Religions and Superstitions
Matthew Simpson and Monique Singhal
2nd period
Catholicism
Beginnings of the Holy Roman
Empire

King Clovis and the
first dynasty

Fall of the first
dynasty and
Charlemagne

The crowning of the
first holy Roman
Empire
www.homeofourfathers.com/.../charlemagne
The First Divide

Eastern Roman
Empire

A new church

Formal separation
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/
Crusades

Good Beginnings

Ulterior motives

Results
http://www.burningcross.net/crusades/christianmissionary-atrocities.html
Flourishing Church

Two new orders

Literature

Universities
http://www.starlight-tower.com/Divine_Comedy.html
Declining Church

Conflict with the
royalty

Divided Cardinals

Pope Clement V

Babylonian Captivity
and its end
http://www.avignon-et-provence.com/avignontourism/popes-avignon/pope-clement-v.htm
The Great Schism
Italian Mob during voting
 Fleeing of the Avignon Cardinals and the
second pope
 Council at Pisa and third pope
 Emperor’s solution

The Black Death

Death of many
priests

Appointment of
unqualified priests
http://history.howstuffworks.com/middle-ages/black-death1.htm
Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther

Disagreeing with
other religions

95 Theses

People accepted
his beliefs
http://voiceofthesheep.wordpress.com/2
007/10/04/did-luther-nail-or-mail-his-95theses/
Reasons for Reforming

Indulgence

Purgatory

Sacrament
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_
Wittenberg
After Effects

Still exists today

Relied on faith
alone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther
an
Judaism
Beginnings and New Identity

At first welcome

First Crusade

New practices
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/jews/midd
leages.htm
Later Problems

Fading Support from
the monarchs

Fight against heresy

The Black Death
http://dancutlermedicalart.com/AlbertEinstein'sZionism
/01EinsteinBeforeZionism.htm
Islam
Muhammad

Founder

Gabriel

Koran (Qur’an)
http://www.humanityquest.com/themes/inspirat
ion/Paintings/Arabic/index.htm
Religion Continued

Religion exists
today

Continued to
spread after
Muhammad’s death
http://atheism.about.com/od/prophetmuhammadofisla
m/ig/Muhammad-Drawings-Pictures/MuhammadTeaching-About-Islam.htm
Superstitions
Monsters

Vampires

Incubi and Succubi
http://www.zainescu.com/_romania/
Salt

Meanings of salt

Evil’s of salt

Salt can bring luck

Reversing bad luck
http://www.virginmedia.com/homefamil
y/house/superstitions.php?ssid=9
Alchemy

Reasons for its
popularity

Doctrine
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsit
es/S/spellbinder/images/alchemysymbols.gif
Clovers

Beliefs of luck

Love-divination

Four-leaf clovers
http://www.eotr.com/4_Leaf_Clover_
p_757.HTML
Cats

Reasons for the
superstitions

Modern superstitions
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/IMC/
P5882~Big-White-Cat-Small-Black-Cat-Posters.jpg
Horseshoes

Horseshoes are
considered lucky
in some places

Can be found in
the middle of the
street
http://www.horsekeeping.com/hoof_care_and_la
meness/good_shoeing.htm
Walking Under Ladders

Gallows

Holy Trinity

Ways to reverse
luck
http://www.old-picture.com/civilwar/Gallows.htm
Mirrors
•Mirrors can cause
bad luck
•Can reverse luck
http://nagfa.blogspot.com/2008/06/nac-march2008-nastybasty-mirror-mirror.html