WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

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In 1040 the Church forbade the barons to make any attack on each other between sunset on Wednesday and sunrise on the following Monday, or upon any ecclesiastical fast or feast day . . . on pain of excommunication.This excerpt illustrates the . . .
A
power of the Church in medieval Europe.
B
frequency of warfare in medieval Europe.
C
Importance of the Christian calendar.
D
influence of the Benedictine Rule.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How does this illustration of a manor illustrate that the manor was at the heart of the feudal economy? It shows that the manor was a self-sufficient community that could grow its own food and attend to its religious needs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement might be an accurate description of a serf’s life? A serf was bound to the land upon which he or she worked.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the high middle ages, many European Jews were specialized as merchants, money-lenders or artisans, as they were largely excluded from crafts guilds and barred from owning land.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Schism did play a role in the ending of Feudalism by weakening both religious and aristocratic power. Religiously the Catholic Church was divided and no longer could hold political and social power on a united front.

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