power of the city’s Christian church. But with such extravagant attention placed into these structures‚ one can only wonder what it must have taken to create such detail and why these were built the way they were. Cathedrals are mainly churches that were built rather large‚ but they were also small at times. The main idea was to have a bishop placed on a throne in the cathedral. An early decree stated that a bishop’s Cathedra‚ or office‚ could not be placed in the church of a village‚ but only in a
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bishoprics‚ and unto their successors-modern day priests. The Roman Catholic Church has held tightly to this tradition; however over the past fifty years when young children knelt as sheep before their shepherd they met vile‚ sinful hands‚ not tender and compassionate ones. "Between 1950 and 2002 more than 10‚667 boys and girls in the United States were victims of sexual abuse perpetrated by members of the Catholic clergy. More that 4‚392 Catholic priests and deacons were their abusers" ("Report on the
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Feudalism is what divided Medieval Europe into many different social classes. These social classes determined what you can and cannot do‚ and it caused many complications within some of the classes. These classes were divided into five main groups‚ the kings and queens‚ the nobles‚ vassals and knights‚ craftsmen and merchants‚ and peasants and serfs. At the top of the feudal system are the kings and queens. They couldn’t control all the land by themselves‚ so they divided it among barons. The
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period 6/7 Midterm Exam Essays Essay 1: During the Medieval period‚ European society was divided into three estates. The first estate included the Holy church‚ and it made up about 5-10% of the population. The second estate was the nobles‚ knights‚ and warrior‚ and they also made up 5-10% of the population. The majority of the population was made up of the commons‚ the third estate. The only form if government the medieval times had was feudalism. Feudalism is a loose system of government
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catastrophes. Some of them were man-made‚ such as the Hundred Years’ War. However‚ there were two natural disasters either of which would have been enough to throw medieval Europe into real "Dark Ages". The Black Death that followed on the heels of the Great Famine caused millions of deaths‚ and together they subjected the population of medieval Europe to tremendous struggles‚ leading many people to challenge old institutions and doubt traditional values. These calamities altered the path of European development
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During the High Middle Ages‚ Europe experienced changes in economics yet continuation in politics and religion. With growth of population and urbanization‚ trade was revived in Europe. However‚ all of Europe was never truly centralized into one large empire like the Roman or Carolingian. Yet‚ it still was under the unofficial rule of the Roman Catholic Church. Urbanization‚ with the help of population growth‚ formed which led to revival of trade. Although there was trade between villages and feudal
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The way people were taught and raised in the medieval times depended on their social background. Houses were different from a lord to a laborer. Their material good such as clothing‚ drink‚ and food depended on their social stature as well. The duties of the medieval person were different at some points‚ and varied greatly. However‚ a dominant force in the medieval times was the church. It played a large part in their days. The lives of the medieval English were different from one class to the
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Introduction The medieval period in European history begins after the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 C.E.‚ and continued until the early modern period beginning around 1500. The medieval period is split into the sub-categories of early medieval (500-1000)‚ central middle ages (1000-1300)‚ late medieval (1300-1500)‚ and followed by the early modern period (1500-1800). At each of these periods of time important political‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ religious and scientific changes were being
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The Catholics Fire Back Morgan Bradshaw March 12‚ 2013 English IV 7th Hour Through the years there have been many religious reforms. Some reforms had more consequences than others‚ but the Catholic Reformation was one of the biggest. The Catholic-Counter Reformation was a fighting force that did not start with a huge bang‚ even though the reform started slow‚ it eventually began to gain heed; the Reformation was a fire back at the Protestants. The Catholic-Counter Reformation
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