spending. it has put a strain on local churches and parishes. people are giving up lots of money during this time period. and they re feeling pressed. only two years into leo x s papacy, the vatican is on the verge of bankruptcy. to save the church from financial ruin, he charges the clergy with selling indulgence throughs out all europe. forgiveness of sins in exchange for cash payments. indulgences started in the you sad crusades. the idea was you have soldiers fighting for christ. they re likely kimd lly killed moment. what the church did was to give them a get of purgatory free card. so the indulgence is a way of rewarding people doing something good for god. but the trouble was that the system grew and very soon people
person. he was the king of germany. he ruled the north of italy. he was the holy roman emperor, but he had also inherited the rule of spain. so, he had more power than at this point any temporal monarch had had at any point. he was a very alarming monarch to many people. he wants italy at the same time that the french want italy. in an attempt to balance the power in europe, pope clement vii abandons his alliance with charles and makes a secret treaty with france called the league of cognac. as if the pope hadn t got enough problems by the late 1520s, he found himself at war with the greatest catholic in europe. charles v, the very man who challenged luther. there is one ruler, the king of france, who is behind the pope, and the king of germany is against the pope so there is
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theologians thought the afterlife was in god s world and papal authority was for this world. it is often said that he nailed the document, these 95 thesese to the castle church door. off awe this was not the first time the idea had been put out. far fm it. but the difference between 1517 and 14th century is the printing press. the 95 theses were printed and widely distributed. martin luther had become a celebrity. in all of europe. he was producing books and finding a real talent. he is one of the first great best-seller writers in print. luther was a master up popular media.
catholicism is the law of the land. the is a ferment of devotion, deep, deep piety in europe. everyone went to church out of conviction. almost the entire population of europe devoutly follows rome s catholic doctrine. and the pope is at the head of it all. in the 16th century there had been a series of very worldly popes who loved power. all earthly institutions are flawed. and the renaissance popes got caught up with power. it is not surprising that people who loved power took it. but as papal power swells, so does a cultural of greed and corruption. the tenets of christ begin to fall by the wayside as popes spend kpoexorbitant money in th name of luxury, excess, and