In the 16th century the church played a huge role in the lives of people in Europe, however, in some parts and Germany in particular, the Church was seen as not responding to the appetite for spiritual fulfillment and failing in some of its duties. The Church was involved not just spiritually but economically, politically and educationally; therefore, any corruption within the Church had consequences all over Christendom. The role of the Church was to perform the seven sacraments in order for Catholics to reach their goal – salvation. Firstly, the Church was resented because it was corrupt. This was resented in Germany because it seemed hard to obtain salvation and live a spiritual life when the representatives of Christianity were dishonest.
In the 16th century the church played a huge role in the lives of people in Europe, however, in some parts and Germany in particular, the Church was seen as not responding to the appetite for spiritual fulfillment and failing in some of its duties. The Church was involved not just spiritually but economically, politically and educationally; therefore, any corruption within the Church had consequences all over Christendom. The role of the Church was to perform the seven sacraments in order for Catholics to reach their goal – salvation. Firstly, the Church was resented because it was corrupt. This was resented in Germany because it seemed hard to obtain salvation and live a spiritual life when the representatives of Christianity were dishonest.
The bible was also the only thing that mattered. In the “Nativist Reaction to Irish Immigration”, they give a list of most things that the Roman Catholics hated. One thing on that list was that the Roman Catholics hated the bible. (Teaching Modules) Of course that would stir up some trouble with the Americans. If something wasn’t the “American way” they would certainly let you know.
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.
Henry’s unusual toleration of the Huguenots caused trouble for the native Catholics in France and angered Pope Clement but this toleration would somewhat prevail in the Edict of Nantes because of what the nation and the two factions suffered prior to its creation. The Edict of Nantes not only granted successions to both sides but they were far fairer to the Huguenots including the granting of their civil rights, the rights that they lost in the Edict of Boulogne. The Edict of Boulogne was a slap in the face for the Huguenots as it segregated them from modern society, permitting them to only preach in the towns of La Rochelle, Mountauban and Nimes and even with that, only in their own homes. No
Not only did the British people not want many thousands of men going to war with the Irish, the press and the USA were horrified by the situation and it was giving Britain and DLG a bad name. In order to ensure peace, DLG proposed a peace
The tension and rivalry that existed between the two largest German states made worse the existing religious divisions and made the possibility of unification more problematic. Religion is a factor to be considered as a minor obstacle to unification, but is certainly not the most important factor. The German Princes' themselves proved to be an obstacle to unification. They did not wish to see Germany unified as they feared the loss of their personal power. They also seemed to distrust each other and would rather not lose their identity as individual states by joining with those they
How far do sources 1,2 and 3 suggest that the main obstacle to solving the Irish national problem was religion? Source 1 is from the Fenians who were extreme nationalists and Catholics meaning the source is going to be bias from the Catholic point of view. It was issued in 1867 the same year Gladstone came to power. The source begins with a quote ‘An alien aristocracy seized our lands and all material wealth and trampled on our rights and liberties’. This source tell us that the Irish believed the English Protestants had no reason to be in Ireland and the only reason they were there was as an oppressive power.
Henry disliked the power of the Church in England because, since it was an international organization, he could not completely control it. If Henry had been powerful enough in Europe to influence the pope it might have been different. But there were two far more powerful states, France, and Spain, with the Holy Roman Empire, lying between him and Rome. The power of the Catholic Church in England could therefore work against his own authority, and the
So this means that surely there are other circumstances. Could the Catholic Plotters have got the supply of Gunpowder from abroad? Certainly because there were many people who despised England (Now the UK), due to their problems with religion. Many of the European countries were Catholic, and were not happy with James’ decision for the Church of England, Could Spain for instance have supplied the Plotters with the Gunpowder? During that time period there were not many forms of transport except from a Ship, is this how they smuggled it into the country?