Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

THE SYMBIOTIC RISE OF CATHOLICISM AND MILITARISTIC VIOLENCE FROM THE 8TH TO THE 12TH CENTURY • In this essay, I examine how the rise of the Catholic Church’s power in Western Europe and the increased military violence are symbiotic, not contradictory in the 8th to 12th centuries • I argue that the papal coronations of Pippin and Charlemagne begin the papacy’s relationship with political rulers and how it transitions from a weak structure to a bureaucracy that envisions a transnational state that

Around the last half of the 11th century, Pope Gregory VII not only enacted moral alterations within the Church that had continuous effects, but the Pope also clashed with a political leader Henry IV. This indicates that these changes are defined as a revolution because a revolution is a sudden and vast change that has lasting effects. Although most of the prominent modifications enacted by Pope Gregory VII altered the ethical lives of Church leaders still remain important today, the doctrines established

actions of the Roman people on the very topic that the people because of their sins had gotten themselves into their own mess. Another way that the Church helped to expunge pagan influences was to build churches and cathedrals on pagan temples. They also came up with religious feasts to replace pagan feasts that would be going on at the same time. Another problem that had arisen for the Holy See was the struggle with royalty. An example, is when Gregory VII excommunicated Emperor Henry IV and he was

How successful was Henry VII in dealing with challenges to his royal authority in the years 1489 to 1499? Between the years 1489 and 1499, Henry received three main threats to his royal authority: the Yorkshire Rebellion in 1489; the pretender, Perkin Warbeck (from 1491 to 1499); and the Cornish uprising in 1497. All of these threats were quelled successfully; however each one presented problems to Henry and highlighted his instability on the throne. I believe that Henry dealt with the challenges

Following the fall of the Roman Empire came the Middle Ages. The institution which protected the spiritual welfare of Christian believers was the church. The church was a symbol of stability and leadership that Europeans relied on during the Middle Ages. Not only did the Roman Catholic church serve the citizens but it also helped organize a form government with the pope as the head of the hierarchy. The Catholic Church was a powerful institution which established its own laws and imposed taxes

Henry II (1133 - 1189) was the grandson of Henry I, but only became king after having invaded England in 1153 and forcing his second cousin, King Stephen to make him heir. He was only able to invade due to his marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaine, as it made him Lord of Aquitaine and gave him more power and influence in France. His succession to the throne in 1154 made him commander of an empire which stretched from northern Scotland to south-western Europe. He made various significant changes to the

the Medieval times. The Roman Catholic Church, as it is called in Western Europe, was the only church in Medieval Europe. By the year 1000, everyone, including the Vikings, had converted to Christianity. Islam, which originated in Islam spread to much of the world. Buddhism was practiced in China, and spread to Japan. In Japan, Buddhism flourished with their original religion Shintu. Finally, in the Americas, the Mayans and Aztecs practiced their own unique religion. The Roman Catholic Church was the

of not only the Roman liturgical calendar, but of canon law. Furthermore, he actively suppressed local Ambrosian and Gallican rites in an effort to create liturgical agreement across the kingdom. The liturgical connection to Rome that Pippin and Charlemagne established continued well into the reign of Charlemagne’s son, Louis the Pious; the following passage from the anonymous Hagiographic text Vita Hludovici Imperatoris (c.840) describes the arrival and reception of Pope Steven IV at

Their country was in quite of a mess financially as their treasury ran low causing them to gain more by giving the servant's their own land along with powerful families. Despite this, the Wittelsbach Dynasty had its first Holy Roman Emperor elected in 1328. In the 14th and 15th centuries, Bavaria was constantly subdivided into different smaller states who often fought with one another. This changed when a new ruler came in and started to reform the state into better times but still

the main unifying factor between territories that had evolved in very different ways, had different power structures in place and spoke different languages. The Church owned significant amounts of land since it became the official religion of the Roman Empire, mainly in the form of bishoprics and monasteries, but even at a smaller level in the shape of the lots assigned to the different parishes. The control of this resources had capital importance for the different rulers who fought for the Control