Medieval Europe During The Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages people devoted their lives to this, they died for this, it united them, this great force that had such a great impact on the people of the Medieval time was religion. Religion was very important during the Middle Ages and had a huge impact on the Medieval Europe. The church was was prominent almost everywhere you looked and stories of the religion were constantly being told and shared. People renounced their whole lives to the church, people were so devoted to the faith that there was a hole war fought to reclaim the holy land. The church was also the largest unified force in Europe, the church was able to touch everyone's lives. The Pope even had power to interdict an entire region if he wanted to. The legacy of the
The Church “touched everyone’s life, no matter what their rank or class or where they lived”, the Church made everyone pay taxes to it and most people even gave gifts (DBQ 1-9). In 1096 over 50,000 people become crusaders and fought in the hole war. One of the main reasons that the Pope called the first Crusade was not only to reclaim the holy land but to give Europe a common enemy. A lot of the people who fought in the Crusades were peasants, the war didn’t just affect one social class but it affected them all (DBQ 2-4 and class handout). This is why the church was such a unifying
The Middle Ages were centered around religion and not around government. The pope had a lot more power than the king, we can see this when the pope excommunicated the king and then went so far to indict the entire region (Class notes). People payed their taxes to the Church and devoted their whole lives to it. People spent their lives devoted to the Church, followed the Churches every way, and they even died for the Church (DBQ 1-8 and Class notes). Traces of the church could be found just about everywhere during this time. People constantly told stories of the church and spread their faith (DBQ 1-4). This is way the Middle Ages weren’t an age of feudalism.
In conclusion it is very easy to see that the Middle Ages were an age of faith. The parts of Christianity could be found all over during the Medieval times. The pope had so much of the power he was able to call a hole war and indict people. The people were so loyal to the church that they were willing to risk their lives if it would get them into heaven for sure. The Church was able to touch everyone’s lives, it didn’t care if they were rich or poor. The legacy of the Middle Ages was an Age of Faith because it touched everyone’s lives, it had so much power, and it affected