ARTH 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Julius Pomponius Laetus, Pope Paul Ii, Vatican Library

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 345
• Professor: Professor Una D' Elia

Document Summary

In 325 ce he convened the council of nicaea: constantine was present at this council and influenced this outcome. The popes could now lay claim to temporal powers: uneasy relationship between popes and emperors, one of the most important documents of the church was the donation of constantine. In this document, constantine gave control of rome to pope sylvester. This justified the holdings of the church until the 15th century. Throughout the middle ages, tensions arouse from leaders attempting to take control of lands owned by the church: after the fall of the roman empire, popes became the rulers of rome. Raphael leo and attila: by bribe or miracle, pope leo stopped the barbarian hordes from attacking rome. The pope is now the ruler of rome, to which the people look to for their defense. 800 ce charlemagne: first holy roman emperor : during the 8th century, the barbarians were too difficult to deal with for the popes.