If someone were to ask me, two months ago, "What comes to my mind when I hear the words, the Middle Ages?" ... The Middle Ages began with the fall of the Roman Empire and ended with a great renaissance. The Middle Ages were shaped by its nobility, church, and middle class. ... During the Middle Ages, society established what historians, today, call the "Shame Culture." ... While the higher nobility served those high roles in society, and the church was busy trying to establish an institution; there was the middle class out there too. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church reigned supreme. ... The friar in the story believes in truths that are rarely accepted by clergy in the Middle Ages. ... The focus of the religious aspects of the Church completely changed during the Middle Ages. ... In the Middle Ages, the leadership of the Catholics was the most powerful and influential members of society. They had more power and more followers than monarchs. ...

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