How the Rise of the Church Impacted Medieval Society

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The rise of the church had a great impact in medieval society. The great belief of Christianity began with Jesus of Nazareth who presented public preaching’s of a friendly and forgiving God as he claimed he was the Messiah. According to Jesus, god’s command was for all human kind to love, cherish, and focus their lives to the Lord. The love that was expected for humans to have for God was to adore him with all of their hearts, minds, and souls. He also preached to the early people of how one should love one another. A friendly and forgiving God would later attract many sacredly inspired communities to worship him. People of the medieval world placed great belief in Christianity causing the rise of the church to impact many aspects of the society including government, family, and architecture. Government of the medieval society was impacted greatly by the rise of the church. As time passed after Jesus’s crucifiction, preaching’s of his heroic sacrifice for human’s sins intrigued many people including leaders from different places. “In the latter part of the Middle Ages, the pope, as head of the church, had much influence over the king and total control of the clergy” (The Middle Ages). Knowing the belief that common folk had in Christianity, many leaders seemed to take advantage or work with religious role models like popes, bishops, priests, etc. for ways of taking control of people or simply being crowned emperor. In 800, Charlemagne “was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day” (Charlemagne). The pope was appealed to Charlemagne (also known as Charles the Great) for protection against the Lombards. Though this appeared to be a mutual trade, it is interesting as to how Pope Leo III had the power to crown someone to be e... ... middle of paper ... ...n Society In Medieval Europe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 20 Feb. 2014. "Charlemagne." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Feb. 2014. Web. 17 Feb. 2014. Deanesly, Margaret. A History Of The Medieval Church, 590-1500. London: Routledge, 1969. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 20 Feb. 2014. Orme, Nicholas. "Arriving ." Medieval children. New Haven: Yale University Press, 20032001. 13-14. Print. Orme, Nicholas. "Church ." Medieval children. New Haven: Yale University Press, 20032001. 200. Print. "The Middle Ages | Feudalism." The Middle Ages | Feudalism. Web. 16 Feb. 2014. Van Liere, Frans. "Was the Medieval Church Corrupt?" The ORB. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. .

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