Transcript A Church Divided - Mrs. McClelland Medfield Social Studies

A Church Divided
and
The Hundred Years’
War
A Church Divided
POPE BONIFACE VII
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1300 Pope Boniface VIII
attempts to enforce papal
authority over the king
Creates official document.
“My master’s sword is
made of steel, the pope’s
made of words”
Pope would never again be
able to force monarch to
obey him.
The French Pope and Avignon
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1305 Philip IV
Persuades the
Cardinals to elect a
new French Pope
Clement V the newly
elected Pope moves to
Avignon, Popes would
live there for another
69 years.
The Church Begins to Weaken
The move to Avignon really
weakened the Church
but what was done to move
the pope back weakened the
Church even more!!!!!!
Pope Gregory XI Dies
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Pope Gregory dies in
Rome so the Cardinals
decide to deliberate in
Rome while in Rome
mobs began shouting
for them to elect a
Roman or even an
Italian. So they chose
an Italian, Pope Urban
VI.
And then there were two
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Urban VI was not well
liked, his arrogant
personality did not
help.
A few months later a
second Pope is elected.
They Choose Clement
VII
Can you guess what the
Popes tried to do to each
other?
THE GREAT SCHISM
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you guessed they would
excommunicate each other than
you win a prize!!!!!
Home is where the heart is!
Pope Clement VII stayed
in Avignon.
Pope Urban VI stayed in
Rome.
1417 An End To The Madness
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Eventually a third
Pope comes on the
scene, he was elected
by an earlier council at
Pisa.
The Council of
Constance decides to
put an end to this and
choose a single Pope.
ALL THREE POPES
ARE FIRED
Martin V
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The council chooses
Martin V to be the new
pope ending the Great
Schism, but not with
out it greatly
weakening the papacy
first.
Scholars take a jab at Church
authority
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John Wycliffe an Englishman
preached that Jesus Christ not
the Pope was the true head of
the Church.
Did not like how wealthy the
clergy where he felt they should
won no land or wealth.
He also taught that the Bible
alone was the authority on
Christian life not the Pope.
Helped spread his idea by
inspiring an English translation
of the Bible.
The Hundred Years’ War
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The French and English will battle over French soil for just over a century.
When the last French King died without a successor. English King Edward
III who was grand son of French King Philip IV claimed right to the French
throne. The throne went to King Philip VI.
Between 1421 and 1453 the French rallied and drove the English out of
France entirely except for the port city of Calais
Changes in Warfare
The English introduced
major changes in
warfare by introducing
the longbow.
Three Major battles
Crecy, Poitiers,Agincourt
Crecy: Out numbered by
an army three times
their size.
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The Impact of The Hundred Years’
War
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Finally in 1453 The Hundred Years’ War Ends.
Each side experienced major changes.
Feeling of Nationalism: People now fought for their
King a national leader rather than for a feudal lord.
French power and prestige increase.
English suffer inner turmoil (War of the Roses).