HIST 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indulgence, Roundhead, Ninety-Five Theses
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Believed people could have individual relationships with god instead of going through the church. Very involved with politics, change, and development of. Fragmented in manors (smallest cell), castles with fields, farmlands. Manor houses lord (noble, aristocrat) who had special title and created laws, and local political judge and ruler. Serf"s inherit their position (go with the land, agriculture position) and participate in slave like labor working for the. Serf"s aren"t paid a lot of money, aren"t paid wages just getting protected by lords. How kings/parliaments take power away from nobles living in castles. State-building caused a wealthier europe which led to corruption within the church. Indulgence: pay money to church to get rid of sin. Man in german states borrowed money and paid pope leo 10th to give him a position as bishop, and then begins selling indulgences. Pope starts building st. peter"s basilica in rome, a sign of wealth and power in the catholic church.
