Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

The court of Henry VIII was known to be a prestigious and luxurious place for those close to the king; yet it was a dangerous and cruel place for those suspected of plotting against the crown. The king was known to be paranoid about the idea that a noble in his court would snatch the throne from Tudor control (Inside). Whisperings and rumor became many a courtier’s downfall and many victims were sent to the tower (Layton). Even with danger around every corner, many nobles, and even some peasants

were widespread prosecutions varied both chronologically and geographically. Even within an empire, prosecutions could differ; this was largely due to religious and legal factors. Evidently, in comparison to England, Germany under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire saw a significantly greater number of prosecution, out of approximately 30,000

Arthur was an english writer, and was concern for the peasants that was forced to pay taxes, and the nobility being the exception of such. Henry IV did what most monarch would never think of doing which was reducing taxes on the serfdom. It was advised by sully to relieve the peasant of such debt and curbed nobility power. This helped him become a Great king of France, because his people were

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

Absolute Monarchs in Konigsberg, but in Berlin they ruled as the Royal Vassals of the ‘Holy Roman Empire’. The ‘Middle Ages’ – An Emergence of Sovereignty? A political idea known as ‘respublica Christiana’ emerged in the Middle Ages, as the closest sovereign institution before the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. A joint arrangement, between the Sacerdotium, led by the Pope, and the Regnum, led by a designated emperor, ‘respublica Christiana’ was ‘universitas’ in that it was a unified authority devoted

Following the Evangelical reform movements on the European continent against the Roman Catholic Church, England also experienced its own reform movements and reformists. During the fifteenth century and the early sixteenth century, the English monarchy was Catholic, and thus opposed to reform, prosecuting evangelicals as heretics. In the first half of the reign of Henry VIII, the second Tudor monarch, this pattern continued under the administration of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey as Lord Chancellor, and

French king was captured, a treaty was signed in 1360: France agreed to pay ransom, the English received land in France, and Edward renounced his claim to the throne. Using guerilla tactics, the French regained their lands, but in 1415 England’s Henry V (d.1422)

would have to step down in the line of succession. Being a loyal Catholic, Mary began looking for a Catholic husband to avoid the reversal of her Catholic reforms. Someone suggested Prince Philip of Spain, the son of her first cousin the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Unfortunately, this recommended marriage was extremely unpopular and unsuccessful. When Mary Tudor married King Philip, the English people were frightened that the inquiry would be familiarized into England. Queen Mary was eleven years

they were much needed. The Council of Trent had a major role in the counter. The Council of Trent fought for the Reformers in every way possible. “The Council of Trent believed in the areas of tradition, original sin, justification, sacraments, the holy masses, and the veneration (honoring) of saints.” The Council of Trent and the Catholics fought to become more spiritual, educated, and literate. The reformation was a long and bloody time. There are many ways to look at this time period. Some say

While in a time of the English Church being under the control of the Catholic Church and Pope in Rome, King Henry VIII claimed the power of controlling the whole English Church through the Act of Supremacy. This caused for any that are still supporting the Pope and the power of the Catholic Church to be destroyed in the King’s eyes, especially monasteries. With the country no longer under the Catholic rule, it soon became a Protestant country. In the time of 1500s the Catholic Church, the papacy