HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
Question
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John Knox
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Martin Luther
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Charlemagne
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King John
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was a main purpose of monasteries built by the Catholic Church? They replaced other churches in the European countryside. They gave aid to travelers and sick or poor people.
Detailed explanation-2: -For centuries, the Catholic Church straddled the world of medieval Europe. Every king, queen, knight, serf and soldier lived and died within the embrace of the Catholic faith. The church was not simply a religion and an institution; it was a category of thinking and a way of life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Christianity spread throughout the early Roman Empire despite persecutions due to conflicts with the pagan state religion. When the Western Roman Empire fell in 476, the Catholic Church competed with Arian Christians for the conversion of the barbarian tribes and quickly became the dominant form of Christianity.