PSCI281 Lecture Notes - Moral Authority, Ruhollah Khomeini, Pope Urban Ii
30 Apr 2014
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Since the time of the roman empire and the death of the prophet muhammed, christianity and. Islam have been intertwined with the territorial expansion of empire, often coming into conflict in. Islam"s western expansion is stopped in spain but continues eastward into asia and africa. Christian rule is returned to spain in 1492 & is followed by the spanish. Inquisition (designed to test the faith of jewish & muslim converts to christianity) 1095: pope urban ii calls europe to the crusades violent fundamentalist movement in which. Christian (catholic) gentry & mercenaries are promised glory in heaven if they spread the catholic faith through the muslim world. 1648: treaty of westphalia erodes religious influence on political life in europe. Recognizes rights of monarchs in their own lands (sovereignty) and their ability to dictate the state religion. Natural (god-given) law gives way to positive (codified) law.
