from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957Its principal motives were: desire for the purity of religion and godliness of life which, from the state of the clergy, precipitated a violent and unreasoning anti-clericalism which degenerated into contempt for all spiritual authority; the national ambitions of secular princes which flourished in the break-up of the Catholic integrity of Europe; an appetite for spoil and, as in England, fear of having to give up looted ecclesiastical wealth; in some, a hatred of the Church and Faith which can be attributed only to the direct working of the Devil.
the renaissance the end
Yes. As well as kings and nobles.
To rob, steal and murder. To enrich the nobles and monarchs of Europe and the Catholic church.
To rob, steal and murder. To enrich the nobles and monarchs of Europe and the Catholic church.
To rob, steal and murder. To enrich the nobles and monarchs of Europe and the Catholic church.
Catholic Church and absentee emigre nobles.
Roman Catholic Church
It ended the role of the nobles and the monarchy and reduced the power of the Catholic Church.
Otto you wanted to rid Germany of the control of nobles and asked the who for help? FML Roman Catholic Church
The only people that could constrain a king or great noble were the catholic church, and the pope.
Italy was more urbanized, commercial and economically advanced that the rest of Europe. It had larger classes of bankers, merchants and manufacturing workshop employees The aristocracy was mainly an urban class, rather than a rural one as elsewhere in Europe.
The National Assembly seized and held the lands of the church.
the church