THE CHURCH IN MEDIEVAL LIFE During the Middle Ages‚ two distinct Christian churches emerged: the Orthodox Christian Church in the east and the Roman Catholic Church in the west. (The two branches split permanently in 1054. The Roman Catholic Church became the main stabilizing force in Western Europe. The church provided religious leadership as well as secular‚ or worldly‚ leadership. It also played a key role in reviving and preserving learning. At the head of the Roman Catholic Church was the
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Early Southeast Asian Categorization of Europeans 1. SE Asia was not “discovered” by world trade system • Even before the Europeans knew about SE Asia‚ it already existed • Europeans were initially just one more part of the Asian maritime trade 2. Categories of otherness • Vietnam – “southern” country‚ point of reference: China – North • coastal SE Asian countries – “below the winds” ‚ point of reference: India - “above the winds” • William Marsden: “analogous to “us-them” distinction such
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Europe during the age of imperialism Ever wondered what the age of imperialism actually was? Well the age of imperialism is a time period (1870) when nations were influencing and colonizing other nations to expand their power in the world. The imperialism had existed throughout our whole history. Every nation uses imperialism to help them gain power‚ and conquer the world. During the age of imperialism which lasted through 1870-1914‚ Europe played a huge role‚ since they became very successful conquering
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Christianity was an important influence on the development of early western civilization. Around 4 B.C.E. Jesus was born. The events of his life and death lead to the development of Christianity which first spread among slaves‚ the poor‚ and women who were dissatisfied with their place in the Roman patriarchal society. Christianity then spread to the upper classes and the educated. Around the 4th century C.E. the Emperor Constantine acknowledged the Christian religion‚ and by the 5th century
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD The main activities is: • LOVE AND WORK -The healthy adult one who can love and work and the is part of there aspect • MID LIFE TRANSITION/CRISIS - "Mid-life transition" is something that happens to many of us at some point during life (usually at about 40‚ give or take 20 years). It is a natural process and it is a normal part of maturing. - The mid-life transition or crisis can also be approached using a Myers-Briggs personality model stemming from
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The Criminal Justice System in the Middle Ages In the medieval ages‚ most medieval societies were monarchies. A Monarchy is a type of government system that is led under one ruler or leader most of the time know as the king‚ queen‚ or emperor. Many aspects of the political theory and practice was common to all societies. Two of the biggest influences on the government societies in the Medieval Ages were the cultural traditions and the religious beliefs. Adding all the aspects‚ cultural
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Before the concept of “courtly love” was discovered‚ the Middle Ages love was religious; either towards their creator and/or towards humankind as brothers and sisters. Love was also known more of a passion towards a desire or action rather than an intimate and emotional circumstances. During the Middle Ages‚ marriage was considered an arrangement for materialistic possessions such as money‚ property‚ hierarchy‚ etc. for both sides of the family‚ not necessarily love. Courtly love is essentially chivalry
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Eastern and Western Europe have monogamously different social aspects; both share political and economic factors. Eastern and Western Europe have alterations when environmental factors are compared. In Eastern Europe factories produce acid rain from the voluminous number of factories‚ while in Western Europe radiation from the Chernobyl disaster has devastated divisions. Economic factors for each region are very different if consideration is taking into the fact that Eastern Europe was in a way
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Europe was in a dark age for the following reasons. Thousands of people died from the bubonic plague‚ crusades were intense‚ and power of the government. For instance‚ the bubonic plague‚ also known as the “black death”‚ spread around at rapid speed. According to the Black Death document‚ “The plague infected the Indians in India‚ the Sind‚ the Persians‚ and the Crimea. … killing daily one thousand or more and destroying the population.” Many knights died because of the crusades‚ some of their man
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Satires in Medieval Times. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ he uses satire to poke fun in order to show flaws and encourage change. The Squire‚ a military fool‚ the Friar‚ a church shame‚ and the Merchant‚ the town idiot‚ are all being satarized in his work. In society there are models in which we all want to be like‚ from long ago even in our modern societies. The Squire‚ the son of a knight‚ does not possess the traits of a knight. He does not uphold the
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