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Warm ups 9.29.2016*What happened when the Roman Empire divided in two?
*What were two things that helped lead to the downfall of the Western Roman Empire?
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Lesson Objective:**explain what the Holy Roman Empire was
*explain how the Catholic Church came to be the most powerful organization in Western Europe
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Holy Roman Empire*the Holy Roman Empire refers to western Europe when it was controlled by the Catholic Church
*this time period was roughly 500-1800 AD
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Holy Roman Empire’s Territory
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Holy Roman Empire: How they Gained Power
*citizens of the empire were forced (by Catholic religion) to pay tithes of 10% of their income to the church
*meanwhile, the church did not have to pay taxes
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Holy Roman Empire: How they Gained Power
*the church was the center of the town
*they built grand cathedrals, which gave the people pride in their town and their church
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Holy Roman Empire: How they Gained Power
*the church leaders (especially the pope) was believed to be directly linked to GOD, so they were more powerful than kings or other leaders of nations
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Holy Roman Empire: How they Gained Power
*to avoid hell, people had to do good deeds for the church
*the church developed their own system of laws
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Heretics*a heretic was Heretics a person that went against the church
*there was little to no tolerance for non-christians
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Holy Roman Empire*the Holy Roman Empire refers to western Europe when it was controlled by the Catholic Church
*this time period was roughly 500-1800 AD
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Blasphemy!*in many ways, the church discouraged science and technology during this time period
*Why might they do this?
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Blasphemy!*Galileo was put under house arrest for saying that the Earth revolved around the sun
*Michael Servetus was burnt at the stake for writing a book about blood circulation, and he also mentioned ideas to reform the church
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Alliances with Kings*Why might kings also want to form alliances with the church?
*this made the church even more powerful