In the 1300s the ideas about religion in the West were challenged in many ways which led to the churches being divided then leading an end to it all in 1648 with the Wars of Religion. The technology that was developed during this time period helped to expand the churches and their ideas. Also, politics were very confusing because the church controlled everything that occurred. The cultural change that divided the church was the Reformation and Counterreformation, people wanted a change so they took action. Luther and Calvin both had major roles in the Catholic and Protestant church throughout this time.…
Many women could not be educated. Only the superior class women were able to be educated if they desired. Nuns were usually their teachers. Married women had to treat their spouse with adoration, care, respect, and had to be active participants in the…
The role women played during this period was, they volunteer for simple jobs. They were entering spiritual houses at increasing rates due to the broaden new orders of the 12th century (284). Most of the women who joined a monastery were aristocrats whom did not want to get marry. Others, came from families whom were unable to find husbands for them to marry. One of the most important and first superiors of a convent was Hildegard of Bingen. She became a superior at a convent in Disibodenberg in western Germany (284).…
Does the practice of monks having total control over nuns stem from these principles that they must obey to reach enlightenment, or does it stem from the…
Monasticism was exceptionally well suited for the Carolingian period due to the lack of urban life. Monastery’s were self contained and self sustaining and did not have a need for outside trading. They also acted as a good meeting point for rural civilians where they could meet up and trade goods without needing to go all the way to a town or city. The Carolingian world was extremely rural and feudal, the society was based on a hierarchy that was rather strict. There was very little urban life and the majority of the population was spread out through the land.…
The rules and disciplines were strictly enforced; to illustrate, once a woman entered a convent, she was required by law to stay there until her death (Rudolf 259). Margaret Cotter-Lynch, author of Reading Leoba, stated, “Rudolf’s ideals concerning religious women’s behavior seem to align with the official positions of the ninth-century Carolingian church after the Benedictine reforms: religious women are to be strictly cloistered, focused on internal piety and prayer, with very limited if any engagement with either the ecclesiastical or secular worlds beyond the covent’s walls” (14). Women were not permitted to enter the monastery of the monks, likewise the monks were not permitted to enter the nun’s monastery except for rare occasions (Rudolf 259). Women were viewed as property; accordingly, parents often gave their daughters to monasteries to praise and honor God. To illustrate, Aebba, Leoba's mother, gave her to a monastery to thank the Lord for granting her the ability to conceive a child (Rudolf 262).…
These people were called monks if they were men or nuns if they were women. The rest of their life would be devoted to prayer and service. They attended eight church services a day! They could not own land and had to follow their leaders. According to Document 4, if you were a knight you had to follow rules too!…
She was living in community with women, just like most nuns.…
Benedict. In the novel the nearby Abbey is led by Abbot Hugh, and he is the most dedicated and wise monk there. He also organizes others and makes sure that everyone is following instructions, and he leads prayer. This is the historically correct name and job description of this position, "The abbey (the term for a monastery or nunnery) was under the authority of an abbot or abbess" (“Life in a Medieval Monastery”). Grant accurately names and describes the leader of the nearby Abbey; this shows a connection as the abbot has a strong role in the monastery from the story and in…
Throughout the ages, women were the weaker gender. While men were the stronger and independence gender. Women were submissive, they were did what the men want as a wife or as a female in society in general. Women were forced to be excluded in many social activates such as to have property, the press, to be silent in every dialogue, educated even if they were taught to read, they were forbidden from writing. Because of that , women were write under the name of men.…
St benedict took them in and provided them with shelter. St benedict also wrote this book called “ The Rule Of Saint Benedict” which had a huge effect on the people living in the monastery at this time. The book had 73 chapters on how monks should live and behave. Many modern day monasteries still live by his rule. The book had a set of rules created to teach the monks, priests, nuns and sisters how to live a life like Benedict himself.…
In the medieval times they ran a Monarchy government meaning there was a king and queen. The queen played an important role during their time. They had many different activities throughout their day. The majority of the queen's day revolved around prayers/religion.…
They carried out many different roles that helped society in the Middle Ages to grow and stay in order. Women's lives in the Middle Ages were very difficult. They were often mistreated and had to meet strict expectations that European society had put on them. Most of the times, they were not respected and were greatly punished if the society's expectations were not met. Women in the Middle Ages were seen as graceful and sophisticated figures and to keep that reputation, extremely demanding rules were set.…
They would spend their time gaining knowledge and following after their superiors. Once you became a Monk, there were very strict rules on what you can and cannot do. They were not supposed to leave the Monastery unless they were doing farm work. They had to go to sleep very early, and were not even allowed to own their own…
When thinking about when the novel became a recognizable genre, we must first look at what the actual term “novel” refers to. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary the term novel can be defined as an invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events. Does this simple explanation shed light on what an individual considers a novel, or does this broad definition only show that a novel can be defined be the reader and not a dictionary? In many individual’s lives a book has come across their laps that they become enthralled in, but does this infatuation mean that they are reading a novel, or does it mean that they are reading a clever tale.…