Later Middle Ages Mazie Reynolds

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Christianity During Medieval Times?

• By Mazie Reynolds

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The Church Shapes Politics and Society?

• Clergy-church officials
• Clergies were very influential in medieval
  European culture and politics. For many people in
  the European Middle Ages, life revolved around
  the church
• Society-everything took place at the church,
  Pilgrims visited religious places.
• Politics-Church officials often became
  political advisors to local rulers

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Monks and Friars?
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The Monks of Cluny?

• Dedicated their lives to God
• Lived apart from society

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Friars?

• Dominicans and the Franciscans
• Francis of Assisi created the Franciscan order
• People who devoted themselves to religion and
  common rules

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Universities are Built?
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Universities are Built?

• Thomas Aquinas- Philosopher who showed how
  religions faith and reason could co-exist
• Created by Religious Leaders-Europes first
  universities were built by the church
• Students took tests then and now- both then and
  now students take tests to prove they know what
  they were being taught

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The Church and the Arts?
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Religious Architecture?

• It was all about religious expression

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Summary?

• As you can see the church played an important
  role in politics, education, and the arts. Even
  though the church has changed , it still plays a
  very important role today .

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Magna Carta?
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Magna Carta?

• In 1215 a group of English nobles decided to
  force the king to respect their rights . They
  made King John approve a document listing the
  rights the King could not ignore. This document
  was called the Magna Carta or Great Charter.

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Effects of Magna Carta?

• This was an important step in establishing
  democractic principles in Europe
• The king would have to obey the laws as well

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Three demands why they were important ?

1. They were their rights
2. They needed them
3. Kings had to obey them

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Changes after Magna Carta?

• Faced war with financial troubles , the kings
  turned to nobles for advice and money. Before
  long, the council turned to the parliament

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What did Magna Carta inspire nobles to do?? ?

• Nobles demanded the agreement to the king so
  other people will have some rights.

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Parliament?

• Soon, the kings turned to a council of nobles for
  money .Before long, the council developed into
  Parliament , the lawmaking body that still
  governs today.

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The Hundred Years War?
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Hundred Years war?

• The Hundred Years War was a long conflict between
  the French and the English
• French King dies with no heirs
• Two men claim throne
• English take the lead
• Joan of Arc rallied the French

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Results of the War ?

• French won the war
• In England the war helped increase the Power of
  the Parliament because the King needed the
  Parliaments approval to raise money to pay for
  the war
• French lost Joan
• Democracy in France will have to wait

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• The Black Death ?

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The Black Death ?

• During the Hundred Years war , a Deadly plague
  swept through Europe between 1374 and 1351
• The Plague started in Asia , Traders unknowingly
  brought rats carrying disease to the
  Mediterranean ports
• From there it quickly swept through Europe

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Effect on Manor Life and Feudalism?

• The Black Death was though to have killed 25
  million people
• 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

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The End!!!!?