final western test

Question 1

Document 3 Letter to Pope Gregory XI (pp. 43-45)

Answer 1

Authors: Catherine of Siena
Historical Background:
Co patron saint
Most influential female saint in the Dominican order
Women strived to be like her by fasting and dehydration ways
Don’t know if she could write
381 letter to people like:priests,family,aristocats
People felt the words she spoke were from god
The letter:Telling him to overcome his fear of poison(did die 1 year but not to this)and to return to the papacy to end the exile of papacy in avignon.
She wanting to reform churches giving advice from siena to french city
Did not succeed her work
General Contents:
She is saying that she is his daughter
Wants to see him succeed
Attack wolves-hiding as sheeps
Someone is giving you wrong info for their is no poison come to rome
Wanting to trick you with the term of bitter breast milk as a mother.Fear don’t let it control you don’t abandon god calling for this.= no demonic was.
Apologized for being presumptuous wanting to meet

How is Roman Catholic Church Displayed:
Here they are viewed as good for she is a catholic/sacrafical
Their is want of the papacy to be in power
The one most aligned with god

Question 2

Document 8 Since it is Absurd (pp. 58-62)

Answer 2

Authors:Pope Paul IV
Historical Background:
We have Catholics trying to respond to Protestant.
they had anti-Semitic convictions; it can be viewed with their papal bull(decree).
This paper was in rome
Stow believes they’re trying to convert the jews
No debate There is restrictions: ghetto(already a reality in the census),multiple ethical synagogue,jew and christian relationship in social and economic exchanges
They were made from the pope wrath
General Contents:
Jews have guilt that has shown why they are servants to christians
Bad Things there is no separation
Forcing them to the catholic light
They must render their mistakes if not slaves for cathloics were viewed as being liberated
-First rule:Making a quetto one exit and one entry
-One synagogue
-Hat marking
No christian servitude to them
-no sunday work
-no friendships with christians

How is Roman Catholic Church Displayed:
They are viewed as trying to take control of everything in a way of a dictatorship.
Forming it how the nazi did with the jews exactly
They are in a different level shouldn’t be associated with jews
They feel as christians are meant to rule and jews serve

Question 3

Document 14 The English Roman Life (pp. 84-88)

Answer 3

Authors:Anthony Munday
Historical Background:
English Catholic College in Rome
1579
Munday pretended to be catholic while Nowell was studying priesthood till he was dismissed in 1583.
Became Antipapal-Munday book,Nowell spy on protestant groups
Munday doesn’t like the elite,abuse to jews during the caravel,and disgust catholic devotional practices.
The rest didn’t have an issue in case they liked excluding jews and shaming them

General Contents:
Anthony Munday 1581
Jews had to wear yellow cap
Protestant
Spy on the catholic church
English
Pope is cursing people(everyone this not a catholic)
Try to convert the jew/they never trusted if they did it willingly
Carnival
Double standard(christian vs jews)
How is Roman Catholic Church Displayed:
As cruel and Evil for they just do bad things to jews for no reason
They are sinners for they don’t follow it allow the time breaks
inequality/monstos,evil no remorse

Question 4

Document 21 (the first part) Julius Excluded from Heaven (pp. 135-138)

Answer 4

Authors:Desiderius Erasmus
Historical Background:
Influential Thinker
Catholic Fold
He didn’t write of the places or people but he mentions in praise of folly about what he witnessed in Rome.
The article was about pope julius two a critique about him having an evil spirit .Genius ina dispute with st peter who dosen’t allow him to go in the demand julius,
They remained loyal to the church
Their is experts after he left the church brings nostalgia,cotrasts pagan rome with the superior virtues of christian rome
General Contents:
Conversation between peter and julius,julius saying oh I am great but talking all of merits so what possess material worldly possession greed for they are staying how look we have more then the church
Talking of all his triumphs ba ttles succession
For he killed people without thought he isn’t good for he didn’t care about god won’’t allow him and he sets to fight them
How is Roman Catholic Church Displayed:
-they view themselves as the only good in rome
-their the only saving grace
-for everything else is corrupted