End of Feudalism
Kings and Popes
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Henry and the pope
Popes are head of the Christian churches in Western Europe. They decide what happens to the churches, from their teaching to their laws. People believe that popes are God's representative, so people looked for guidance about how to love and pray. Popes decide if someone is going against the churches. If a person was going against the church, they could be severely punished or be excommunicated, be banned away of Christianity (this was bad because people believe that the person can't go to heaven). When Rome collapse everybody looked for the popes guidance, so the pope start living like royalty, become reach and has more power. This causes them to go against the Europe's politic leaders, kings.
Europe was divided into many states; most of them are ruled by kings with big power or little power. England, France and the Holy Roman Empire are all ruled by the most powerful kings. In England and France kings inherited their throne from their fathers. In this time, nobles go against the kings, but they put order quickly enough. In the Holy Roman Empire everything was different, the pope approve the empire people saw this as the rebirth of the Roman Empire so it became Holy Roman Empire. Holy Roman emperors didn't inherit their crowns; they were elected by the emperor's noble. These cause a lot of problems, so the emperor went to the pope for help.
While the Western Europe considered the pope to be the head of the church, the Eastern Europe disagrees. The bishop controls the churches in Eastern Europe and has little or no religious guidance to the pope. The pope believed all religious officials should answer to the popes. Pope Leo IX also believes that all popes have the religious power like the first pope Saint Peter. One Eastern Church leader, Byzantine Patriarch Michael Cartularies, refuse to recognize the supremacy of the pope. The popes responded by excommunicating him, this is known as the Great Schism. Leo’s decision created the churches to split up. Christians who agreed with the bishop of Constantinople formed the Orthodox Church. Those who supported Leo’s authority became known as Roman Catholics. With their support, the pope became head of the Roman Catholic Church and one of the most powerful figures in Western Europe.
As the popes increase their power they came to have a problem with the kings, the kings wanted themselves to let them pick the bishops but the popes said they should pick the religious official for themselves. Later a new pope came into power, his name is Pope Gregory VII, then trouble came when he disapprove Emperor Henry IV for choosing a bishop. Emperor Henry became angry for questioning his authority he asked the bishops to excommunicated Gregory. The bishops disagree so they excommunicated Henry instead. Henry wanted to apologize but Gregory doesn't want to talk to him, so Henry stayed barefooted for their days outside where Gregory lived. Gregory finally accepted his apology and brought him back as emperor. This time they showed how powerful the popes are. The fight over the right to choose bishops continued even after Henry and Gregory died. A new pope and emperor came and reached a compromise. They decided that church officials would choose all bishops and abbots. The bishops and abbots, however, would still have to obey the emperor. This decision did not end all conflict. Kings and popes continued to fight for power throughout the middle Ages, changing lives all over Europe.
Europe was divided into many states; most of them are ruled by kings with big power or little power. England, France and the Holy Roman Empire are all ruled by the most powerful kings. In England and France kings inherited their throne from their fathers. In this time, nobles go against the kings, but they put order quickly enough. In the Holy Roman Empire everything was different, the pope approve the empire people saw this as the rebirth of the Roman Empire so it became Holy Roman Empire. Holy Roman emperors didn't inherit their crowns; they were elected by the emperor's noble. These cause a lot of problems, so the emperor went to the pope for help.
While the Western Europe considered the pope to be the head of the church, the Eastern Europe disagrees. The bishop controls the churches in Eastern Europe and has little or no religious guidance to the pope. The pope believed all religious officials should answer to the popes. Pope Leo IX also believes that all popes have the religious power like the first pope Saint Peter. One Eastern Church leader, Byzantine Patriarch Michael Cartularies, refuse to recognize the supremacy of the pope. The popes responded by excommunicating him, this is known as the Great Schism. Leo’s decision created the churches to split up. Christians who agreed with the bishop of Constantinople formed the Orthodox Church. Those who supported Leo’s authority became known as Roman Catholics. With their support, the pope became head of the Roman Catholic Church and one of the most powerful figures in Western Europe.
As the popes increase their power they came to have a problem with the kings, the kings wanted themselves to let them pick the bishops but the popes said they should pick the religious official for themselves. Later a new pope came into power, his name is Pope Gregory VII, then trouble came when he disapprove Emperor Henry IV for choosing a bishop. Emperor Henry became angry for questioning his authority he asked the bishops to excommunicated Gregory. The bishops disagree so they excommunicated Henry instead. Henry wanted to apologize but Gregory doesn't want to talk to him, so Henry stayed barefooted for their days outside where Gregory lived. Gregory finally accepted his apology and brought him back as emperor. This time they showed how powerful the popes are. The fight over the right to choose bishops continued even after Henry and Gregory died. A new pope and emperor came and reached a compromise. They decided that church officials would choose all bishops and abbots. The bishops and abbots, however, would still have to obey the emperor. This decision did not end all conflict. Kings and popes continued to fight for power throughout the middle Ages, changing lives all over Europe.
