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Medieval Religion
Religion in the medieval period is frequently depicted as a "time of ignorance and superstition," defying reason and logic. While Christianity and its denominations made up the majority of medieval religion, Germanic paganism and Islam also existed.
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How did becoming archbishop change Thomas Becket's life?
Henry II and Thomas Becket fell out. (IDK what that means, but it was on a historical paper...)
Why were the church and priests so important to middle age people?
it was because it was their lives. the pope was incharge of the church and everything to do with it, even the kings!!
What jobs did Thomas Becket have besides chancellor and archbishop?
He was a son, man, grand son and saint.
You mean "How tall WAS Thomas Becket?".
We are fortunate to have descriptions of St Thomas writen during his lifetime and soon after his murder. The monk Gervase of Canterbury wrote of him: "Thomas was of a goodly appearance, tall in stature, of a sharp intellect, sweet and pleasant in conversation, amiable in his manners, and of such keen powers of reasoning as to be able prudently to solve abstruse and difficult questions."
This only tells us that he was tall; a much more accurate idea of his height comes from surviving garments worn by St Thomas which are now in European cathedrals. A pale blue silk chasuble embroidered with gold, once worn by the Archbishop, measures 5 feet 4 inches high, giving an overall estimate of his height at around 6 feet (1.83 metres).
This makes him unusually tall for anyone in the 12th century - normal adult male height was around 5 feet 8 or 9 inches.
During the middle ages the largest and most powerful religion is western Europe was the?
Roman Catholic
What was the main focus of the catholic church in the middle ages?
"Yet the Bible clearly teaches that the Church (especially in its institutional sense) comprises saints and sinners, good and bad. We see this most indisputably in several parables of Jesus about the King of Heaven (that is the Church), such as the wheat and the weeds (or tares), where Jesus says that they will grow together until the final judgment, or harvest time (Matt. 13:24-30; cf. Matt. 3:12). He compares the Church to a fishnet, which draws good and bad fish, ultimately separated (Matt. 13:47-50)." from A Biblical Defense of Catholicism by Dave Armstrong
The middle ages, commonly called the "Age of Faith" by Catholic historians was a time when great saints arose in the church, many people joined (or founded!) the great religious orders to bring Christ's word to people or to dedicate their entire lives to worshipping God, and the Church grew.
Who is the most famous villain of the middle ages?
I would say the most famous medieval vallain was the English King Richard III. There is a link to an article about him below.
Is Alphamon the Digimon equivalent of King Arthur?
ether alphamon is because he is sapost to be the strongest royal knight or something like that or most likely imperialdraon paladin mode because he created the royal knights in the first place
Humanists scholars differed from medieval thinkers in that humanists?
Humanists tended to focus on more worldly subjects.
What were the weaknesses of the church in the Middle Ages?
The weaknesses of the Church during the Middle ages were a hunger for power, taking advantage of pious church members, incorporating too much of pagan practices, greed, licentiousness, and divisions.
It was rather too common for priests to not follow their vows of celibacy. Also, new orders of monasteries were created because the established ones were not following the creeds of the church. Also, the priests rarely taught the lay people the true meaning of Christianity.
Also, during the Middle ages, you had two popes which was more about politics than theology.
If you want to get a good idea of the church was like during the Middle Ages, read Piers Plowman.
Now you have to remember that this was not true of everybody and that we have universities, music, and ancient manuscripts because of the church.
Why didnt people in the middle ages learn to read and write?
Don't let anyone fool you. In the middle ages, people learned to read and write. Not all did, but a lot did.
The middle ages began in 476, 410, or some similar date depending on who is talking, and they ended on 1453, 1492 or some such. The Byzantine Empire, which called itself the Empire of the Roman People, and was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which supposedly fell in 476, started the first public school system in 425 and kept it going until 1453, when it finally did fall. The reason they did this was because they wanted all military personnel to be able to read and write.
