... the throne in 995. He encouraged English missionary work, and forcibly converted pagans."(Spark - High Middle Ages 8). Royalty all over Europe embraced Christianity and pressured their people into converting. It was no wonder Christianity became so popular so quickly. Although the religion was widespread, it was not yet becoming powerful because the clergy was being linked to the feudal system. Lords and Kings assigned bishops to protect their churches ... the Greek astronomer Ptolemy had described it, as a static and finite thing in which the Earth occupied the central position, with t...

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