What was the name of the tax charged by the church during medieval times in Europe?
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Generally, church taxes have always been referred to as "tithes", equal to 10% of a person's wages.  \n\nThere also were items that could be purchased called "indulgences" whereby a person could basically buy the right to sin, to cancel out that sin.  They were really able to indulge in that wrongful behavior.  This was particularly tied to the Medieval Catholics, and thought by most to be a creative method of raising funds.
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1.  The Battle of Hastings is the beginning of Norman Rule in England - 1066\n2.  King John is forced to sign The Magna Carta - 1215\n3.  England splits from the Roman Catholic Church to form the Church of England - 1529-1536\n4.  The Crusades - 12th and 13th centuries\n5.  Norman rule in England is supplanted by the Angevin dynasty (hailing from Anjou in France), which becomes one of the great ruling houses in medieval Europe - 12th century
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hahaha!\n\ni used to belong to a catholic church, and i didnt go for a couple of weeks, so they sent me a letter saying that i would be forgiven for not attending if i paid something like $100. then, i didnt go again, and they sent me a letter saying they wanted to increase my donation to $220. \n\nwhat, am i paying a protection fee?
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Medieval European society was largely dominated by Christianity, mainly starting through the monasteries.  The monasteries served as a repository and place of learning, and as missionaries to the barbarian tribes.  They were also critical to early development of the economy, serving as a form of bank and focal point for the development of towns, and as safe places for merchants and travelers to stay on their journeys.\n\nLater on the Church was well integrated into the feudal system that controlled society for close to a thousand years.  Almost all of the art, and most of the architecture, was religious in nature.  The development of the university grew out of the seminary system.\n\nThe Church also supported the civil government by approving of various Kings and leaders.  The civil government in turn promised to protect the Church.\n\nBasically there is no part of medieval society that wasn't significantly affected by christianity.
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Ask the minister. It varies. Some churches do not charge if the person who died was a member.
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Agree with the above, except I believe it was so successful because the Kings of Europe wanted to throw off the control of the Church, so they encouraged the religious reformation to their political and economic advantage.  If they had not, it probably wouldn't have been successful.
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keep in mind that spain was conquered by the Muslims in 7th century and recapured before the crusades in 1200's
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March approx 4 AD.  the Catholic Church misfigured when coming up with calender
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From the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renascence.  It has been broken into smaller periods by different historians.\n\nFrom about 300 to 500 AD the great migrations of peoples into and through Europe lead to the end of the Pax Romana and the beginnings of the medieval ages.  From then until about 800 AD and the rule of Charlemagne was often called the Dark Ages.\n\nFrom about 800 AD to 1000 AD, the power of the Church increased and lead to Latin becoming a language for scholars and trade across most of the continent.  The next 300 years or so, which are often called the High Middle Ages saw the building of cathedrals,  an increase in trade and the beginnings of the Crusades.\n\nFrom 1300 AD to the Renaissance is considered the Late Middle Ages ushering a decline in the feudal power of the land holders and a rise of the merchants.
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There's one of the British Isles about 1300 (not a 14th century map, but of the 14th century) linked below.\n\nThe second link is an Ecclesiastical map of the British Isles in the Middle Ages, keeping in mind that the church was just as important as the government in those days.\n\nPerry-Castañeda Library Map Collection of the University of Texas is the best place to look for online maps in general.
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I agree, where I live there are several religious institutions with prime land that pay no taxes.  Yet, the roads by them are plowed, and they get all services. \n\nSomething is wrong.  They should pay taxes, maybe at a different rate, but they should.
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The Hundred Years' War is the name modern historians have given to what was a series of related conflicts, fought over a 116-year period, between England and France, and later Burgundy; beginning in 1337, and ending in 1453.
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Medieval period. I'm interested in it.
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There was a time in European history where the Church held absolute sway in the appointment and endorsement of political rulers, as well as their own "police force" of inquisitors where free-thinkers and political opponents were burned, tortured, and murdered.  Wars were repeatedely fought against the Muslim in Muslim lands to distract and divide the folks at home and to keep the people militarized and the money flowing into the coffers of the tyrannical kings.  This period was affectionately known as "The Dark Ages" and "Medievel Age" appropriately.  Woe betide the man who willfully repeats disastrous history.
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WEBSITES ON THE MIDDLE AGES/MEDIEVAL LIFE\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Middle_Ages.htm\n\nhttp://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm\n\nhttp://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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A few got it right:\n\nThe Order of the Poor Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon (Knights Templar) were owed a lot of money by Philip le bel (King Philip IV of France) and he was nearly broke so he had the Pope murdered and the successor murdered, then moved the papacy to France and had his own man installed as Pope (Clement III). He then had the Pope issue an edict condeming the Templars for heresy and ordering their arrest. The edict was kept secret until all of the Senchals were in place on Friday the 13th of October, 1307 when the enevlopes were opend and the Templars were rounded up.\n\nThe Grand Master of the Templars, Jacques de Molay was arrested and brutally tortured in order to force him to reveal the location of the vast Templar fortune that the King wanted to steal, but Molay did not break. It's said that he was tortured in the maner of Christ in that he was nailed to a door frame with nails through his wrists and his ankles, he was scouraged with a whip, he was stabbed in the side and a crown of thorns was forced onto his head. They stopped short of killing him, and wrapped him in a shroud. It's said that Molay's body was in such pain and exuding large amounts of lactic acid from the beating that he actually etched his image in the shroud. Yes, that's right, it's now known as the Shroud of Turin (remember that carbon dating placed it in the 14th Century)\n\nAnyway, Philip was unsuccessful in capturing the Templar treasure. 18 Templar gallys set sail from the South of France proudly flying the battle flag of the Knight Templar Order, a black flag bearing the image of a skull and two crossed bones. They sailed to the West Coast of Ireland, then on to Scotland where the Templars fought on the side of Robert the Bruce against the English King Edward, but some of the Templar gallys sailed farther West and there have been Templar graves discovered in Nova Scotia. They were in America 150 years before Columbus.\n\nGiven the flag they were flying, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them headed for the Carribbean. As for the treasure, have you ever heard on the Money Pit on Oak Island in Nova Scotia?\n\nCoincidence, I don't think so.
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hello Penny. try these links, they should help.\n\nWEBSITES ON THE MIDDLE AGES/MEDIEVAL LIFE\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Middle_Ages.htm\n\nhttp://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm\n\nhttp://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html\n\nA P European History Topics and Web Links Page.\n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/EHAPTOpics_WebLinksPage.htm\n\nClick on the blue star ( ) to get the detailed assignment sheet and a list of topics to be covered for each unit of study.  Click on the gold star ( ) to go to a page filled with extensive web links to sites and many primary source documents for that unit of study.\n\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.