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Religion And Indulgences During The Middle Ages

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With the great diversity in the world disagreements over race and religion are ubiquitous. Consequently, opinions over these subjects are the biggest contributors to war and bloodshed. Changes made in long standing traditions were greeted with hostility. Religion and Absolutism caused disharmony in European countries as well as strife over religion and government.
The reformation was a period of struggles for power and religion. The Catholic Church had been corrupted despite the belief that it was purely benevolent, and because of its position as the closest way to God, they took advantage of it and claimed their sins would be absolved by paying money to the church. During the Middle Ages, Indulgences were given to as a reward for kind deeds

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