No, the Catholic Church did not really stifle medieval literature. There was a reason for this, which was that the literature during the middle ages was copied by hand or memorized, and the church could not really control individual writing literature easily prior to the invention of the printing press.
The Catholic Church did stifle preaching, but that was a matter of something happening in public.
The influence of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages was a major factor in art and science. The Church had a tendency to stifle science while encouraging religious art.
No, because if you stifle something you're suppressing, curbing, or withholding it
A wet cloth will temporarily stifle the smoke that is emanating from the hole in the wall.
The noun stifle is the rear 'knee joint' of a horse.
The smell in the room was sure to stifle them. They tried to stifle his progress by putting more obstacles in the way.
Stifle (Stifle Joint) Underlying the stifle area is the stifle joint formed between the large hip bone (femur) which is equivalent to our thigh bone and the tibia, equivalent to our shin bone. The stifle joint somewhat resembles a human knee.
The stifle on a horse is the equivalent of a human knee.
A horse's stifle is equal to the knee of a human.
The stifle joint in a cow is very much like your "knee." It is a complex structure and is subject to many problems. The stifle is found on the cow's hind legs.
leer is a spanish word that means read and stifle means to cut off, hold back or smother. The verb for stifle is to choke, suffocate, drown.
Sample sentence: I will no longer allow my supervisor to stifle my creative mind.
The stifle is the knee joint - it allows the cow to bend the hind leg and walk.