He avoided putting his men in danger at all costs and only took a proportional amount of military booty for himself. ... Some of the nobles took on fancy political titles as in emperors, kings, dukes, and counts. ... The kings were over the earthly aspects of life, while the Pope was over the spiritual side. ... His men went above and beyond their call of duty. ... Well, all of this is true, but the middle ages was a time where all three sides interacted and gave us a whole new central way of life (Cantor 230). ...

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He came from a line of great men. ... The kings of Europe chose Charles Martel to lead an army to the last line of defense in Europe. ... Charles had them all beheaded. ... He would tell the nobles of all of his counties to prepare their men. ... In 806 Charlemagne's empire became so large that it needed more kings to control. ...

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Some famous men who belonged to this group were John of Wessel, Erasmus and Thomas Kempis. ... The Reformers were men with pure motives and high aims. ... Before the Reformation, the church governed politics and controlled kings, emperors and governed the law of the land. For all practical purposes Martin Luther stabilized the German language. ... All scientific investigation before this had been controlled by the church. ...

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This is the family that the Franks normally chose their kings from. At this point in time kings really had no power. ... All of this was about to change with Charlemagne. ... He had a long beard like most of the men of the day. ... All that is known is that his mother taught him as would be expected to. ...

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He was obviously of a rank superior to all other men."" ... p. 97 The Four Articles (1) The Pope has no jurisdiction over the temporal affairs of kings... Cyr, which was an all women school for the poor nobles. ... The girls were all made to take vows and if they refused were discharged. ... The author makes it clear that it is hard to make generalizations about this period in France, but he does his best to give us examples of how it operated under, what many people consider, one of the most successful Kings in History....

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Most serious of all was Luther's reduction of the mass to the Lord's Supper. ... For the theory of transubstantiation, it is there all the time. ... Luther did what most kings would fear to do. ... However, this is the task which Luther undertook against all odds. ... Rather than repent this in the least, I have determined to persist in that fervent zeal and to despise the judgment of men, following the example of Christ who in his zeal called his opponents 'a blood of vipers,' 'blind fools,' 'hypocrites'. . . ...

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