... amends for these sins by beating themselves with whips. The Catholic Church took the position that flagellantism was a heresy, and it was condemned, while the Black Death was just underway. As you can see, religion was a huge factor on everything and everyone during the Middle ages. Not only were Kings, Popes, and religious advisors held to high religious standards but peasants and normal class people were ... just as effected by the rules and laws of strict religious following. Almost everything that was done during this time was directly related to ... Christianity and the beliefs and...

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... were Christian they had a unity of another sort. The papal authority was indeed an authority that rulers looked to. The monasteries preserved the written word and created and elaborate theology. Conversion resulted both from evangelization and from conquest and people developer a new self awareness different from the old tribal systems. During the High Middle Ages one can see on the map of how modern borders came to be. Smaller ... nations unified into larger nations according to what type of Christianity was believed in the area. Trade boomed between Europe and the new world, with ship...

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Assignment Analyze the forces that shaped Christianity and caused it to triumph in Europe.  Be sure to include the problems that Christianity faced as well as the factors that favored it and explain how the early church evolved.  Be sure to cite specific examples. Response The triumph of Christianity began with the spread of the Christianity as the Roman State declined. As the borders of the Roman Empire collapsed Christianity was able to enter into Western culture and become the dominate religion. To better understand the factors inhibiting the growth of Christianity, the origins have to be...

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... for governing monastries was written by B-Benedict. -Which of the following people was chiefly responsible for increasing the Church's secular role during the middle Ages? B-Gregory I -All of these French leaders were part of the Carolingian Dynasty EXCEPT A-Clovis. -The Treaty of Verdun ended D-civil war in the empire established by Charlemagne. ~The mutual obligations of the feudal system were that the lord granted land in exchange for military protection and ... of women in modern-day societies is inferior, denied inheritance, and property rights. The factors that had the greatest in...

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