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It is called the Age Faith because at the time everything revolved around religion. Much architectural skill was used to build amazing cathedrals with stain glass windows, flying buttresses, and gargoyles. Education was taught by church clergy, monks, and nuns at church schools in Latin, the language of the churches.
Most who were educated were destined to work in the Church anyway and had need of reading Important Religious Documents which were mostly written in Latin.
Holy Wars, like the Crusades, were fought for centuries to secure Jerusalem in the Holy Land (which had little if any strategic value for Europe). Those who fought were promised entrance into heaven and forgiveness of sins.
Lastly the response to the Black Death provides much proof of the prevailing attitudes. People at the time believed it was caused because God was angry with them. Because of this people would pray and flagellate themselves so God would forgive them of their sins. There was also a tendency to blame Jews for the persistence of the plague, both in the sense that they were literally poisoning the wells and in the sense that their existence antagonized God. Of course, in hindsight we know such things to be false (especially because the evidence show that Jews died in similar percentages. Today, the most believed reason for the Black Death/Bubonic Plague is Yersinia pestis discovered in 1894.
Many historians draw a distinction between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era as the difference between the Age of Faith, when religious world views dominated, and the Age of Reason, when scientific world views dominated (and still do).
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The Middle Ages are sometimes called .?
The age of faith
What was the 1000 year period called after the fall of Rome?
That 1000 years is called the Middle Ages, medieval period, or even Age of Faith.
The Middle Ages was known as the Age of?
1st answer:Dark ages or middle ages. No "age of"2nd answer:There are those who call the Middle Ages the Age of FaithThe Middle Ages are sometimes called the Age of Darkness, which I believe is a poor name for the period.Within the Middle Ages was a period sometimes called the Age of Chivalry, and another age, with somewhat different connotations but possibly similar dates, called the Age of the Mounted Knight.Also within the Middle Ages were several ages called renaissances. Among these were the Carolingian Renaissance, the Islamic Renaissance, the Ottonian Renaissance, the Macedonian Renaissance, the Renaissance of the 12th Century, and the first half or so of the European Renaissance. In fact nearly all of the time after about 700 AD fell into one or more of these periods.I have heard the Late Middle Ages (1300-1453) called the Age of the Longbow.Depending on how you define the Middle Ages, they included all or important parts of the Age of Migrations (about 300 to 700 AD).
What was another name for middle ages?
Medieval PeriodDark Age?Medieval times or the medieval era.
What is a monk middle age?
A member of the Catholic church.
The Middle Ages are sometimes called .?
The age of faith
What is another name for the middle ages because religion was so important to the people?
The Middle Ages were also called the Age of Faith.
Why are middle ages known as the ''age of faith''?
it was known as the age of faith because... christians belifes are of widespread
What are five chararistics of the dark ages?
dark ages, middle ages, medieval, feudal, age of faith.
What was the 1000 year period of the fall of Rome called?
That 1000 years is called the Middle Ages, medieval period, or even Age of Faith.
What was the 1000 year period called after the fall of Rome?
That 1000 years is called the Middle Ages, medieval period, or even Age of Faith.
What is name of the five group and their names?
dark ages, middle ages, feudal, medieval,age of faith.
What is the third period of the middle ages called?
The third period of the Middle Ages was the Late Middle Ages. The first is called the Early Middle Ages or the Dark Age. The second period was the High Middle Ages.
What are the Five Major Ice Age Names?
the five names during the dark ages are=middle ages, dark ages, feudal,medieval, age of faith.
Why is this era of European history is called middle ages?
it is in middle age
Why is the era of European history called the middle ages?
it is in middle age
Why is this era of European history called the Middle Ages?
it is in middle age
