Medieval Religion

Because there was more food available , new technology helped farmers produce larger harvests than ever before.

I think you are referring to excommunication, a punishment under which people could not receive communion, among other things.

Most medieval churches were either rectangular, more common for small churches, or cross shaped, which was more common for large ones.

If it was possible to do so, churches were also oriented with the sanctuary, with the altar, at the eastern end. This was not considered vital, but it was sufficiently prevalent that even if the church was oriented differently, the end of the church with the sanctuary was often referred to as the eastern end.

Depending on the dates used for the Middle Ages, there were about 160 to 175 medieval popes. One was Pope Leo III, who crowned Charlemagne emperor. Another was Pope Urban II who called for the First Crusade. Others were Pope Innocent III and Pope Gregory IX, who feuded with Emperor Frederick II over the extent of ecclesiastical authority.

The Catholic church regulated everything in the lives of people. They taught that man was born in sin and to be forgiven people had to go through the church. This included the nobility and they kept a tight rein on all factors of life.

children wore anything maybe what their mums and dads wore but in a smaller size

It depends greatly upon the church. Many churches pay their organist. Some pay professional musicians that come in for special programs. Some will even pay singers to insure the proper voices are available in the choir, particularly for special presentations, such as Handel's Messiah.

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I would suggest Wikimedia Commons. If you follow the link below, you will find a wealth of links to subjects, each of which has links to medieval pictures.

Christianity was the dominant religion in Europe during the middle ages, but was certainly not the only religion practiced in Europe, nor was Christianity a homogeneous body during the period. Christianity divided into the Western and Eastern Churches in the schism of 1054. There were also Muslims, Jews, and Pagans in Europe during the middle ages. Muslims had conquered the Iberian peninsula during the early 8th century and were not fully expelled by Christians until the end of the 15th century. Parts of Northern and Eastern Europe remained pagan until the 13th century. There were Jewish populations at various locations all throughout the middle ages as well, although they were always minority groups living within other societies.

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The main body of the Church was split into a eastern and western parts in the Great Schism in 1054. There were other, lesser, schisms, and there were always independent branches of the Church that did not look to Rome, or Constantinople, for leadership, but the large majority of Christians were part of the Church that divided.

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The increase in the power of the Church happened in the Roman Empire at a time when the economic and political power was mostly in the hands of the military. In the Middle Ages, the aristocracy gained military power, and the rise of the middle class only happened during the Middle Ages after that.

The middle ages was certainly the time when the Catholic church had the most influence over European society. From the decision making of monarchies, to the personal everyday lives of people, the teachings of the church played a significant role.

It depends on the student's religion. For some students, it has no role. For some students, the church's religion is part of a student's education. Some schools require religious attendance.

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We do not know a lot about theater of the first few centuries of the Middle Ages. But we should remember to be careful to understand that this is not an indication that plays were not being performed, just that their performance was not being recorded in an era when few things were being recorded. This was a period in which the names of kings are sometimes unknown, and it is possible whole countries have no mention in history.

We know that the Roman Empire banned theatrical performances during the fourth century under the influence of the Church, primarily as part of an effort to end combats in the arenas. We also know that the ban was introduced more than once because various emperors could not resist putting on gladiatorial combats in which the gladiators were condemned criminals.

We have commentaries to the effect that Empress Theodora, who lived in the first half of the sixth century, had been an actress. This would indicate that the theater was alive and operating at the time, at least in the East Roman Empire.

We seem to have records of Mummings being performed at the solstice and equinox during the Early Middle Ages. These are mentioned in a Wikipedia article o Medieval Theater (link below), but the article does not cite a source.

Certainly, within a few centuries of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, church oriented plays were being performed.

Thomas Becket was Norman. Both his parents were actually born in Normandy. He, himself, was born in London.

Monastic communities consist of groups of Christian men who have given up all their private possessions and lived very simply, devoting their lives to worship. These men are called monks. Female monastic communities are comprised of nuns.

Lancelot was known as the greatest and worst of the Knights. He becomes the King's Champion and undertakes quests in the King's name. He becomes the adulterous lover of Queen Guinevere, they have a son named Galahad. This relationship brings to an end the Court of King Arthur. Lancelot was the creation of Chretien de Troyes, written about in the late 1100's. Malory wrote about Lancelot 300 years later when he was presented as a much more popular Knight and became Arthur's favorite Knight. However, Arthur and Lancelot eventually kill each other in battle.

Thomas Becket's middle name was Edward.

Ultimately, the cause of the Great Schism of 1054 was a question of who was the highest authority. The underlying reasons why there was a split, however, developed in earliest beginnings of the Church. In those days the Church was never completely unified, and several of the original organizations, such as the Coptic Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, which date from ancient times, still exist as separate entities.

By far, the largest body of the Church was the one centered in Rome, which from ancient times was made up of two main groups of people, one speaking Latin and one speaking Greek. Latin was the language of the administrative center in Rome. Greek, however, was the original language of much of the New Testament. The linguistic difference was part of a foundation of a split that developed more, and not always for reasons that had anything to do with religious doctrine.

Like the Church, the Roman Empire was divided between Latin and Greek areas, and the common understanding of this is skewed. The date we are accustomed to assign to the fall of the Roman Empire was not actually the date of a sudden destruction of a country. In fact, what happened that year was the abdication of the last emperor of the Roman Empire of the West, with authority being reunited in the hands of the emperor of the Roman Empire of the East. And in theory, the Roman Empire continued with what we call the Byzantine Empire today, but what called itself the Empire of the Roman People at the time.

For group of people in the East, who considered themselves the rightful administrators of law and justice, to admit that they had lost control over the West was difficult enough, but in addition to that, the popes were demanding that they acknowledge the spiritual leadership of Rome, with increasing demands for political leadership as well. When Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the West, in 800, it was not a religious issue, but it was a political issue that made the Greeks very upset. From the Greek perspective, Charlemagne and the Pope were usurping the authority of Empress Irene, who was ruling the empire at the time.

When Emperor Michael III deposed the Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople in 858, the Pope, Nicholas I, declared the action illegal and acted on his own authority to return Ignatius to his position. This caused further problems, and this time it was within the Church itself.

In 1014, the Pope again tried to exert authority over the bishops of the East, interfering in a change they were making to the to the Nicene Creed. Right or wrong, this created more strain.

The time of continual, simmering resentment continued, as the Popes continued to try to get the Greek bishops to accept the supreme authority of Rome, and the Greek bishops always tried to avoid doing this. Finally, in 1054, a group of legates excommunicated the Patriarch of Constantinople because he would not take an oath to acknowledge the supremacy of the Pope, and he retaliated by excommunicating them.