Essays on Holy Roman

History of the Habsburg Family

The Hapsburg domination of the Austrian republic started early in the 11th century where the house of Habsburg started developing their empire. The empire was made up of several estates controlled and ruled by the Habsburg family. The monarchy was made up of Germans, Czechs, Bohemians, Croats, Slovenes, Dalmatians, Hungarians, Poles and the Italians who made up the Habsburg Monarchy. The house of Habsburg produced the kings who ruled this empire from the early 11th century through to the 18th century when the monarchy became extinct (Armour, 2012). This was after a series of events that weakened the empire leading ...

CONTEXT AND COMPARISON OF

In reaction to the decadence and corruption so pervasive in the Roman Catholic Church, the Protestant Reformation sought to introduce an asceticism into the artistic world of its followers. Martin Luther, as well as others who followed him, advocated the destruction of art in churches, particularly images of saints, muted color schemes for the artwork that remained, and an emphasis on images either of Jesus or of contemporary leaders and heroes of the movement. Joseph Koerner’s book The Reformation of the Image (2004) compellingly shows how visual art became indispensable to a religious movement built on words. In a time ...

Einhard attempts to create a sense of sympathy towards Charles, or Charlemagne, because he was a powerless monarch whose responsibilities were exercised by other officials which meant there was not a lot he could do as king and due to the monarch losing his father. Pepin, Chalemagne’s father and who was just as powerless as Charlemagne due to the Mayor of the Palace possessing most of the power, died of dropsy which led to Charles becoming king of his father’s Frankish kingdom and Carloman becoming king of their uncle’s Frankish kingdom (Einhard 2). Charlemagne is presented to the reader ...

- Otto I The Great: Otto I was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He was considered to be one of the most powerful European rulers. His name goes down in the history for establishing a strong state of Germany. Under his reign, papal politics saw significant advances, making his rule the true beginning of the Holy Roman Empire. - Cluniac movement: was one of the most important movements of the medieval ages. Founded at the French Monastery of Cluny in 910, it was a movement aimed at the reformation of the Catholic churches. People adopted the old monastic ways ...

- Literature produced in early Old English, a Germanic language with a Celtic imagination, expressed in Arthurian legend - Legends of knights and honor - Chivalric code - Origin - How chivalric code was passed on - Definition Dark Ages or commonly known as the ‘Middle Ages’ or the medieval era. This period is called ‘middle’ because it was midway between the end of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifth century and the beginning of Renaissance in the fourteenth century. However, this period in history does not have precise dates and most of the ...

And the Netherlands

Through the centuries Amsterdam has played an important role in Dutch society. Because of its position in the province of North Holland, the city grew to become an important focal point for trade and politics. One of the most turbulent and influential episodes in the history of Amsterdam and of Holland for that matter, is the spread of Calvinism and the political and economic struggle that followed, which finally led to the supremacy of Amsterdam as financial and commercial hub during the 17th century. Protestant ideas took root very early in the Netherlands, after 1960, when religious wars broke ...

Introduction

The notoriety of Roman Catholicism across Europe figured prominently throughout history - best manifested by the rise of the papacy, headed by the pope and traditionally based in Rome, Italy. The papacy, which stood as the main governing body of Roman Catholicism, has since become embroiled in key political issues throughout its leadership. Despite its limited role in recent times, the papacy was once a center of political authority in Europe, with its influence greatly sought by European powers beginning from the time of Roman Emperor Constantine I up to the Reformation. This study seeks to outline how the papacy ...

- Introduction Germany is situated in central Europe. It comprises the Central German Uplands (Mittelgebirge), the Southern German Highlands, and the North German Plain. Germany has a size approximate to that of Montana. Germany's major rivers are the Danube, the Weser, the Elbe, the Oder, and the Rhine. It has for its borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and lies between the Netherlands and Poland, approximately south of Denmark. The very first inhabitants of Germany were the Celtics. The Holy Roman Empire in the 14th century consisted of a loose federation of German princes. These princes nominated ...

During the 17th century Germans experienced political fragmentation, cultural disaffection, economic hardship and social discord. Germany lagged behind as compared to their European their neighbours due the war that lasted for thirty years. The war affected Germany such that it became classified as a modern state in the late 19th century. The effects of the war also affected Austria because they continued to fight the Turks until 1717. War is the reason that made the Baroque architecture to emerge everywhere else except Germany which it did in the late 17th century. The first Baroque churches were built between 1630 and ...

Empire is a group of territories and ethnic groups which are united under one ruler monarch or emperor. There are many bright examples of this form of rule: Akkadian Empire of Sargon the Great, Median, Achaemenid, Maurya, Chinese, Roman, Russian, Soviet Union and many others. They all have interesting history and culture, but Roman and Chinese caught my attention the most. Both Chinese and Roman empire were powerful, with huge army and of great territorial extension, but because of different reasons such as political, economic, military these empires split. Roman empire appeared on the world arena in 3rd ...

Q1. The Role of the Temple in Ancient Judaism

A temple is a structure put aside for spiritual and religious activities e.g. sacrifice, prayer or analogous sites. The Jews refer to call their place of worship as temples, shull or synagogues. It is a center of prayer, study and teachings as well as a social center. The temple is and was a household of entreaty. The prayers offered in the shrine were sacred since they interaction with God. It was also a dwelling of Torah and Halakha (legislation), offering of sacrifices, and devotions. Offering of sacrifices was a way of serving God and asking for forgiveness in one sins. The animal’s ...

Charlemagne, born on the 2nd of April 742 was the first Holy Roman Emperor and the first emperor in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire three hundred years before his coronation. While his date of birth is relatively unknown, it can be calculated from numerous sources and with the help of the Lorsch Abbey calendar . Charles the Great was also said to have been born in eastern Frankland, specifically in a district known as Moingewi (modern day Belguim). He was the oldest son of his father, Pepin the Short and his mother Bertrada of Laon. ...

Similarities between the Roman Empire and Medieval.

Several countries had different ways of handling life in the ancient days. The life depended on the social classes as well as political activities in the specific country. The latter depended on the type of ruler in the country. The life was either good or bad depending on the social class of an individual Life in Medieval was luxurious .This was in early era of King Merovingian began. However it was only to the selected few, those in the upper class. This is because the gold and the furniture which were made of silverware intact. They had not ...

Both the Early and High Middle Ages ended with severe crises, such as the very destructive invasions of the Northmen (Vikings) in the 800s and 900s and the Black Death and peasant revolts of the 14th Century. Throughout the Middle Ages, kings and emperors struggled to establish order and stability in the face on constant clashes between various factions of robber barons, bandits, raiders and rival feudal overlords, such as the wars fought by King Louis the Fat for decades in the region around Paris. Feudalism was thus characterized by the lack of a centralized state and the political and ...