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Adjectives That Describe The Middle Ages

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Adjectives That Describe The Middle Ages

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The evidence from the letter exchange between two important figures in the Christian religion shows how religious is an accurate description of the Middle Ages. The letter is discussing how the people want a better Church for themselves, Pope Gregory is explaining his role in giving a better Church to his people.

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An Exchange Between Pope Gregory VIl and Emperor Henry IV

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An Exchange Between Pope Gregory VIl and Emperor Henry IV

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An Exchange Between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV

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An Exchange Between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV

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An Exchange Between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV

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An Exchange Between Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV

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Why Was Science Backwards in the Middle Ages?

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Why Was Science Backwards in the Middle Ages?

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The adjectives un-inventive and diseased are connected because a series of outbreaks of a disease are caused by un-inventive people. This is true because an outbreak of a disease after an initial outbreak is caused by a lack of research and change from people. This lack of research and change is an example of people being un-inventive.

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The adjectives religious and competitive are connected because religious figures were often competing for authority and power during the Middle Ages. Popes, who are religous figures, would compete to be the Pope to rule the Church.

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"...make for the advance of the Christian faith and the well being of the church."

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Ideas differing from anything other than religion were rare in the Middle Ages. Therefore, there were few inventions or innovations during the time period making un-inventive an accurate description.

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"...scientific ideas were very rare: rare because men with...any scientific ideas were rare."

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The evidence above suggests that the people of Europe, especially the religious figures, were competitive in their fights for power. The evidence suggests this because it comes from a letter between a Pope and the king who both wanted to rule the Church and Empire. However, both men believed that they deserved the power.

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The quote above shows how the disease spread through all of Europe during the Middle Ages. When infected people left their homes, the took the Black Death where they went.

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"Our Lord Jesus Chirst has called us to the government of the Empire, but He never called you to the rule of the Church."

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"Thus the people of Messina dispersed over the whole island of Sicily and with then the disease,so that innumerable people have died."