The Middle Ages: The Age Of Faith

In the middle ages people had no idea about how any disease such as the Black Death could spread. The Europeans think “it disseminated by the influence of the celestial bodies, or sent upon them by God in his just wrath” (Boccaccio). In other words, they think the plague came from the sky or sent by God. They think maybe it is God’s way of cleansing the earth or punishing them for their unfair behaviors. Some think that a supernatural origin caused the disease. This disease is a bacterium infection which has a variety of symptoms, such as, nose bleeding, tumors in the groin or armpits and black spots or

During the High Middle Ages, there was no strong, central government that was politically organized enough to meet common needs of the people in Europe. After the fall of Charlemagne’s empire, invasions and anarchy became the societal norm. If they wanted to survive, they had to meet particular needs. The people of the High Middle Ages met their needs of political organization, economic provision, and social aspects through Feudalism, Manorialism, and through the Church.

The Middle Ages can be best described as the Age of Feudalism and the Age of Faith because they both played major roles during this time period.

The Middle Ages were between 500 and 1400 A.D. and have been described as either the Dark Ages, the Age of Feudalism, the Age of Faith, or the Golden Age of Europe. The Dark Ages were described as the time when trade declined, cities fell into despair, no law or order, and no school. The Age of Feudalism has been described as an age of order. The Age of Faith caused nations to become closer in faith. The Golden Age was known as the age when people were thriving and there was a surplus of goods and supplies. The three labels that describe the Middle Ages the most accurately are the Dark Age, the Age of Feudalism, and the Age of Faith.

The Church is a highly acclaimed power that is still in power to this day. The Pope is still in power and the Catholic Church has been in power for almost 2000 years. The Church has a huge following and many people follow it blindly. Though there is no feudal system to put the Church on top and there is now a separation of Church and State, it was not always like that. The Church’s history is anything but pure. It constantly used it’s power against those that relied on the Church for answers and reassurance on salvation. The illiteracy of the Middle Ages allowed the Church officials to be trusted mindlessly. Reforms were looked down upon and even resulted in the imprisonment or death of some people. The Church is responsible for taking advantage of the lower class in the Feudal system, committing the Crusades or the “Holy wars” and killing and torturing heretics during the Inquisition as the result of trying to spread Catholicism.

The late Middle ages was definitely a troubled time for citizens around Europe. From the 14th Century to the 15th Century, humans were raveled by famines, disruption of socio economics, and lost of faith in the Catholic Church. To the eyes of many at the time, this era was looked at as a major decline of life. With the many deaths, poor condition for poor people, and the schism of the Church, it may seem easy to call this era a decline. Although upon closer looking, this era is more of a transitional period into the next period than a decline due to many reasons. Whether you look at religious, social movements, or economically, the late Middle Ages helped transition Europe into what it has become.

During the Middle Ages religion was extremely important to everyone. At that time it was Christianity that people followed, they were greatly influenced by the Christian Church. The church hindered the medical progress by forbidding dissection of human corpses, insisting that people agree with the writings of Galen, encouraging people to rely on prayers to the saints and superstition to cure them of disease and encouraging the belief that disease was a punishment from God - this prevented investigation into cures.

The Middle Ages provides historians with various examples of concepts like kingship, church, warfare, politics, and health. Historians are able to explore events during the middle ages to determine how society operated and what mindset medieval people had. The middle ages is split into three sections early (500-1000), high or central (1000-1300), and late (1300-1500). This paper is going to delve into some similarities and differences between the high and late middle ages specifically looking at religion, politics, and warfare.

Religion was far more important in almost every area of medieval life than it is in most modern societies. The vast majority of people in Europe followed the Christian religion under the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. The church in that era had great wealth, political power and influence over community life, art, architecture and education. With such influence over the beliefs of the people, the church also wielded tremendous political power. The other two religions were Judaism, and Islam.

In ancient times, the political ruler was also known as the highest religious ruler and sometimes even called divine (Church and State, Unknown). I think the church is the winner because the church teaches about Christianity and that religion is one of the most important legacies of ancient Rome. The Romans abused Christians for their beliefs but their religion still spreaded throughout the year. When the Middle Ages just started, all the Christians in the Western Europe belonged to a single church also known as the Roman Catholic Church. Overtime, the church leaders decided to create a system in which all the people of the city had a rank. There were cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and parishes. During the Middle Ages, the church received

The Roman Catholic Church played a big role as the center of knowledge during these times. This period in time has influenced modern society. Even though the Middle Ages were noticed as the “Dark Ages” or the “Golden Age of Europe,” the “Age of Faith”

The Middle Ages were characterized by a rigidly hierarchical society, which was justified by the view that, like the branches of a tree, every level of society was preordained and important. While the nobility and the clergy stood at the top of the society hierarchy, Jews and those who pursued dishonorable professions were branded outsiders. The Church acted as guardian of culture, particularly within its monasteries and convents. They preserved the scholarship of antiquity, often through the mediation of Muslim scientists. In the 12th century, the first universities developed from the monasteries and cathedral schools. Opposite to the clergy were the lords and nobility who developed their own culture, which was centered on chivalry.

In the medieval time's the role of the philosophy was to write stories in code as you could say to talk about religion and not get in trouble by doing it. The early philosophers were contemplating on religion and their beliefs and rules that should be and how things should be. Early church leaders effected philosophical by the word they were teaching and spreading out for others it affected the writers and how they wrote things because of how they believed in things and how they thought and that was what they wrote about. It is as if you went to church your whole life you would write about what you have learned and what you believe in and where you are going after death and how you should live your life. That is what they were trying to tell

At the end of the fourteenth century, medieval people have been through a lot. They had to deal with war, famine and plague. They all were thinking it was the End of theWorld. Fear of dying was at its maximum and people were afraid.

The collapse of Roman civilization brought a downfall to the artistic culture that had been cultivated throughout 1,500 years in Europe. Unlike the Renaissance’s glamorous and flamboyant reputation, the Middle Ages is perceived in a darker, more negative perspective. Taking place after the fall of the Roman Empire, this particular time period lasted for around 1200 years and is best known for the bubonic plague (also known as the “Black Death”) which seized nearly a third of Europe’s entire population over the span of 3 years. Because survival was the highest priority during the Middle Ages, education was pushed away while farming techniques such as harvesting and reaping crops were emphasized greatly. Many aspects have changed from the transition