Pope Nicholas III

The Garden of Earthly Delights painted by Hieronymus Bosch, depicts many vivid fictional scenes in triptych style. The right wing of the triptych depicts Hell and the causes of man's downfall, which Dante wrote about in the Inferno. Dante tries to convey to all humanity the consequences of human actions and the levels of hell that he believes exist for different levels of sins. Dante divides Hell up into ten different circles, and there is an upper and a lower level of Hell. Dante and Bosch have

Pope Boniface also had his own rules by which he influenced the Council of Cardinals, bringing it to its knees, causing thousands of people hurt and confusion. The papacy was full of perpetrators, among those is another Pope, Pope Alexander VI. His papacy started in 1294 and ended with his death 1303 (Catholic Answers, Para 3). In order to become Pope, he would kill many rulers of the Church and Kings of the land to get what

personal judgment of their misdeeds. These inhabitants and their Hellish residency are: gluttonous Ciacco in the third circle; heretical Farinata degli Uberti in the sixth circle; the fraudulent eighth circle of Hell locates simonaic Popes Boniface VIII, Nicholas III, and Clement V in the third trench-like Bolgia, the thief Guido da Montefeltro in the seventh Bolgia, and finds the instigator of the Guelph and Ghibbeline rivalry – Mosca dei Lamberti – in the ninth Bolgia reserved for sowers of discord

was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding Turks in the middle east. These Turkish forces invaded Byzantium, a Christian empire. The crusaders were a militia, sent out to recover what they thought was theirs. The first crusade was essentially started by Pope Urban II. On November 27, 1095, he gathered his

when Pope Urban II made his important speech in Central France. The crowd’s response was positive and they were eager to fight for their religion. Soon after, fighting wasn’t for religion but because of gaining wealth and prosperity. The Crusades began as a result of the Seljuk Turks taking over the Holy Lands from the Byzantine Empire in the early eleventh century. The Byzantine emperor, Alexios I Komnenos asked for help from the Pope Urban II of the Roman Catholic Church. He needed the Pope to

In The Inferno Dante Alighieri exhibits divine justice by crafting sinner’s punishments to match the severity of their crime and its moral implications. The punishments for suicide described in Canto XII, Simoniacs in Canto XIX and thieves in Canto XXV show Alighieri’s ability to create detailed and personalized punishments, emphasising God’s perfection in creation. The sin of Violence Against Oneself, or suicide is described in Canto XII. The sinners who commit suicide are sent to the Wood of

VATICAN CITY The Sistine Chapel … St. Peter’s Square … Saint Peter’s Basilica … The home of Pope Francis., What do all these famous places have in common? They are all in The Vatican City. Vatican City, an independent state within the city of Rome, is ruled by the Pope and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. (Ruhl 1) (Blake 2) Vatican city, the smallest country, has the smallest population in the world. The Vatican stamps their own coins (Ruhl 3). The full name of

The Sistine Chapel … St. Peter’s Square … Saint Peter’s Basilica … The home of Pope Francis., What do all these famous places have in common? They are all in The Vatican City. Vatican City, an independent state within the city of Rome, is ruled by the Pope and is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. (Ruhl 1) (Blake 2) Vatican city, the smallest country, has the smallest population in the world. The Vatican stamps their own coins (Ruhl 3). The full name of the country is the State

Dante’s choices for occupants of the nine circles of damnation. During his lifetime, two influential positions vied for power. The Pope, who represented the church, and the Holy Roman Emperor, who represented the state, each held claim to power, and each wanted to conquer the other. Two parties stood behind their respective leader; the Guelph party were loyal to the Pope and the Ghibelline party to the emperor. The Guelph triumphed

talk with the politicians and clergy while he was down in Hell. One of the people in the poem that was mentioned was Pope Nicholas III who confessed to Dante that he tried to buy himself into Heaven. He hates himself for it and is full of grief but he mentioned that there are so many worse people on Earth who have a more horrible fate. Dante does not have any sympathy towards Nicholas. He believes that his punishment fits the crime. Then Dante breaks and tells his negative