To find asia he was trying to find it but he got side tracked and instead of finding asia he found america
He asked the Roman Catholic Church for help
This was possible for him because he was the holy roman emperor, and when he managed to beat the nobles, he also managed to increase his power through his control of the clergy, so he became the most important person in the country on numerous basis, both as a religious leader and as an emperor of the lands.
It could be argued that one of the main ways in which European culture flourished in the Middle Ages was that Monks took "center stage" when it came to studying things like mathematics and religion, and paved the way for many skilled artisans who would later emerge in the Renaissance.
