How Did Christian Religion Affect The High Middle Ages

Around the same time, the Byzantine Empire was another political power that was held together by Christianity. One might say that the whole Empire was built on the faith of Jesus alone. While the Byzantines also had monks, they used them for things like smuggling silk worms from China, which started the silk trade and helped the empire grow. Even though the church was a major force in keeping the empire together, the church also caused some problems. One of the largest of these problems was that the patriarch Photius condemned the Pope and excommunicated him, which ended up creating a major rift between the eastern and western churches. Nevertheless, Christianity still grew and grew. The Byzantine Empire spread their culture and religion
Christianity was taught to everyone far and wide and was very important to things like the manorial system that had been developed. Christianity was still based on the obsession of salvation, and this is where the birth of several new ideals were formed. A code of conduct that is still talked about to this day, chivalry, was created. This was a code of conduct based on the Christian religion that was mainly aimed at knights. Chivalry and the tournaments created by the church were major ways that society was curbed from their naturally socially destructive
This is the time that the famous Magna Carta was born, created because Kings Henry had started to grow the churches powers and the nobles ended up rebelling against his son because of it. The important Parliament was also created in the thirteenth century, where more common people could now voice their opinions in the government. This time also gave birth to one of the most bloody and famous political/religious endeavors ever. It is called the crusades. The crusades actually ended up reviving the Papacy, but created tensions between Muslims and Christians that actually still have repercussions today. One of the only positive things that came from religion at this time were the new organizations that helped provide to the poor