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MedievalMadness. 321K subscribers. 27K. 881K views 2 years ago. ...more. During the medieval period lucky jesters were the ones who were employed by nobles or royalty to perform at court. But...
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Mar 31, 2016 · EPISODE 15. Lots of knighthoods are given to pop musicians and actors these days, but hundreds of years ago it was a different story. Knights were nobleman s...
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Portland Oregon's Own Middle Ages release new video, "Who Were," filmed entirely on location in the North Pole.
Nov 22, 2018 · The life of a medieval knight involved training from childhood with mock weapons and horses. From around 14, the boy might become a squire to assist a knight. They trained with real weapons and learnt about chivalry. Once made a knight, he was the most important element of a medieval army. When not fighting, a knight took part in jousts and ...
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- The Heretics
- Early Heretics & Nicaea
- The Church & Temporal Power
- Six Great Medieval Heresies
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Although Europe was nominally orthodox Christian throughout the Middle Ages, there were a number of movements which questioned the Church's teachings and sought to establish their own version of Christianity or, as in the case of the Paulicians, Bogomils, and Cathars, a kind of sister-religion which drew on the tenets of Persian Manichaeism, Greek ...
Christianity between the 1st and 4th centuries was interpreted differently by various religious factions. After Constantine the Great (r. 306-337) legitimized Christianity, he demanded a unified vision for the new faith which was attempted at the first Council of Nicaea in 325 CE. Prior to this, the teachings of Arius of Alexandria (l. 256-336) – w...
The Church wielded temporal power through secular means since Constantine and his immediate successors considered themselves Christian champions. Since the Church was tax exempt, it could amass considerable wealth, and since it also demanded one-tenth of a believer's income as a tithe, this wealth grew and translated into land and power. In the 8th...
The sacraments included baptism, confirmation, communion, penance, marriage, holy orders, and anointing the sick (also known as last rites). One needed to observe the sacraments in order to be considered a Christian in God's grace, and these rites had to be administered by the Catholic clergy to be valid. The Church charged people for each of these...
A modern-day reader may find it difficult to understand why someone did not initiate serious reform earlier. The answer, as noted above, is the complete monopoly the Church held over the religious imagination of the people of Europe. It is easy to look back and recognize what should have been done differently and when, but even in one's own persona...
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Nov 7, 2018 · Knights were the most-feared and best-protected warriors on the medieval battlefield, while off it, they were amongst the most fashionably dressed and best-mannered members of society. To reach this elevated position, however, became more and more challenging as the Middle Ages wore on because the elite wished to maintain their exclusive status.
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May 25, 2023 · Myth: Medieval people were filthy. Sure, it would take until the 19th century for the germ theory of disease to overtake the concept of humors and “miasmas” that could damage human health. But ...
