The Emergence of Sibling Cultures (600-750) - The Making of Western Europe - The Man in the Middle: The Pope
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What was the position of the pope at the end of the sixth century?
How did the emperor's views on dogma, discipline, and Church administration change in the seventh century?
- In 691/692, the Quinisext council banned dancing and drew up 102 rules of discipline for both churchmen and laity.
- Emperor Justinian II (r.685-695; 705-711) convened the council with the hope that the pope would attend, but Pope Sergius I (687-701) did not come, nor would he agree to the canons produced by the council.
What did Pope Sergius I object to at the Quinisext?
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What did Justinian do to Sergius' refusal? What happened next?
What does Justinian's attempt to arrest Sergius show?
How did the gap between Byzantium and the papacy widen in early eighth century?
- The gap between Byzantium and the papacy widened in the early eighth century, when Emperor Leo III tried to increase the taxes on papal property to pay for his wars against the Arabs.
- The papacy responded by leading a general tax revolt.
- Meanwhile, Leo's fierce policy of iconoclasm collided with the pope's tolerance of images.
What did increasing friction with Byzantium mean for the pope?
What did Pope Stephen II do? What implications did this action have?
- Pope Stephen II (752-757) appealed to the Franks - to Pippin III, the king who had taken the royal crown. Pippin listened to the pope's entreaties and marched into Italy with an army to fight the Lombards.
- The new Frankish/papal alliance would change the map of Europe in the coming decades.
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