Term Papers on Age Of Faith, Age Of Feudalism And The Dark Ages

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Age of Faith, Age of Feudalism and the Dark Ages

World History

April 5, 2004

            The tittles; Age of Faith, Age of Feudalism and the Dark Ages all well represent the Middle Ages, but Age of Faith is the greater among equals. This is because religious faith increases a lot during the whole middle ages, yet the other three titles happened at different times, and were not as permanent as religion was. During the Middle Ages religion was very important, and church officials were almost as powerful as politicians. The Age of Feudalism was some of Europe’s government for hundreds of years. During the period that’s known as the Age of Darkness, there was a great decline in learning and many Viking raids.

            During the Middle Ages, the Churches power greatly increased. Religion was almost as powerful as politics, so the title "Age of Faith" is the best suiting title. Although the life of a monk or nun was extremely strict (Doc 8), many choose that to be one because of their devotion to the church. Popes even had the power to start wars. In 1095, Pope Urban II called for the crusade the recapture Jerusalem (Doc 9). The Pope was so powerful that he could call for a war easier than most politicians could, and people didn ’t seem to mind even though it was thousands of miles away. Another example of how powerful the church was, are the Cathedrals that were erected. Cathedrals took years and years to build, and they were structural masterpieces (Doc 10), especially Gothic Cathedrals. These are some of their most beautiful architecture, and it is built for the Christian religion, and dedicated to their gods.

            The Feudal system was much of Europe’s system of governing for a very long time. The Feudal system was based on private government more than a centralized form of government. Vassals treated their lords as their kings (Doc 2), although people lived in the same country, there were many differ...

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