Later middle ages

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Christianity in Medieval society

• By Travis Toy

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The Church Shapes Society And Politics

• -Clergy-very influential in medieval European
  culture and politics
• -society-everything took place at the
  church-pilgrims visited religious places.
• -Politics-church officials often became political
  advisers to local rulers.
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Monks and Friars
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The Monks Of Cluny

• Dedicated their lives to religion with common
  rules . Lived apart from society.

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Friars

• -Francis of Assisi-created the Franciscan order
• -Friars-were religious people who lived for god.
• -These friars could have no worldly possessions.
• -They lived along side the people of the towns.

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Universities Are Built

• Thomas Aquinas made a system called Natural law .
  It was to show how God had ordered the world.
• -Religious leader created universities and
  schools.
• -Students were taught religion , law , medicine ,
  and philosophy .

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The church and Arts
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Religious architecture

• -Inspired by religious expression-Their spires
  and high ceilings and colorful stained glass
  windows are all designed to bring people closer
  to god .

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Magna Carta causes changes in England
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Magna Carta

• The nobles demanded this agreement to the king so
  other people would have some rights.

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Effects of Magna Carta

• The empire started to become a democracy.
• The three demands were no one could be held in
  jail with out a reason. Another one is you have
  to have evidence for why people were put in jail
  . Last one was people had to have a fair trial .
  They were important because it was the first step
  in democracy .

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Changes after Magna Carta

• King turn to nobles for support in dealing with
  war and financial issues.
• These councils of nobles would eventually lead to
  a parliament.

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The Hundred Years War
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The Course of The War

• -French king dies with no heirs .
• -Two men claim the throne .
• -English take the lead .
• -Joan of Arch was a teenage peasant girl who
  rallied the French troops and turned the tide of
  the Hundred Years War.

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Results of the War

• -The war helped increase the power of Parliament
  in England.
• -The kings power grew after the war in France.
• -Democracy in France will have to wait .

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The Black Death
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Where it came from?

• The plague came from Central and Eastern Asia.

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How did it spread?

• -Traders unknowingly brought

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What disease was it?

• -The disease was fleas that fed on infected rats
  . The main disease was the bubonic pleague.

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Effects on Manor life and feudalism/How many died?

• The old manor system already weakened by the
  growth of cities , collapsed . Plague survivors
  found their skills in demand and charged more for
  their labor . Instead of working for the rich ,
  peasants now had other job opportunities .
• The Black Death killed one third which was 25
  million people .

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What happened to it?

• -All of Europe got really clean and healthy by
  cleaning the trash off the streets . Once they
  cleaned the streets the rats had nothing to eat
  so they left .