RS110 Lecture Notes - Pope Boniface Viii, Christian Mysticism, Unam Sanctam
16 Oct 2011
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Important dates: 410: fall of roman empire (end of antiquity, 476: last roman emperor is deposed, 500: start of middle ages. Middle ages: western europe (italy and west, rome roman catholicism, latin. Byzantine empire: eastern europe (greece, turkey, constantinople eastern orthodoxy, greek. Several developments: papacy, monasticism, mysticism, crusades, scholastic theology, split between east and west. The babylonian captivity of the popes: 1309- 1377, avignon. Issue: abuse of taxes: up to seven popes at the same time, three main ones. Rs 110 001: lecture 11: pope boniface called for help from france. Wealthy french landowners refused to pay tithes. He kept issuing bulls, so the french decided to make a new pope. It was a tie, they kept both, they fought and added a third. It cleared up when they all died. Monastic orders: all- male/all- female orders, monks/nuns, vows: poverty, chastity, obedience, celibacy, different emphasis for different orders, but these are general. Monastic orders: benedictine, clunic, cistercian, mendicant, franciscan, dominican.
