Pope Innocent IV

considered Holy Wars that were brought on by the Popes. Talking about how the significance of the first three crusades led to the fall of Constantinople in the fourth crusade. We will have Jonathan Phillips making a guest appearance talking about his research in his book, The Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople. Story Line Part 1: Start off the documentary with introducing the crusades. For example the first crusade was mentioned by Pope Urban II in 1095. The first crusade was not actually

The knights of the temple of soloman, more commonly known as the knights templar or just templars, were founded by hugues de payens after the first crusade. After the pope retook the forgotten holy land, new pilgrims from all around christendom wished to travel the new promised land. However, many found that the newfound holy land is more dangerous than they thought, even though it was now controlled by the catholic church. In 1120, hugues de payens approached king baldwin II of jerusalem and proposed

The result was many would confess to even worse crimes than they were accused of, many desperate to escape the suffering took their own lives while in captivity (36-39). Innocent VIII, despite his name, played a large role in why the both the Spanish Inquisition and the European Witch Craze were so violent and why they went on for such a long period of time. It’s important in any type of conflict or violence to talk not just

advocate to many great artists. Although there were many attacks on Florence, Lorenzo risked his life for the safety of his people. There are many recorded occasions where Lorenzo formed alliances to protect his people. Around 1474, the new Pope, Sixtus IV decided to seize the small city of Imola for his nephew. Imola had been loosely under Florentine control. Once it was taken, Lorenzo was determined to take action and safeguard the towns near Imola. He formed an alliance with Venice and Milan

Land from Muslim forces, when it came to a final point it would be seen that the Crusades encouraged expansion of trade and learning in Europe’s development. On November 1095, Pope Urban II calls out the First Crusade, to their success the First Crusade was a big victory. The beginning of the Crusades was a grand call for Pope Urban II, afterwards the rest of the Crusades were a significant failure. By the end of the 11th century, Western Europe had come out as a sizeable power in its personal right

Hoping that the Pope would accede to his wishes, Alexius looked to rectify the Turkish invasions. November of 1095 Urban II consented to Alexius' request and called all to aid of their fellow Christians who had been attacked by the Turks. Perhaps having various other reasons

The Mongols were a ruthless group of nomads who spent their time spreading fear into the people of Asia and Europe during the post classical age, around 1200-1400 C.E. The conquered the largest land empire of all time prior to themselves and possessed one the most devastating armies ever to set foot on the Earth. They spent their time under their most well known leader, Genghis Khan, attacking and expanding their massive empire that many are familiar with today. The Mongols, throughout their relatively

universality debate, we must first analyse its ideological and intellectual background. To do so, we shall examine a similar debate that occurred only a few years before between royal and papal authority, epitomised by the conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France. According to Joseph Canning, the pontificate of Boniface VIII marked a “watershed between the high and late medieval papacies”. Pennington notes that an interesting parallel exists between Boniface and Emperor Henry VII

Tomás de Torquemada (tour – k – mah - da) was appointed as Grand Inquisitor through Pope Sixtus IV in 1482 (Biography.com, 2018). Torquemada was responsible for thousands of innocent deaths. Known as the Black Legend, he spread fear throughout Spain, and eventually throughout all of the Spanish colonies. Thousands of innocent people were arrested, interrogated, mercilessly tortured and many were killed. The Spanish Inquisition was established 1478 by King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Castile

subjected them to the political model of the Church, and by extension Rome. The first pope to recognize the full potential of the papacy was Leo the Great. In his two decades of servitude, he planted the seeds of Christian control to come over the next millennia in asserting the pope’s authority over other bishops by the power of the keys, granted by Jesus to Peter. In doing this Leo the Great positioned the pope as the sole arbiter in holy matters, establishing the position as that of enormous spiritual