wealth‚ stays‚ occupation‚nationality and religion. An accountant will dress differently than a construction worker or in medieval days a king would dress differently than a farmer. Another example of the Medieval clothing being based on the social class is that there would have been a queen seen in what like‚ say a milkmaid would be wearing or in rags. ("Clothing in Medieval Times and Social Status." ) Most of the peasants could not afford costly clothes like the ones that the nobles wore‚ so they
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changing the political and social atmosphere for all people and institutions. As a result‚ the Catholic Church was faced with the challenge of how to deal with this new‚ modern world. In this century‚ the old regime of absolutism and conservatism‚ favored by most Catholics‚ saw its definitive end with the emergence of a society that looked to nationalism as well as liberalism to govern itself. The Catholic Church was finally faced with this new ideology when the Italian city states it had previously known
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Medieval Drama Jugglers‚ folk- plays‚ pageants: The beginning of the Middle Ages started by the fall of the Roman Empire. The corrupt Roman drama had come to an end‚ and the actors became some disreputable jugglers and inferior minstrels who wandered all over the country. The performances of these social outcasts were crude and immoral. However‚ they continued for centuries‚ because they were the only source for dramatic spectacle. Other sources of amusement too can be found in the country
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The Medieval and Renaissance periods represent two distinct cultures and worldviews. Unlike the Middle-Ages‚ several Renaissance scientists desired to learn about the earth apart from the idea of a Divine Creator‚ and philosophers brought in humanistic thinking. Religion also varied greatly between these two eras. Reformation brought about turmoil during the Renaissance as opposed to the monastic life of the medieval period. One of the less obvious of these changes was that of music. In comparing
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In the early Christian church there existed a debate over the duration of hell. One sect argued that hell was endless and that the unrepentant sinners who were punished there experienced everlasting‚ agonizing torment. This idea is often referred to as the doctrine of endless hell. There existed another sect‚ however‚ that argued that although hell was agonizing‚ it did not last forever. Instead‚ they argued that hell involved “purging” the damned of their sin and that rather being purely punitive
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The Orthodox Church Christian Denomination 1. What are the key beliefs of your Christian Denomination? Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism were once branched from the same body of religion “the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. In 1054 AD a formal split occurred when Pope Leo IX (head of the Roman Catholic Church at that time) who ignored the Patriarch of the Constantinople‚ Michael Cerularius (Leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church at that time). The main beliefs of the Orthodox
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Catholics go through a cycle of events in their spiritual lives known as the seven sacraments. Although all Catholics can not partake in each sacrament‚ the majority receive the Holy Eucharist and are baptized as children. The sacraments are the rites of passage in the Catholic faith. Some of the sacraments require proper preparation and knowledge of the one ’s faith. The seven sacraments include Baptism‚ Eucharist‚ Confirmation‚ Reconciliation‚ Marriage‚ Anointing of the Sick‚ and the Holy Orders
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The article “Medieval Silence and Modern Transsexuality” by Karen Lurkhur explores the romance finding that its themes “closely parallels the psychanalytical and scientific discourses about transsexuality” (220). Lurkhur finds Silence’s masculine persona to be viewed as “the external expression of her virtuous character” (224). When Silence is exposed as a female her transgressions are forgiven because she took on the male gender which is seen as a positive force. Lurkhur finds this is the opposite
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The bagpipe‚ though still widely used and recognized‚ is one of mankind’s oldest musical instruments. The bagpipe’s early ancestors can be traced all the way back to ancient Egypt‚ Babylonia‚ as well as Mesopotamia. Those early versions were reed-sounding single-pipes or double-pipes. These pipes are also known chanters. The basic means of sound producing comes from the vibrating of a reed or double reed on the chanter under the pressure of the breath. The double-pipes are thought by some to have
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mentions The Middle Ages or Medieval times‚ most people automatically think of knights‚ the black plague‚ or classical music. How did people of The Middle Ages really live? Everyone was divided into ranks using the feudal system. Lords had it the best when it came to living situations and special treatments while peasants and serfs had life harsh. Most lords owned a Manor‚ which was a district where the lord could exercise certain privileges and rights in medieval Europe. Only the Lords could own a
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