The Bubonic Plague's Influence Over the Catholic Church and the Renaissance in Florence

In the medieval ages, humanity was suppressed by the power of the Catholic Church. Though often romanticized as a time of knights, magic, and grandeur, this age had few heroes. Seldom was a person willing to battle to free society from the deceptive theocratic government. Christianity, after all, dominated the world view of all people living in medieval Europe; one could not see past the illusion the Church had created. Eventually, small groups of people did attempt to unveil the corruption of the Catholic Church and its monarch-like Pope, but the Church, wielding their power like a sledgehammer, massacred the rebels and drove them from society. The power of the Church was absolute; it was a government, a religion, and a mindset that had rooted itself deeply in the hearts of all Europe’s inhabitants - even the rebels’. For centuries, though people strained against the chains that bound and manipulated their brains, this web of Catholic control - political, economical, social, and spiritual - could not be broken. During the Renaissance in Florence, however, the Church’s complex web of influence finally began to fray. 

A Renaissance painting by Leonardo DeVinci

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