HIST111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deodorant, Calvinism, Cantar De Mio Cid

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: History
• Course: HIST111
• Professor: Michael Polushin

Document Summary

Martin luther and philipp melanchthon (two university professors) published a small pamphlet in the town of wittenberg. Illustrate a horrific monster that"s going to destroy europe. Monster"s name is pope-ass just like the head of a jackass that doesn"t fit on a body the pope would never fit as a leader of the church. The female belly of the pope-ass represented the soft, weak belly of the papacy. The pope"s life consist of nothing but gobbling food, Old man"s head represent decline of the papacy (it has outlived its usefulness) The pope-ass became the icon of the reformation. According to the luther and melanchthon, everyone should be afraid of what the image represented (the church and the state) Made connection with the corruption of the church with the end of the world. Said pope was the antichrist to destroy the church. Argued that the head of the christian church was christ, so the pope was unnecessary.