Essay On Medieval Piety

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Have you ever wondered why religion and piety was the utmost important during the Middle Ages? The day Charlemagne rule at the height of the kingdom he along with medieval people from monks to common believers showed piety or had sought to live a more godly and religious life.
Furthermore, to display their piety, most medieval people became nuns and popes. Many medieval people set sail and went on pilgrimages. Thus, by becoming nuns, monks, and pilgrims many displayed piety differently even through religion, literature, architecture, art, thought, and practices.
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Literature that was developed by the monks and nuns which were then illuminated in books. Since illuminated books were made by monks, the books were decorated with very detailed …show more content…

Pictures drawn by monks allowed illiterate medieval people to develop thoughts of right and wrong. Beowulf is an example of a dramatic tale preserved by the Christian monks. The dramatic tale was a model for the medieval people to practice their piety. Since, Beowulf fought against a monster, ogre, and a dragon he becomes a warrior and this demonstrate his display of piety because as an old man he kills the dragon. The tale of Beowulf is a valuable story to the medieval people because the values shows warriors in the story of Beowulf being loyal serving their king till his death. Plus, it shows practices of the warrior piety to the king. Adding to this the tale allows society to take upon having piety since the king Beowulf was rewarding the warriors for their …show more content…

Benedict who founded a group of monks and established a universal order for monks to follow. Adding to this, nuns called each other sisters and monks called each other brother. Moreover, the idea of asceticism was a life of self- denial where monks would descend themselves. Monks would descend themselves from sex, marriage, having a family, greed, processions, because to own and do such things they would be further away from God. Therefore, the universal order monks and nuns lived a lifestyle allowing them to be higher to the gods and live a life of

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