When Constantine adopted Christianity the unity in Rome disintegrated, different Roman emperors dealt with Christians in a different way some killing some not and the Western Empire adopting Christianity meant that they were even more separated from the thriving Byzantine Empire. “In the fourth century Constantine adopted Christianity” (Source: Newman 208-209) as the religion of the eastern empire he destroyed the unity in Rome. The destruction of unity in Rome meant that there were Romans hating Romans just because of their religious beliefs. When two contradicting religious beliefs coexist so close to each other there will be religious wars and this created a separation between Romans of the east and Romans of the west. Rome’s emperors contradicted each other many times in history, not the least of which on the topic of Christianity.
History has shown that Rome fell because of the Roman army, foreign invasions, and disasters and diseases. One of the primary reasons for the fall of Rome was the Roman army. “Because of negligence and laziness”, they stopped having training drills, and they also got rid of their armour piece by piece. Since the soldiers rarely wore armour, breastplates and helmets began to seem heavy. This made the Romans prone to injuries and “because they have no armor, think about running and not fighting” (Document B).
Another event that showed the decline of Ancient Rome was when the empire was split into two nations with two emperors. The main reason for the split was the geographical and political factors that was causing the empire to have some disturbances among their providences due to not having the emperor presented when they needed his guidance or advices on was needed. The emperor could not be at two places at once to take care of matter that requested his presence all the time and the many laws and rules were not follow by everyone in the empire due to the time it took to get the message around the whole empire. Plus in the past travels between the different parts of the empire use to take months to get around while now a leader has the technology and mode of transportations that make them possible to make decision and be present at different location that
A new string of Popes would settle in Avignon for the next 70 years where the French kings were able to maintain a firm hold on the papacy. After 70 years, Pope Gregory XI moved back to Rome where he died soon after. There a new Italian pope, Urban VI, was elected. However, Urban was a violent man so the cardinals elected a new French pope. Urban rejected the authority of the new pope and so now there was a division between France and Rome on who controlled the papacy.
In some cases the Church didn’t live up to their prestige and was forced to reform, like at the Council of Trent. The harsh inquisitions of this time would also put a dark shadow over the operations of the Church. In the 1500’s The Roman Catholic Church
It had a decline because their emperor died, the economy fell and Germanic tribes invaded Rome. The Roman Empire declined from Economic and Military reasons. It declined because it ended the Pax Romana period with the death of Marcus Aurelius in 152 AD, who was the emperor that made the Roman Empire reach its peak, which began violence. Aurelius’s son, Commodus, bankrupted treasury in 192 AD and over the next century, Romans began to fight each other. The economy went down because of the rising prices.
Why did Henry VIII break away from the Roman Catholic Church? In 1534 parliament passed a law which made Henry and not the pope, the head of the Church of England. This break with Rome is called the reformation. There were several reasons for this A long term cause was that for quite some time there had been a growing number of complaints about the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the main reasons Henry broke away from the Catholic Church were because of what he had heard about priests breaking rules.
Popes were competing with Italian princes for political power and fought wars, and many clergy led lavish lifestyles. John Wycliffe An early English reformer, using sermons and writing to call for changes, but was removed from his teaching position. Jan Hus An early reformer, preaching against the immorality and worldliness of the Church, excommunicated by the Pope, and later burned at the stake after being arrested and tried. What was the "last straw" for Luther? In 1517, he saw Johannes Tetzel selling indulgences in Wittenberg, Germany.
Conclusion The main conclusion to be drawn for this paper is that the French Revolution was characterized mainly by war, famine and depression, which were caused by the failure of King Louis XVI at managing the finance of the notion properly. These factors finally led to unseat the French leader. To make matters worse, the inhabitants claimed the country for themselves in the name of liberty. In other words, the Revolution involved not only the reorganization of a country in relation to its government and society, but also a profound change in the course of history.
The changes were Europe’s craving hunger for knowledge and the Church’s decline in power. The end of the Middle ages was mostly in part due to deplorable wars such as the Crusades, the Peasant Revolt, and due to significant ambition for knowledge among the individuals of Europe and the decline in the Church’s power. Long, bloody, and brutal expeditions also known as the Crusades, greatly impacted the end of the Middle Ages due to the chaotic disorder and bedlam it caused as well as the newfound finance and trade markets it brought. War is never a good thing for a country, and a prolong war such as the Crusades did bring disorder to Europe. Many lives were lost and those who came back were spiritually and mentally affected and placed in asylums.