REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pope Gregory Vii, Nicene Creed, Pope Urban Ii
21 Feb 2017
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2/21 weaver reading the pope and the emperor. Initiated the first crusade at the council of clermont (1095) to rescue the holy. Land and eastern churches from muslim control: promised remission of sins for all crusaders. In 1089 he established the modern roman curia a a royal court to facilitate administration of the church. As christian centers were undergoing stress and tribulation, christianity in the old latin west began to develop. France became the center of a developed christian order: charles martel defeated the invading muslim armies at tours. Under his son, pepin, the carolingian leaders began to press for reform of the church and for a strengthening of the relationship of the church with the papacy. When ascending to kingshop, pepin asked for papal support. Previous kings had declared their authority stemmed from being a descendent from the gods, but pepin was the first to see kingly authority as sacral and was the first french king to be anointed.