The oldest state run school in the world is Beverley Grammar School, which was founded in 700 AD in what was Northumbria at the time in the time and is now part of Yorkshire. This is really interesting, because it meant that the school survived in an environment where the state was run by Vikings for quite a long while. There are a total of over 70 currently operating schools that were founded during the middle ages. How many other schools were founded that subsequently closed is unknown. And this figure does not include the more than 70 universities that were also founded.
Speaking of Vikings, who do you suppose taught them to read and write runes? Well we can guess it was not the Church. And we know it was not the Church that taught Muslims in Spain to read and write in Arabic script. Most European Jews were literate during the middle ages.
And merchants, regardless of religion, had good reasons to keep records. There were towns all over Europe called communes that were operated for the interests of merchants, there were great banks founded by such groups as the Medici family, and there was the Hanseatic League, which was as powerful as some countries and run by merchants.
There have been a lot of revisions made to European History that have more to do with politics than with serious research. Some of these have come from the greatest Universities. If you want to know the truth of things, my suggestion is that you not take blanket statements, such as, "Only the clergy and a few nobles were literate," for granted. The middle ages happened in a continent during a period of a thousand years, and a lot happened in that time in that place.
What are the pillars of the earth in the middle ages?
The "pillars of the earth" are cathedrals. I am currently reading a novel entitled "The Pillars of the Earth" which revolves around people building a cathedral!
During the Middle Ages drama was used by the church as a method of?
teaching people about the bible saints and mortality
What was the prioress' social class?
middle class - she would have been respected as a nun so she would not have been a peasant but would not have owned any property or wealth as the aristocracy would have
The Middle Ages in Western Europe was characterized by what?
the manor system and the importance of land ownership
They became so powerful as wealthy people gave money and possessions to the church in hope that they would be sent to heaven .
What are some examples of mystery plays?
The London Burial Grounds" by Mrs Basil Holmes
-found in wikipedia
What where some landmark events in the church of the Middle Ages?
There were schisms, the East-West schism of 1054 was the worst, but there were others including the schism in the Western Schism from 1378 to 1417.
There were important people, such as St. Benedict and St. Francis, starting monastic organizations.
Thomas Becket was martyred.
There were a lot of times when popes and kings or emperors came into conflict. The papal excommunication of King John of England is an example.
There were many important Church councils.
Of course, there were the crusades.
The iconoclasts stirred up trouble in the Byzantine Empire.
The Albigensians had their heresy, which resulted in the Albigensian Crusade.
How did mining the walls force people to redesign castles?
it meant that the corners of the castle collapsed so people reconsidered whether having corners was a good idea and decided to try circular towers which ended up help the win battles
The pope is regarded as the successor of St Peter. As one of the apostles, Peter was subject to the same privileges and obligations as the other apostles (equivalent to a Catholic bishop today). However in addition to this according to the Gospel according to St. Matthew (Ch 16) Jesus gave the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to Peter alone. As key-holder to the Kingdom of Heaven where Christ is King the role of St Peter and his successors is to provide access to the benefits of the Kingdom of Heaven for those authorised to receive them ("feed my lambs", "feed my sheep"). In order to create harmony between heaven and earth Scripture also provides that whatever he binds or looses on earth, apparently in the execution of this duty, will also be bound or loosed in heaven. The most important duty is to guide and support the whole of the Church. He is the Leader of the Church.
Who were some protesters in the middle ages?
Most of the protesters in the middle ages were peasants because they were sick of the way they were being treated. There were more of the peasants than anyone else so it made it easier for them to protest and eventually revolt.
Thomas Becket, or St. Thomas À Becket, after his death, was not actually a man of religion before being crowned the archbishop my Henry II. He was a regular drinking buddy, and didn't go to Church. It was when he became Archbishop that he paid heed to religion, and became a man of faith. According to one of his monks, who was said to be there at the time, the monks made to close the doors as the knights came in, but Becket told them to open them, quoting "Do not make this church a fortress, let them in, I am ready to die for my lord."
