Tiffany Luu

Period 1
September 29, 2008
AP European History

Chapter 11 Homework Essay

To what extent is this statement valid?

�By the 1500, the popes were little more than kings. Their interests, needs,
challenges, and even resources were the same.�

Since the mark of early times many had wondered, who had the that slight
extra power? The ruler of a country or the leader of the
Romanesque Church. Since the beginning of the 1500s church had became
extraordinary powerful, so powerful that their influenced had spread
throughout of Europe.

Both Kings and Popes had their differences and similarities. Their
interests, needs, and even, resources were the same. Kings depended on
their nobles to raise money for them and in return they received rights, also
known as the Magna Carta issued by King John of England, and later due to
economic issues the nobles gained political power as well as rights. Church
raised money by granting decisions, appointment, dispensations, tithes and
indulgences.
The money began to flow into Avignon. The rulers envied the church and attempted
to confiscate the church but failed.BonifaceVIII passed a rule stating that no
signing/granting can me made without a papal�s permission. So without further ado,
those who contravene will be punished. This restriction gave the pope such an
amount of power that no king can tolerate. To make matter even more severe
Boniface wrote the Unam Sanctum. (The Unam Sanctum is an ordered make by Boniface
to Philip declaring for him to either give up his authority or lose his immortal
soul.) King Phillip, without tolerant, opposed and sent one of his advisers to
Italy. Subsequent in King
Phillip�s arming charging into the Papal City-State to arrest Boniface, and ending
with his death. In the reign of Innocent III he had established power and prestige
of the church.
In the period of crisis Innocent provided a unified, peaceful, and obedient
Europe community. He made they kings obey his orders. He believed he was sent by
god to not only lead
the church but govern the world. His major goals were: uniting Christendom, the
hegemony of the papacy over Europe, and the clarification of Christian discipline
and belief. Under
the rule of Innocent it was considered the high point of the papacy�s spiritual
and political authority over medieval Europe.

Popes were like the king�s king. They had controlled over more than one
country, but there was an extent. Kings did have powerful armies that
he can operate, but Popes had crusaders. Kings had the right to oppose new taxes,
but Popes can as well. Together they held the same objective; to expand
and to eradicate their enemies. So overall, Popes and Kings shared similar key
items: land, wealth, power.