Later Middle Ages

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Christ in Medieval Society

• By Cameron Collier

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The church shapes politics and society

• Clergy- Church officials, their teachings were
  very influential in European society.
• Everything took place at the church, life
  revolved around the church in the middle ages.
  The churches encouraged pilgrimages to visit
  religious places. The church also gained
  political power during the middle ages. Many
  people left land to the church when they died.

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Monks and Friars
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Monks of Cluny

• They lived apart from society to study and
  worship Christ. Their religious order was a group
  of people who dedicated their lives to religion
  and follow common rules.

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Friars

• Francis of Assisi he was the founder of the
  Dominicans and Franciscans.
• Friars were not apart of the monk group because
  they live in society unlike monks who study
  secluded away from society. They spread their
  beliefs by going out in public and preaching.

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Universitys
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University's are built

• Thomas Aquinas he was a Dominican philosopher he
  taught at the University of Paris. He argued that
  rational thought could be used to support
  Christian beliefs. Thomas also believed that God
  had created a law that governed how the world
  operated. Thomas called it natural law.

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University's are created by religious leaders

• Some of the earliest universitys were created by
  the churches. Most teachers in these university's
  were members of the clergy.

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The church and the arts
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Religious architecture

• Medieval churches were filled with beautiful
  creations to show their respect for god. Almost
  every time you went into a building in the middle
  ages you would find paintings and pictures of
  god.

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Magna Carta causes changes in England
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Magna Carta

• In 1215 a group of nobles decided to force the
  king to respect their rights. In the middle of a
  field called Runnymede near London, they made
  king John approve a document known as the Magna
  Carta (The Great Charter).
• Who demanded This Agreement you may ask? It was
  the nobles of course.

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The Effects Of The Magna Carta

• One of the major effects of the Magna Carta it
  would not allow the king to throw someone in
  prison without a valid reason. One other reason
  is that it would allow citizens to have a right
  to trial. Lastly the king had to obey the law.
  These three reasons are important because they
  took a step towards democracy.

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Changes after the Magna Carta

• This inspired the nobles to make a group called
  parliament.
• Parliament if the law making body governs England
  today.
• The king was the one to appoint all the group
  leaders in the parliament.

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100 Years War
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The 100 Years War

• It was a long conflict between England and
  France, this started because in 1328 the king of
  France died, he had no sons so two men tried to
  claim the throne one of the men were French the
  other was the king of England this started a lot
  of chaos.

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Joan Of Arc

• She was a peasant girl she rallied all the French
  troops and led an attack that made them win the
  war and drive the English out of France but
  eventually the French leaders burnt her alive.

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The Results of the war

• After the 100 Years War both the government of
  England and France were changed.
• Changes in England-The parliament grew immensely
  in power because the king needed their approval
  for money to pay for the war damages.
• Changes in France-in France the king was the one
  to grow the power, during the war the king and
  the nobles created a bond which gave the king
  their support.

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The Black Death
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The Black Death

• The black death is a very deadly plague that
  swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351.
• The black death spread by Fleas on Rats. The
  black death was made of many different diseases
  one specific one is the bubonic plague.

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The effects the black death had on feudalism and
population

• Population The Black Death killed on third the
  population the was living in Europe scientists
  think it killed nearly 25,000,000.
• The effect it had on feudalism was it contributed
  to the end of it. Plain and simple.

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What happened to the black death?

• After the drop in population the remaining people
  went into the streets and cleaned up all the
  trash that attracted the rats with fleas.
  Although the black death is mainly over it is
  still around 10-15 people each year contract it
  from fleas on rats.