Some of them came together and decided to say that they were pressured into picking Urban and that they need to elect a new pope because Urban is not legit. They elected Clement VII in 1378. This was bad because now the church was split between two popes. Clement VII has always been considered an anti-pope by the church. He stayed in Avigon and was strongly supported by the French.
When he became king in 1687, James set out to seek equality for Catholics which caused extreme controversy and affected both England and Ireland. Being a Catholic king in Great Britain was an unheard of thing and was no doubt a great struggle for James. However, it was not without its advantages. The King had great support both from Irish Catholics who had suffered greatly over the last century at the hands of Protestant power from Britain. He also had great support coming from the King of France.
Turmoil Between Powers: The Investiture Conflict Traditions shaped the views of both powers of authority in the Middle Ages which resulted in the retorts carried out between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV; ultimately leading to the Investiture Conflict. Pope Gregory VII was a cleric of Rome and slowly rose in the heirarchy of the papacy. He was appointed Pope by Leo IX in 1073 and sought to carry out the reform of the church under papal, rather than imperial, control (Hunt 348). From the start, power and religion held equal weight in Gregory’s mind and were the driving forces of his efforts towards reformation. Pope Gregory VII knew that many Europeans wanted the church to reform itself because of the problems they saw
These were people who protested against the Catholic church. They felt the Pope had too much power and control over England. They also complained that the Catholic church was corrupt - shown by the wealthy monasteries. Henry did not really agree with all the complaints against the Catholic church, but was determined to have a male heir. Henry used Parliament to push through his changes.
The Pope led a similar role to the Roman Emperor; he led wars, controlled taxes, gave others power, and gave out land. Because Catholoism was the main religion in the Roman Empire, following the fall of Rome, many Romans felt tied to only their religion. This led to the Roman Catholic Church having a wide based group of followers who would do anything to be seen as good and eventually go to heaven. This is illustrated in the Crusades, a series of Holy Wars, where the pope was able to use the population of Western Europe’s fear of not going to heaven and manipulating it. Telling them that whatever they do in the name of the holy land and church will be overlooked by God.
Converting religions to satisfy his country demonstrates that Henry was willing to put the beliefs of his own country before his. Also, Henry ended the war between the Huguenots and the Catholics. Ending the war between the two religions was a huge success because religious power was such a big deal during his time at heir. The choices Henry made during his power in France classifies him as an evident politique
Many of his decisions led to uproar, but one in the end set the ground for the United States as we know it today. James McPherson tries to get many points across in “As Commander-in-Chief I Have a Right to Take Any Measure Which May Best Subdue the Enemy.” It seems at times that he will go as far as calling Lincoln a man who is unconstitutional and even goes against his own morals. As his article progresses you see more of the main point that McPherson is trying to make. Early in his document, McPherson says when referring to Lincoln declaring war, “The
The monk's writing spread quickly around Europe, and he soon posed a serious threat to the Catholic Church. From his writing, the Reformation began. People joined in his beliefs, and, after Luther was formally excommunicated from the Church, a new religion was formed, known as Protestantism. Luther's legacy is able to live on through this religion, which still exists nearly five hundreds years later. His success in the Protestant Reformation inspired the Catholic Reformation within the Church.
The Reformation Parliament was successful in bring down Wolsey and increase pressure on the pope. Between 1534 and 1536 the Reformation Parliament set out to extinguish the authority of the Pope. Therefore meaning that Henry would gain money which would normally go to the Pope and alter his role in England, this gave Henry complete supremacy, but tension between England and the Bishop of Rome. In the background of this, Thomas Cromwell was taking anti-papalism very seriously, still under the watchful but supportive eye of Henry. Following on from this, in 1534, the Act of Supremacy was introduced.
The origins of rebellion arose when people in England opposed Mary’s catholic standing and were worrying over the possible return of papal authority over England, since mary’s coronation was in 1553 she quickly placed people of catholic standing in positions within the kingdom, including many positions in the privy council the most influential body within the government. This quick changeover within England is arguably what caused the Wyatt rebellion as it made the people feel anxious of the possible threat of going back to a papal authority, this can be reinforced by the following source ‘and yet thhe it be said in counsel as to my friend, we mind only the restitution of God’s word, but no words!’qhich was written by wyatts son showing us that Wyatt was rebelling to the threat Mary posed to religion, but it can also be inferred that although this was his motive he felt that this reason wasn’t acceptable to cause a greater enough rebellion to remove Mary from the throne so he says that they should use a different reason, as generally it can be argued that Mary’s catholic influence across England were relatively popular, possibly why the rebellion was shown little support. There