaged Europe from 1347-1351. This plague killed entire families at a time and destroyed at least 1,000 villages. Greatly contributing to the Crisis of the Fourteenth Century, the Black Death had many effects beyond its immediate symptoms. Not only did the Black Death take a devastating toll on human life, but it also played a major role in shaping European life in the years following.

In the void left by the collapse of the Roman Empire, the bishop of Rome grew even more in both power and prestige beginning in the sixth century and continuing to the reformation in the ninth century. It is the aim of this paper to explain how and why the papacy in Rome became the center of power of the medieval world, the factors contributing to this dominance over Western Europe, and the positive and negative ramifications of the position becoming so powerful. Through this paper you will discover how papacy was able to fill the vacuum of power left by the fall of an empire.