Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

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    Chapter 14 Unit Questions Pluralism attracted the most negative attention to the Church of the 1400-1500s because when Church-appointed officials did not show up to their benefices, leading to the lack of responsibilty of the Church officials. Immorality was mostly neglect of the rule of celibacy, however immorality was not entirely sexual transgressions, there was also clerical drunkenness, gambling, and indulgence in fancy dress. Ignorance was the lack of education, as many priests were barely

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    Sir Thomas More's Life

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    a barrister. More entered Parliament in 1504. One of his first acts in Parliament was to assert a decrease for a proposed appropriation for King Henry VII. This lead to King Henry imprisoning More’s father until a fine was paid, as an act of revenge. His father’s imprisonment caused him to retire from public office, but he returned in 1509 once King Henry VII died. In 1505, he married Jane Colt and she bore three daughters and even adopted an orphan named Margaret Giggs, and one son, she later on

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    Early humanists Francesco Petrarch—the father of humanism Wrote personal letters to Cicero, Livy, Virgil, and Horace Wrote a Latin Epic poem, Africa, a tribute to a Roman general, and biographies of famous Roman men Sonnets to Laura remains his most famous work Classical and Christian values coexist in his works b. Dante Alighieri Wrote Vita Nuova and Divine Comedy which were far less secular than Petrarch’s works c. Giovanni

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    Catherine I

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    Not very long after that, her father left her an orphan at less than a month of age. She was raised by her father’s Roman relatives including Pope Leo X and Pope Clement the VIII. During this time the Italian Wars took place, and both Popes Leo X and Clement VIII were heavily involved in the events that went on. When Catherine was eight the German army of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V took control of Rome. The citizens of Florence chose to take advantage of this time and captured Catherine in the

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    When she turned eighteen, in 1469, they got married, officially sealing the commitment. This situation aroused the ire of Henry IV, who decided to disinherit his sister, after being recognized as the heir of the Kingdom, in the pact Bulls of Guisando in 1468 by Enrique IV, and rehabilitated in succession to his daughter Juana. Once King Henry IV died in 1474, an arduous succession dispute arose. The nobility was divided into two sections, one faction recognized Isabel and the other

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    to become protestant. Thomas supported the king in everything, like all his divorces and marriages, he supported ad agreed to the divine rights of kings. Thomas Cromwell also helped Cranmer with the king’s divorces and marriages. Cranmer and King Henry VIII become very close and had a very strong relationship or friendship. Cranmer was seen as a big symbol of religion in society. (www.historylearningsite.co.uk) Cranmer became thee biggest protestant aspect or element of King Henry’s council. Cranmer

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    Fernandez de Quiñone, (1482-1540) the Council of Trent, (1545-63) and by St. Pius V (1504-72) represent the Catholic Church’s embrace of Humanistic ideas. The effects of this embrace were manifold: attempts were made at the Council of Trent to limit the elaborateness of the music of the mass to insure clarity of text, Additionally, attempts to thin out and order the breviary were undertaken by Cardinal Quiñone and Pope Pius V However, Pius X’s (1835-1914) attempts to distribute a new Psalter

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    fascinate us centuries after she met her end on the scaffold. The story goes that King Henry struggles with his conscience when it becomes clear that his wife Catherine will not give him a male heir. He meets Anne and falls in love, and as a consequence breaks with Rome and the Holy Roman Catholic Church to marry her. When she too fails to produce the elusive son he desires he has her executed. The second wife of Henry VIII, Anne’s is a biography that many know, and yet this juxtaposes with the reality

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    connections with high ranking officials within the Catholic church. Katherine of Aragon had very powerful connections within the Church that led to a fractured Catholic Church. When Henry VIII wished to remarry, he went straight to the pope at the time, Clement

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    the most influential and controversial English King, Henry VIII. Power and faith were his aim and faith a wonderful treasure, as long as it worked for him. In the end Henry would turn his back on his faith and pursue a new one, one in which he would have all the power and take all the fame. Henry VIII was never meant to be king; it was his older brother Arthur who was meant for to be king however Arthur would die before he got the chance. Henry VIII on the other hand was raised in Greenwich Palace

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