Center Groups In The Middle Ages

In all societies and cultures there is or has always been a group that is identified as the center group. Most would like to believe that the center group is just toward the other groups that existed outside of the center groups but this is usual not the case, usually the center group tells about the perceived threat that the other groups present. This goes all the way back to the Middle Ages, were the center group at the time told or believed in the perceived threat of groups like the Lepers, Jews, Sodomites, Prostitutes, and Heretics.
One could see that the center group in the Middle Ages perceived the Lepers as threat. The reason they may have been seen as a threat by the center group because they were different, they lived their life separated
The center group would see the Jews as a threat because they fell outside of what they considered normal. This can be seen in the works of writings done from the center group from the Middle Ages, they would perceive the Jews as untrustworthy, people who cheated others, used Christian in ritual killing, and believed that in Passover they were mocking Jesus. In a document written by Peter of Blois he said “For the Jew is always inconstant and shifty”, this shows that the Center group seen the Jews as untrustworthy group of people. In another document written by Thomas of Monmouth, someone from the Center group the author implies that Jews cheated people by trying to bargain and trick people into lower prices, also that they use Christians in a ritual killings, like they did to William of Norwich but the way that the Jew killed him, according to the author the way that William was killed was just like the way that Christ was crucify and kill. This shows that the center group seen the Jews a threat because they would cheat people because they tried to barter and get goods and services cheaper, that they would go around killing people from the center group, and that they mock a religiously figured that the center group held above all. With these two documents, it is easy to see what kind of perceived threats that the center group in Middle Ages had about
A person could be accused of being a heretic for many reasons but if a person was already being tried as a heretic, the inquisitor already thought of them as being guilty. The center group in the Middle Ages believed that that heretics messed up the order of society that was established, that they lead people to sin, that they were associated with the devil, and some were thought to believe in two Gods. The authors in the Middle Ages from the center group perceived that heretics were a threat because of some of the document they wrote. In The Trial Of Joan of Arc, Joan is tried as a heretic because she wore men's clothing and had voices talking to her, when asked what the voices were telling her she would always tell them that she could not answer then, the inquisitor found her guilty of heresy because he could not figure out if the voices that Joan heard was God or the Devil. The author of this document showed a perceived threat of a heretic because the inquisitor that was questioning Joan heard voices and refused to tell him what they were saying left room for him to say or believe that the voices that Joan heard was not God but the devil. Then there was also the fact that Joan did not follow the center group in the Middle Ages because she was wearing men clothing, the author is showing that heretics do fit into the order that society has made. Then in