Jessie Pope

Tatar tribe on the Danube. He compelled the rebellious Bavarian dukes to submit to him. When possible he preferred to settle matters peacefully, however. For example, Charlemagne offered to pay the Lombard king Desiderius for return of lands to the pope, but, when Desiderius refused, Charlemagne seized his kingdom in 773 to 774 and restored the Papal States. The key to Charlemagne's amazing conquests was his ability to organize. During his reign he sent out more than 50 military expeditions. He

The Catholic Church during the early 16th Century was rooted throughout Europe. The Church influenced every country and its respective monarchs through the Church’s wealth and power. The Catholic Church placed a tight hold on the general populace with individuals who went against the Church being branded as heretics and excommunicated. The wealth and power of the Church eventually caused the quality of the clergy to deteriorate. Priests became corrupt and subjected to their physical desires. They

Below is a journal entry from an unnamed physician in the court of King Henry VIII of England, dated 1540. The article was typed using Microsoft Word, and was then annotated in order to highlight key pieces of information and to provide the reader with relevant historical and philosophical details. The entry follows: While treating a common man with gangrene this morning, I realized that the best course of action was to perform an amputation. His leg had become gangrenous and if left untreated,

Explroing the Social Groups to Which Reformation Appealed in Sixteenth-Century Germany During the early Sixteenth Century the church was the most powerful constitution in the world. So, how was its power reduced so dramatically in the space of one century and where did support for the reformation lie? The question of which social groups the reformation appealed to can be answered by addressing which sectors of society supported Martin Luther, “The Father of Protestantism

These men have slowly deviated from the very foundation beliefs that held as holy. It is almost as if they created considered themselves inimical to Christ- a direct substitute. The followers of the Catholic see nothing wrong with the worship of their pope, which is a direct contradiction to their beliefs of a monotheistic God, and the Words of Christ, in whom they supposedly put their trust in. We are going to rewind back to the 15th century when the Catholic Church was known as the Roman Catholic Church

Republic, this was a victory for the Catholic Church, seeing as the treaty lasted until the end of the reformation period. To keep a solid foothold in both political and religious worlds, the Church believed institutional reform was necessary. In 1545, Pope Paul III initiated the Council of Trent, which lasted until 1564. In this council, a group of cardinals was assigned the duty of addressing many controversial issues such as indulgences, corrupt priests and bishops, and other financial abuses. The

In Europe from the late fifteenth to early seventeenth centuries many people, both men and women, were persecuted as witches. The reasons for the persecution of individuals as witches included gender discrimination, religious fanaticism, an explanation for the otherwise unexplainable events that took place, and even as a way for secular officials to gain more wealth. Misogyny being a cause to the witch trials may have resulted from the new roles of women in society conflicting with the traditional

Eastern Empire. Also, the loss and decreased of the populous provinces lessened the power of the empire. The Byzantine emperors then were encountered with new enemies from the north and south, while the relations worsened between the emperor and the popes and kings of western Europe. 3) Political, economic and social transformations that were caused in the Byzantine Empire by "the plague of Justinian", the 7th century epidemics, and the loss of Egypt and Syria had a long effect on the empire. The plague

Othello and Reformation Theology In the opening act of Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago feigns great panic when he warns Othello of an approaching mob of angry men, “Those are the raised father and his friends,/ You were best go in” (1.2.29). Although he responds to Iago with great confidence, “Not I, I must be found” (1.2.30), Othello’s soul is soon to be tested, and his confidence will ultimately be broken. Othello’s soul, far from perfect, is masterfully spun by a craftsman who drew inspiration

The Protestant Reformation was the time in the 16th century when the Roman Catholic Church, which had dominated Europe for over a thousand years, split into new factions of Christianity. There were a number of political, social and religious causes for the reformation. It was because of the ideals of significant figures such as Martin Luther that these protests were successful and led to major changes. Before the Protestant Reformation, almost all Christians in Europe were roman catholic. The roman