... Eucharist was based on two elements: transubstantiation and the scripture of Christ. The devotional and liturgical lives of the people were a response to this interpretation of the Eucharist. In the early medieval Eucharist, two points in particular arose the leadership of Pope Hadrian I, when he acceded to the request of Charlemagne. To use a copy of the Roman Sacramentary in Gaul.3 This was a very important event or symbol ... a sacrifice.13 By pre-Reformation times, people had developed a more pagan idea of sacrifice that was not present in the early Church. The pagan idea of sacrifi...

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... had an enormous voice in European politics. The Church was able to "control the taxation of church wealth and appointments to high positions in government." (Tracy 123) Even the Holy Roman Emperor could only be crowned properly by the pope, a custom set by Charlemagne in 800 C.E. (Ibid 323) Being able to appoint government positions, the Church could easily control political ... decisions of states that were identified as Catholic. However, with the rise of nation states like England, France, and Spain, monarchs began to challenge the leadership ... the priests could read and interpret...

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... conform to the Roman Catholic faith. For example, Charlemagne was perhaps the most influential political leader of Western Europe in the early medieval period, and he proclaimed to love the Church of St. Peter the Apostle and was a devoted catholic (Blackboard, Einhard: The Life of Charlemagne, pg. 56). Charlemagne used support from the Church in the division of sub-districts headed by nobles. He converted to ... Catholicism at a very early point in his life to garnish support and further cement his right to rule. The ... Church's link to political empires often caused the spread of Chr...

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... and replace him. Central to this dilemma is the case of the English king and the Archbishop of Canterbury, but playing in the backdrop, on a much larger scale is the case of the German Emperor and the Pope. Overwhelmingly similar are the cases of Henry II and Becket compared to Barbarossa and Alexander III. Early Life through Chancellorship Thomas á Becket was born circa 1118 ... Adrian IV died in 1159 and was replaced by Alexander III, Barbarossa was intent on invading Milan and did so successfully. He controlled much of Charlemagne's old empire and sought to once again make the Papac...

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... the reforms that occurred in the Roman Catholic Church in the eleventh century. After Charlemagne's death, widespread corruption occurred in the church in the form of lay investiture and simony. During the eleventh century, a series of moral and political reforms were taken in the Roman Catholic Church to prevent these ... of their followers. The outpouring of desire to have involvement in the crusading was huge, due because of the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, but also because it was considered honorable to fight a holy war. If the ultimate goal in life was to get into heaven i...

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