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    With the many deaths, poor condition for poor people, and the schism of the Church, it may seem easy to call this era a decline. Although upon closer looking, this era is more of a transitional period into the next period than a decline due to many reasons. Whether you look at religious, social movements, or economically, the late Middle Ages helped transition Europe into what it has become. For example, the church went through a great

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    Medieval church faced helped shape the mindset of the English people to want reform. Since a great portion of English society was based around the church, the ongoing conflict between the church and the king,anti-clericalism , and internal problems within the Catholic Church played a major role in the onset of the English Reformation. One of the first major problems that the church faced was the Great Schism. From 1387 to 1417, three men were considered to be the pope, which had never happened in

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    As the middle ages came to a close, political theologians set forth a series of political ideologies that would help shape modern day democracy. The Black Death greatly affected the beliefs of the power in Catholic Church. With seemingly randomly mass death of the young and old, the peasant class began to revolt. While unrest occurred throughout Western Europe events like the conciliar movement called into question the emerging conceptions of limitations on rulers’ power. Theologian including John

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    Giovanni was also the great-grandson to another Averardo, who had served as Gonfaloniere in the 14th century. The beginning of the Medici bank came underway through one of Giovanni’s relatives, Vieri di Cambio de’ Medici who was much richer than Giovanni’s family. He was an Italian banker who

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    shape the decisions of the people of this time. The 15th century was filled with many religious complications and many of the new moral standards and lifestyles were affected by the disasters that occurred in the 14th century. There was the Western Schism, church corruption, and the Spanish Inquisition, all of which changed the church to the modern sense they are now. Throughout the

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    World History Exam Short Answer Question Question # The Question # is one. Topic Sentence Both the Great Schism in Christianity and the split in Islam experienced significant similarities, such as cause of the division, and differences, such as impact of the division, with factors that have contributed to the split in both religions. Evidence #1 According to Chapter 9 Section 1 of the Prentice Hall World History Textbook, the two branches of Christianity, eastern and western Christianity

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    Schism of 1054 The Great Schism occurred in 1054 when the Western Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church split, slicing the religion in two. The conflict materialized for many reasons, but mainly the disagreements of the power of the Pope and the language difference of the West and East. The East believed in an ecumenical patriarch heavily disputing the power of the Pope. The West thought the Pope deserved full power, hence the name Power of the Pope. Moreover, while trying to argue about

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    Many issues that created the Great Schism between the East and West, both before 1054 and after 1054. It would appear from the documents that the Eastern Orthodox has more issues with how the West was conducting religion. Some documents would tell us that the Catholic had issues before and after 1054 C.E. Also the Eastern Orthodox had issues before and after 1054. Both religions had issues before and after the time of 1054 C.E., but the Eastern Orthodox had more issues. It would appear to us by the

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    The Great Schism of 1054 that occurred in the Catholic Church has left a once united people separated because of conflict. These issues that tore them apart are still true today and the relations between Catholics and Orthodox Christians has yet to be repaired. The Eastern Schism was a result of many problems but it was largely a struggle between two main churches; the Western Church located in Rome, and the Eastern Church that was centered in Constantinople. Barbarian invaders, who were on a mission

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    Chapter 6 Early Church Fathers’ Attitudes Toward Women “Then, as the church became fused with the secular, misogynistic society of Rome, Christ’s attitude toward women and the doctrine of equality were purposely forgotten,” 21, 34 Following are only a few of the mean-spirited quotes made by the early church so-called fathers and from modern preachers. This researcher believes this kind of leadership has instigated erroneous beliefs about women and their place in the Christian church. Furthermore

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