Cathedrals were built as testimonies to god's power on Earth.
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Mercantile was the primary occupation along with farming during the the Middle Ages.
Both were periods of cultural growth. The High Middle Ages included the time of the crusades. The Late Middle Ages were a time in which there were some natural disasters that colored the whole period, including famines because of changes in weather and the Black Death.
Oversimplified, the major unifying force of Europe during the middle ages was universal Christianity (both Roman Catholic and Orthodox) providing an us-vs-them mentality in oppostion to their Islamic foes in the Ottoman Empire, the caliphates (abbasid, fatimid, etc.), the Emirate of Cordoba, and Al-Andulas.
Mainly the only type of play that was done were the church passion plays telling the bible stories. People couldn't write for the most part so plays weren't written. The main entrainment was jesters, jugglers, singers when there were festivals.