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The Role Of Religion

The Role Of Religion. Sarah Kauf~Rebecca Barkan. Religion In Daily Lives . In the 1300s and 1400s the old religious and social certainties were not the biggest priority in people, because of conflict between Parliament and church, and the Black Death (plague ) ( Kemmer 2).

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The Role Of Religion

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  1. The Role Of Religion Sarah Kauf~RebeccaBarkan

  2. Religion In Daily Lives • In the 1300s and 1400s the old religious and social certainties were not the biggest priority in people, because of conflict between Parliament and church, and the Black Death (plague)(Kemmer 2). • The Black Death was a plague that swept across Western Europe from 1348~1349. Historians believe that between 25%-50% of the entire population of Western Europe died(Keri 1). • This made the European people of the century repent to their god(s) (Keri 1).

  3. Religion in the late 1300s • Church officials were corrupt and started to only care about wealth and power. In other words, they were “self serving” (Kemmer 3). • This was seen as ungodly, thus they lost respect as they no longer bothered to “keep up the appearance” of widely known “holy orders”, and obeying them(Kemmer 3). • Englishmen and women became irritated because the papal (roman-catholic church) court favored their enemies from France, or at least it seemed that way (Muhlberger 2).

  4. Reform/Relationships • The church reform was unsuccessful because of the Peasants’ Revolt(they uniquely captured the Tower of London; the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Kings Treasurer were killed)(Kemmer 4). • The church reform frightened a lot of citizens, especially those with little property, and made them think of reform with political destabilization and anarchy(Peasants 2). • “Law, literature and religion were all developing domains for the spread of literacy in the late medieval period.” (Kemmer 4).

  5. Government/Society • As in theory, to an extent the church copied the government of the Roman Empire(Muhlberger2). • Papal missionaries converted Englishmen and women to Christianity, as well as spreading their religion to many surrounding countries beyond the Roman Empire’s previous border(Muhlberger 2). • The conversion to Christianity strengthened beliefs by religious leaders from the west (like the Pope) that they acquired a legitimate authority, which was separate from politics (Muhlberger 2). • Government consisted of three estates: church, nobles, and urban leaders (Muhlberger 2).

  6. The End

  7. Work cited • Kemmer, Suzanne. "The History of English: Early Modern English." The History of English: Early Modern English. Rice University, Spring 2009. Web. 12 Sept. 2012. <http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Histengl/emode.html>. • Muhlberger, Steve. "Medieval England." The Orb. N.p., 1999. Web. 12 Sept. 2012. <http://the-orb.net/textbooks/muhlberger/14c_religion.html>. • Peardon, Keri. "The Black Death." Squidoo. TheMedievalNun, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2012. <http://www.squidoo.com/the_black_death>. • "Peasants Revolt." Peasants Revolt. History Learning Site, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2012. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peasants_revolt.htm>. • Google.com/Images

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