Middle+Ages+(c.+476–1450)+RELIGION

Religion in 476-1450 A.D Catholic christianity was really important in Europe in the middle ages. Islam was in spain. The Crusades.

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Around the time of the fall of the Roman Empire, the pope became the center of power in politics, causing the church to have control of the regions religion and politics. During this time, missionaries became more widespread and christianity became popular among Germanic, Celtic, Baltic, Hungarians and Slavic peoples. Meanwhile in the 7th century, Muslims started to conquer North Africa and Spain, but were stopped in the 8th century by Franks. Throughout all of the middle ages, most of the education was run through monasteries, making the church the center of education, untill education split from monasteries in the late 800's. In 1504 the Western and Eastern Churches had split ways and they split in a divide known as the great schism. This was caused by an Italian pope called Pope Urban IV being elected and establishing the papal court in Rome. The French disagreed with this and elected a French Pope who was based in Avignon. The schism in western Christendom was finally healed at the Council of Constance and the Catholic religion was referred to as the Roman Catholic Religion. There were five crusades. The first crusade was the People's Crusade. Before the lords could get an army, many people went to the Holy Land. They were not like an army but more like a mob. Many were killed during this Crusade.Then there was a second Crusade. It was when the official army was sent. It started in 1097, two years later in 1099 the Christians captured Jerusalem. The third Crusade was a whole lot different. The Christians called upon people from different countries to fight for the Christians. It was such a fierce war that many people left for war and never returned. In 1187 the Muslims recaptured Jerusalem. The fourth Crusade was lead by three kings, Frederick I, Philip II, Richard I. Although the Christians won a lot of battles they did not capture Jerusalem. After a while, they agreed to make peace for five years even though the Muslims still owned Jerusalem.The last Crusade was the Children's Crusade. Children thought they could win the Holy Land by love, but unfortunately many children were taken as slaves and never reached the Holy Land.