Papal States

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the successor state?Vatican City, established by the Lateran Treaty in 1929
2. How did the Papal States start?They began when Pepin the Short gave the Pope land in the 8th century, called the Donation of Pepin. This gave the Pope a legal base to govern.
3. Why did the Pope need his own land?Having his own land let the Pope keep his spiritual work safe from kings and emperors who might try to control the Church. It gave the Pope independence.

Temporal Power: The authority and influence of a secular ruler or state, distinct from spiritual or religious authority.
Donation of Pepin: A historical grant of lands in Italy by the Frankish king Pepin the Short to the Papacy, forming the basis of the Papal States.
Risorgimento: The 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian peninsula into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.