Essay About Religious Disputes And Holy See

Dark Ages
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Violence was shocking
Homicides, 1/100 murderers was brought to justice
People knew death was the penalty for a crime, but didnt let it stop them
Religious disputes and tensions between paganism and Christianity
Purity, “mens way of life vs. gods way of life”
Mans decisions determine where he spends eternity
Fight for power
Aristocrats vs. crown holders
The willingness to lead
Paganism took over Christianity (infiltrated, subverted) it was supposed to destroy
Pagan ideas, rituals, and customs were weaved into the Christian faith
Saints became popular, replicas were wanted
New traditions were adopted(burning of candles)
Leo III defended Christianity to a huge extent
Was a target
Christian art was restored because it reflected ancient heritage
Medieval world-no high cultural or technological development
Rome reached great standards, romans achieved many things
Age that followed was not as accomplished
Pirates blocked sea routes
People were not fedetc…bad living conditions
Strong, healthy, shrewd, handsome, beautiful, and lucky flourished
Europe under aristocracy, noble
Most nobles proved themselves in battle
Titles evolved, duke, count, baron, or marquis
Lowest-knight, became knight
Royalty was invested with glory
King, lord of men
Praised
Office went from descent to election?
Sovereigns, supreme ruler, seeked freedom from the Vatican
“outside the church there is no salvation”
“holy see”-the see of Rome,, the office of jurisdiction of the pope, the papal court
“The church is the work of an incarnate God like all Gods works, it is perfect. It is therefore incapable of reform.
Medieval mind, mans total lack of ego
No true identity, go by just a name they pick up
No awareness of time
Once churches grew strong and centralized, knighthood started dying
The knightly way of life was no longer practical
Soldiers were well armed and trained better than knights…1300-1400ish
A.D. 1500, most sovereign dynasties were in place
A force strengthened by emerging feelings of national among the masses was reshaping Europe
A.D. 1300 Europe started to rebuild
Papacy, office of the pope
Classes emerged
Rebirth of education and learning
Renaissance=rebirth
Began around early 1400s
Most influential renaissance men were writers, scholars, philosophers, educators, statesmen, and independent theologians.
PART 2, THE SHATTERING..
Magellan, mightiest explorer of history
Very pious and modest
Assumed that the Madonna (virgin Mary) was responsible for his accomplishments
Spanish
Sailed around the world
RELIGIOUS REVOLUTION, split Christendom and signaled an end to the medieval world
Carlos I commissioned Magellan to go west and claim Spanish possession of an archipelago in hands of rival, Manvel I of Portugal
Were spice islands
Were considered priceless
2 became Magellans
Would receive 5% of profit from archipelago
Magellan was killed before he could ever reach there
He landed in Philippines, went around the world, discovered a straight
Some people declared his expedition a myth and “impossible”
Francis Drake
Intensions