Religious institutors including the Church and the monasteries became wealthy and influential given the fact that the state allocated a significant budget (Medieval) for religious activities. ... During the middle ages festivals were popular, celebrated many different things, and were meant to be a time of joy for all people during these times. ... We still celebrate these holidays in modern times. ... A ritual during the Middle Ages that could have teetered on the edge of heresy was a ritual done during the times of the Black Plague. ... This is a practice that existed to some minor extent th...

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Ideas had been brought forward during the times of these two which are quite similarly very much incorporated into the way in which we live our everyday lives in our modern era. ... While the rest of the world continued to be characterized by monarchial, hierarchical, command societies, in Athens democracy was carried as far as it would go before modern times. ... Humanism was the creation of both Roman and Greek civilizations, and if it wasn't for that very word (humanism) we would still be living within medieval standards. ...

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Charlemagne actually defeated them many times, but due to their faithlessness and their propensity to return to their Pagan lifestyle, the Saxons lost many lives in the prolonged battles with the Franks. ... Charlemagne was an enlightened leader who restored the roots of education and order to Medieval Europe. ...

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