WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Historians often call the Middle Ages the ____
A
Age of Chaos
B
Age of Feudalism
C
Age of Disease
D
Age of Faith
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: The Middle Ages is called the Age of Faith due to the tremendous power of the Catholic Church. It is not an exaggeration to say that the overwhelming majority of Europeans were Christians during this time; only a small percentage were Jewish, Muslim, or pagan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Dark Ages is a categorization commonly used to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Exploration. Roughly speaking, the Dark Ages corresponds to the Middle Ages, or from 500 to 1500 AD.

Detailed explanation-3: -The only religion recognized in Middle Ages Europe was Christianity and specifically Catholicism. Christianity in the middle ages dominated the lives of both peasants and the nobility.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Age of Faith” applies to the Middle Ages, insofar as most people in Western Europe were at least nominal Christians. But their beliefs and practices were as varied then as they are today.

Detailed explanation-5: -noun. the period in European history between about the year 500 AD and the year 1500 AD. Things belonging to this period are described as medieval. The early part of this period is sometimes called the Dark Ages and the period after it is the Renaissance.

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