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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Dec 31, 1300
1000ce- 1300ce
Roman Catholic church changed and developed, it became very different from Easter Orthodox church, and had more to do with the philosophies of Aristotle. -
Period: Jan 17, 1000 to Jan 17, 1500
Cultural exchanges in eastern hemisphere
Christians were deeply influenced by the rest of the world, this can be seen through their music, art, poetry, crops, and the trading of technologies. -
Jan 1, 1100
Churches establish Catholic schools and universities
By the 12th century cathedral schools created a formal lessons in Latin, concentrating on philosophy and literature such as the works of Plato and Aristotle. Most of the masses of Europe didn't really care about Aristotle or philosophy, they used Christianity to give some purpose their day to day lives. -
Jan 1, 1200
Reform Movements of 13th century
Orders of mendicants (beggars), the Dominican and Franciscan wanted to reform the church, which they felt had become too materialistic. They would beg for food and preach their ideas to the everyday person. They were very effective in towns and cities with so many migrants that the church couldn't be of much use or assistance to them. Though Dominicans and Franciscans were against the Roman Catholic church, they also fought heresy and tried to persuade heretics to go back to the church. -
Jan 1, 1200
Popular Heresies
In the 12th and 13th centuries, many heresies became popular among the people. Waldensians for example, used biblical teaching to criticize the church. One of the most popular of the heresies were the Cathars. The Cathars considered the material world and Roman Catholic church evil because of how corrupt it had become from all of its wealth. Therefore Cathars tried to lead pure spiritual existences by renouncing wealth and marriage, and becoming vegetarians. The Cathars rapidly gained supp -
Jan 1, 1209
Albigensian crusade
In the early 13th century the Roman Catholic church began to feel challenged by the Cathars or Albigensians, a heretic group that was rapidly gaining popularity. Therefore in 1209 Pope Innocent III called for a military campaign against the Cathars where warriors from northern France crushed the Cathars in southern France. They wiped out all Cathars except for a few in very remote areas, almost the entire group was wiped out. -
Period: Jan 1, 1209 to Dec 31, 1229
Albigensian Crusade
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1350
Bubonic Plague devistates Europe
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 1, 1500
The Renaissance
In this period of rebirth of art and culture, artists of the Renaissance focused on making their art more realistic and reflecting of human nature, architecture of the time was simple and elegant and people began to turn back to the classic writings of Greek and Roman authors and turned away from medieval philosophies. -
Jan 1, 1331
Bubonic Plague epidemic in northeastern China
One of the first places the epidemic started was the Hebie province in northeastern China. There it killed about 90% of the population. The plague quickly spread throughout China, and with the help of Mongols and many long distance trade networks it quickly arrived in Europe. -
Jan 17, 1348
Bubonic plague in Europe
The bubonic plague devastated Europe, more than one third of the population died. It got to Europe after people escaped to Europe after the Siege of Caffa in 1346. Society couldn't function correctly with the epidemic going on so economy crumbled. People tried turning to the church for protection but the church said that people were getting sick because of their sins, but at the same time monks and nuns were dying from helping collect bodies. People began to put less faith in the church. -
Jan 1, 1400
The Renaisance
The Renaissance was a period of rebirth of art in western Europe. Society was beginning to recover from the devastation of the bubonic plague. This period consisted of immense artistic and intellectual creativity. The church became less popular among the masses as people focused on more simple and less demanding classical religion. -
Reign of Otto of Saxony
On February 2, 962, Otto of Saxony was proclaimed emperor by Pope John XII. Before becoming emperor, Otto had established himself as king of northern Germany. He was very aggressive in his quest to attain land and while doing this he helped popularize the church. After the start of the Holy Roman Empire, popes refused to allow any emperors to get more powerful than all the others, or have enough power to overthrow the church.
