The conflicts between emperors and popes constituted one conspicuous result of the reform movement. The transformation and new institutionalization of learning, the reconstitution of the church, the intensification of ecclesiastical discipline, and the growth of territorial monarchies were four others. Each of these developments was supported by the agricultural, technological, and commercial expansion of the 10th and 11th centuries.
Clay-model-of-a-wheeled-cart-from-a-grave-atClay model of a wheeled cart, from a grave at Szigetszentmárton, Hung., end of the 4th …[Credits : © Hungarian National Museum, Budapest; photograph, Kardos Judit]
Calendar-illustration-for-April-from-the-Tres-Riches-Heures-duCalendar illustration for April from the Très Riches Heures du duc de …[Credits : Photos.com/Jupiterimages]
Illumination-from-the-manuscript-of-St-Augustines-City-of-GodIllumination from the manuscript of St. Augustine’s City of God, 1475; in …[Credits : Scala/Art Resource, New York]
Petrarch-engravingPetrarch, engraving.[Credits : © Ancient Art & Architecture Collection]
Voltaire-bronze-by-Jean-Antoine-Houdon-in-the-Hermitage-StVoltaire, bronze by Jean-Antoine Houdon; in the Hermitage, St. …[Credits : Scala/Art Resource, New York]
Jules-Michelet-detail-of-an-oil-painting-by-Thomas-CoutureJules Michelet, detail of an oil painting by Thomas Couture; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris.[Credits : Giraudon/Art Resource, New York]
Georges-Duby-1988Georges Duby, 1988.[Credits : Patrick Robert—Corbis/Sygma]
Constantine-I-colossal-marble-head-AD-325Constantine I, colossal marble head, c. ad 325.[Credits : The Granger Collection, New York]
Infrastructure and influences of the Roman and Greek civilizations of old can still be seen in the …[Credits : Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]
Learn some of the peculiarities of the inquisitors’ interrogation book, “Malleus …[Credits : Acquired from Vast Video]
In the years following World War II, Soviet satellite governments sprang up in Eastern Europe and …[Credits : Acquired from Vast Video]
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was among the statesmen who gathered in France in June 1919 to sign …[Credits : Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]