The Middle Ages

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Christianity Medieval Society
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The Church Shapes Politics Society

• Clergy- Church officials, very influential in
  medieval European culture politics.
• Society- The church was the center of all
  society. Pilgrims traveled to see religious
  places.
• Politics- The clergy were very influential in.

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Monks Friars
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The Monks Of Cluny

• Religious Order- A group of people who dedicate
  their lives their lives to religion and follow
  common rules.
• Living Apart From Society- Monks lived away from
  people.

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New Orders

• The monks of Cluny established a new religious
  order.
• Some monks took vows of silence and stopped
  speaking to each other. Others lived in tiny
  rooms and left them only to go to church services.

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Friars

• Francis Of Assisi- They started the Franciscans.
• Friars- They came from the Franciscans.
• Living Within Society- Friars lived in the city.
  They lived in it so they can teach people.

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Universities Are Built
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Thomas Aquinas

• He wrote an argument about how he thought God was
  real and why. Made a philosophical system called
  Natural Law. This showed how God ordered the
  world.

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The Church And The Arts

• Religious Architects- A strong influence on art
  and architecture.
• In the 1100s Europeans built their cathedrals
  using a dramatic new style called Gothic
  architecture.

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Magna Carter Causes Changes In England
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Magna Carta

• A document written by English nobles and signed
  by King John listing rights the king could not
  ignore.
• The person who demanded this agreement was a
  group of English nobles.

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Effects Of Magna Carta
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What Were The Effects Of Magna Carta

• The effects of Magna Carta were that the king had
  to honor certain rights, such as habeas corpus.
  Magna Carta required everyone to obey the law.
• Three Demands Were
• Habeas corpus
• No man shall be forced to perform more service
  for a knights fee or other free holding land
• In future no official shall place a man on trial
  upon his own unsupported statement, without
  producing credible witnesses to the truth of it.

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Changes After Magna Carta

• Inspired English to find more ways to limit the
  kings power.
• A council of nobles was made to advise the king.
• They soon developed into Parliament , the body
  that governs England today.
• Kings could do little without Parliaments support.

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The Hundred Years War
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The Course Of The War

• In 1382 the king of France died with no heirs. So
  two men claimed his throne, one was French while
  the other was the king of England. The French man
  became king.

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English Take The Lead

• When the French man became king or England this
  didnt sit well with the English king, so a few
  years later he invaded France. The invasion began
  a long conflict between England and France. This
  was called The Hundred Years War. After 100 years
  of fighting a teenage girl by the name of Joan Of
  The Arc supported the French. But the English
  captured her and burned her to death and drove
  out the English from their country

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Results Of The War

• Changed the governments of both England and
  France. Parliaments power grew because the king
  needed Parliaments approval to raise money to pay
  for the costly war. In France the kings power
  grew. He had become popular with the nobles
  during the war. They created a bond when they
  were fighting with the English, because of that
  the nobles supported the king.

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Black Death
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Where It Came From

• The Black Death came from Asia.

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How It Spread

• People moved and so it got to other places.

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What Disease Was It

• It was a disease called the bubonic plague.

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Effects On Manor Life Feudalism

• People moved out of the manors and moved to
  different places. Spreading the disease even
  more. 2/3rds of the population died. Because they
  died there was enough food for everyone and
  enough jobs and more money. So people were
  happier.

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What Happened To It

• Because all the weak immune system people died
  only the people with strong immune systems lived.
  So the disease faded out but its still around
  today.