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    Renaissance Arts

    Fatima Haidar AP European History Essay Everyone has a way to express themselves whether it's in writing or in arts such as music, dance, or drawing. During the Renaissance the arts were encouraged. The Renaissance was expressed through Italian art by incorporating religion, science, and math. They made self-portraits and wrote autobiographies. The Renaissance was more secular then the middle Ages, but they were still very religious. Although the Middle Ages wasn't secular, nevertheless during

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    Religion Reformation

    A Brief Talk on Protestant Reformation It was on the night before All Saints’ Day on which one of the largest crowds of the year would gather to see the relics which was rebuilt with the money came from the sale of indulgence in Wittenberg, Germany, Martin Luther posted on the door of the castle church his Ninety-five Theses, the Protestant Reformation began. That time was to some extent influenced by the Renaissance. On the one hand, the humanist called for a return to the study of classics

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    Whh Vocab

    empire The Middle Ages 1. Carolingian Dynasty- Frankish rulers who held power near present day Germany and France, originated by Charlemagne and later Charles Martel, 2/3 major C’s of the time- Clovis was the 3rd 2. Charlemagne- Crowned emperor by pope Leo III on Christmas Day because of his actions to protect Italy from Lombard and to drive the Muslims out of Spain 3. Canon law- Church law 4. Lay

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    Art History

    Since the pope first came to worldwide prominence in the late Middle Ages, he has been recognized as both a political and spiritual leader. His religious clout alone demands that the Vatican, the papal state fully under his control, would be filled with breathtaking structures and artwork. As visitors to the Vatican progress through St Peter's Square, into the famed basilica, and perhaps to the Sistine Chapel, they are surrounded with art and architecture created to play very specific roles, ranging

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    God's Fool

    allowed the Franciscan order preaches of the the influence over the Churches response St Francis was able to gain the influence of the Church through Pope Innocent III and Pope Honorius. Both of these Pope’s saw St. Francis as an instrument to spread the message of taking care of the poor, sick, living a faithful life with devotion. In 1223 Pope Honorius made the Franciscan order as official. Giving special attention to impoverish

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    Holy Roman Empire

    territory for almost an entire millennium, necessarily meaning the empire had a large influence on the history of the Western World. The beginning of the Holy Roman Empire is not clear, but it was usually traced back to crowning of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III in 800. Charlemagne was previously King of The Franks, a group of Germanic tribes in modern day France. Charlemagne’s coronation was supposed to shift the power in Europe back to the West centuries after the power of the Roman Empire shifted

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    Assess the View That the Roman Catholics Were a Serious Threat to Elizabeth I and the Church She Established.

    Assess the view that the Roman Catholics were a serious threat to Elizabeth I and the church she established. Despite the fact that some Catholics did pose a threat towards the Elizabethan Church, this was never serious or organised enough to abolish the church and threaten the Queen. Many historians such as Diarmiad MacCulloch, Christopher Haigh, Wallace MacCaffrey and Alan Dures have engaged in debate about this topic, coming to different conclusions. As some historians such as MacCulloch and

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    Lampedusa

    They seek a better place for themselves and for their families and they found death instead. Pope Francis deeply moved by the countless bodies that passed away in Lampedusa. Pope Francis tweeted, “pray [to] God for the victims of the shipwreck off Lampedusa.” Pope Francis stresses the issue that we are no longer attending to the world in which we we live in. We don’t protect what God has given us. Also, the Pope was outraged how we do not love all of our brother and sisters. This situation challenges

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    How Important Were Ministers Such as Thomas Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell to Henry Vii's Reign?

    religious beliefs and he wished the Church of England–which he had created by the Act of Supremacy in 1534–to remain so as well. He hoped to find a Via Media, or "Middle Way" between what he considered to be the extremes of both Roman Catholicism–with its popes and devotions to the Virgin Mary and the saints–and heretical Protestantism, which denied the truth of Transubstantiation and the validity of other sacraments and which tended to de-emphasize the importance or necessity of a rigidly hierarchical, ordained

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    Analysis of Lectures

    events depict man’s ability and practice of classifying individuals into subgroups. For example, some are classified as Christians while others are classified as Muslims just as in racism some are classified as black and other white. Prior to the Pope calling the Holy War, Muslims had occupied much of Spain and were threatening to take over Europe. The situation posed a threat to Christians who had occupied a large part of the peninsula. Additionally, the conquest by the Muslims would mean that

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