treachery and loyalty‚ and this humiliating defeat at the hands of unknown brigands transformed into a holy crusade‚ a glorious martyrdom‚ a great apocalyptic victory ordained by God.” (SOR‚ 4) “It was looked upon as the time when the great dream of Christendom had come true‚ when a worldwide Christian community was established under a pious and crusading Emperor‚ and all men were bound in ascending loyalty to each other and to the Lord of all. The Carolingian Empire was seen as the fulfillment of a divine
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In 1095‚ the First Crusade is initiated when Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus requests help in reconquering from the Seljuk Turks the lost territory of Asia Minor. Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont calls upon the princes of Christendom for an armed “pilgrimage” to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims. Among his goals is the strengthening of the Gregorian papacy by bringing the Greek Orthodox Church under papal authority. The response is dramatic with two waves of “crusaders” answering
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In the age of Atlantic exploration‚ the great cultural empire of Christendom feels a discomfort and fear of being wiped out‚ thanks to the anxieties brought on by the spread and success of the Islamic Empire. Many feared that the very institution of Christianity stood in great danger against the economic trade machine of the Ottoman Empire‚ and many Europeans began to feel “a powerful sense of geographic and religious claustrophobia.” Therefore men‚ filled with ambition and a desire to achieve greatness
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Middle Ages‚ the period in European history from the collapse of Roman civilization in the 5th century ce to the period of the Renaissance (variously interpreted as beginning in the 13th‚ 14th‚ or 15th century‚ depending on the region of Europe and on other factors). The term and its conventional meaning were introduced by Italian humanists with invidious intent; the humanists were engaged in a revival of Classical learning and culture‚ and the notion of a thousand-year period of darkness and ignorance
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Within this same category we also receive the eastern church and its role in how the west grew. There was little to no contact between the two and Hamilton is careful to mention this because by the time‚ in the later middle ages‚ the two halves of Christendom come back into contact they have developed quite differently from each other. This culminates in the western idea of how much more superior they felt they should have been because they had kept the original heart of their faith: Rome. While the
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Seljuk chieftain as an opportunity to take the offensive. (Walker 2) He‚ therefore‚ appealed to Pope Urban II for assistance in raising a body of western knights to help him recover his lost Asiatic provinces. (Walker 2) Urban called on all Christendom to take part in the work‚ promising a complete remission of sins to those who would take the arduous journey. (Walker 2) The leaders of the first Crusade included some of the most distinguished representatives of European knighthood. (Alchin
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the English and French had waged jointly against the Dutch since Early 1672‚ leaving Louis to pursue his military conquests on the continent for another four years. I’ th’ isle of Britain‚ long since famous grown For breeding the best cunts in Christendom‚ There reigns‚ and oh! long may he reign and thrive‚ The easiest King and best-bred man alive. Him no ambition moves to get renown 5 Like the French fool‚ that wanders up and down Starving his people‚ hazarding his crown. Peace is his aim‚ his
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and what comes to pass.. French Colonizer La Barre cannot predict a slave revolt because his conception of his slaves is a long-standing intellectual inheritance spanning negatively-charged racial descriptors such as “nègre” from early Middle Age Christendom‚ all the way to the explicit formulations
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All of which I am about to write in this short synthesis is solely taken from the book entitled‚ “Church and Sacraments” by Victoria D. Corral‚ Ed.D. Et al. No other reference was used in the makings. The 12 chosen apostles of Jesus Christ were the first footsteps taken to the creation of the Church‚ which was born from the Father’s plan in order to continue the mission He had done and that is to proclaim the Kingdom of God. The early Christian community was the beginning of the Church as each apostle
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