Thursday, April 17, 2008

Medieval Times (i posted nothing the first time on purpose)

I believe Christianity to be the major underlying ideology that fuels the "medieval" time period.  We began the class with the fact that Christianity was not heavily represented in the world.  The religion slowly built strength and threatened eastern nations.  Bishops and and priests were determined to convert as many people as they could to their religion, and knights focused on protecting the Christian faith.  These crusaders were willing to kill to enforce its teachings, evident in the wars that broke out due to differences in religious doctrine.  After numerous conquests and missions to add believers to the faith, Christianity undoubtedly proved to be more significant than human life.  Roland and Chronicles demonstrated an undying passion heavily influenced by unquestionable confidence in the truth of biblical teachings.  The underlying devotion to religious doctrine throughly shaped the actions and writings that took place during this time.

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