Hannah Jobe

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Christianity and Medieval Society

• By Hannah Jobe

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The Church Shapes Politics and Society

• Clergy- church officials
• Society- Europeans whole life revolved around the
  local church. Everything took place at the
  church. Pilgrims visited very religious places.
• Politics- Some people thought the church was
  becoming to involved with politics. Church
  officials became political to local rulers.

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Monks and Friars
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The Monks of Cluny

• Religious order- Group of people who dedicate
  their lives to religion and follow common rules
• Living apart from society- Most monks lived apart
  from society, but two new religious orders
  developed for those who wanted to live and teach
  among people.

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Friars

• Francis to Assisi- These were the Dominicans,
  started by Dominic de Guzman, and the
  Franciscans, started by Francis of Assisi.
• Friars- Members of religious orders who lived and
  worked among the general public
• Living within society- Europes first
  universities were built by the church. Religion,
  law, medicine, and philosophy were taught.

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Universities are Built

• Thomas Aquinas- Philosopher who showed how
  religious faith and reason could co-exist. also,
  he wrote a respond argument for the existence of
  God.
• Created by religious leaders- They created the
  universities.
• Students took tests now and then- Developed a
  philosophical system called natural law to show
  how God had ordered the world

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The Church and the Arts
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Religious Architecture

• Inspired by religious expression- They had the
  most beautiful of all architecture achievements.
  Their spires and high ceilings and colored
  stained glass windows are all designed to bring
  people closer to God. Everything inside the
  church, from the walls to the clergys robes to
  the books used, were all works of art.

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Summary

• In medieval times the Europeans were very
  religious people. Their whole society revolved
  around church. Monks and Friars mostly spread the
  religion, but monks lived from the society and
  friars lived within the society. Eventually,
  universities were created and then schools.

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Magna Carta Causes Changes in England
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Magna Carta

• Magna Carta- document written by English nobles
  and signed by King John listing rights the king
  could not ignore
• Who demanded this agreement?- In 1215 a group of
  English nobles decided to force the king to
  respect their rights.

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Effects of Magna Carta

• The effects were The Magna Carta led to more
  changes. Faced with war and financial troubles,
  the king turned to a council of nobles for advice
  and money.

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What were the effects of the Magna Carta?

• Three demands were Forced the king to respect
  their rights.
• No one could be kept in jail without reason.
• Even the king must obey the laws.
• These rules were important because they helped
  make the society more efficient.

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Changes After the Magna Carta
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What did Magna Carta inspire the noble to do?

• It inspired the noble to make more nobles to
  advise the king. This group was called parliament.

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Parliament

• Parliament- the law-making body that governs
  England today.
• Parliament was eventually made open to knights
  and town leaders. By the late Middle Ages, kings
  could do little without the Parliaments support.

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How did the king limit Magna Carta?

• In Europe, kings were not giving up their power
  easily, but other events political change. A
  major event was the Hundred year war, a long
  conflict between England and France. The war
  helped increase the power of parliament because
  the king needed parliaments approval to raise
  money to pay for the war.

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My 3 Demands!
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Religion

• Religion is a big part of this society. People
  need to be able to join within this society and
  embrace their religion. Also, it will be less
  trouble to let everyone join within one society
  because so people wont judge others for which
  religion they choose.

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Freedom

• Freedom also plays a part in the society because
  people are going in jail for no reason and they
  need the rights of not going in jail unless they
  have a specific reason. Today we have the law to
  decide if people get threw in jail.

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Peace

• We need peace in our society to keep everything
  under control. Without peace everything goes
  crazy and chaos happens within the society and
  many things and people can get hurt or destroyed.

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Hundred Years War
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The Hundred Years War

• This was a long-standing conflict between England
  and France during the 1300s and 1400s.

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The Course of the War

• The war started when the English king tried to
  take control of Frances throne. England invaded
  France and won many battles until a teenage girl
  came along and stopped them.

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French King Dies With No Heirs

• The king dies within the war and has no sons to
  take over his place. Right now the society is
  kingless and has no one to control France.

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Two Men Claim the Throne

• One of the countries in which political change
  occurred was France. In 1328 the king of France
  had died with not any sons, and two men claimed
  his throne. One was French, the other was the
  king of England. In the end, the French man had
  became the king.

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English Take the Lead

• The king had heard about this occasion and was
  not happy. A few years later he invaded France.
  This invasion began, a long conflict between both
  England and France.

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Joan of Arc

• This girl was a teenage peasant who rallied the
  French troops and turned the tide of the Hundred
  Years War.

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Results of the War

• The Hundred Years War changed the governments of
  both England and France.

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Changes in England

• In England, parliaments power grew because the
  king needed Parliaments approval to raise money
  to pay for the costly war. As Parliament gained
  more influence, the king lost his power.

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Changes in France

• In France, on the other hand, the kings power
  grew. During the war, the had become popular with
  his nobles. Fighting the English had created a
  bond between them. As a result, the nobles had
  supported the king well after the war.

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Democracy in France Waits

• Democracy in France will eventually be coming
  soon, but for now we dont have it since it just
  died out in England and it will eventually
  migrate from place to place.

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The Black Death
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The Black Death

• This was a deadly plague that killed millions of
  Europeans between 1347 and 1351.
• It came from originally from central and eastern
  Asia.

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How it Spread

• Traders unknowingly brought rats carrying the
  disease to Mediterranean ports. Also, it could
  float through the air you breathe.
• What disease was it- One form called bubonic
  plague could be identified by swellings on the
  human bodies. Another was it could spread through
  the air and kill people within less than a day.

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How many died?

• The plague killed millions of people in Europe
  and millions more around the world. Some
  historians think Europe lost about a third of its
  population- perhaps 25 million people.
• In most places, the manor had fell apart
  completely. There werent enough peasants left to
  work in the fields.

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What had happened to it?

• The disease had eventually died out and everyone
  had fled the city, instead going to Europes
  growing cities.