What Role Does Religion Play In The Middle Ages?

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There were many more jobs than I expected to find during this period. Some of the jobs I have never even heard of before, or had other names for trades than we do today, such as the milliner was basically a tailor. Unlike the tailor, however, the milliner was selling accessories as well as clothes but didn’t sell any fabric to customers. Being a cooper meant that you would be making barrel containers ranging in various sizes and tightness of wood to hold things ranging from liquids to flour. The barrels they crafted look very similar to the wine barrels we use today to ferment wine. I didn’t think that there was a trade dedicated solely to making wheels, as I would have imagined the blacksmith would be responsible for making all the wheels. …show more content…
There was more than one religion at the time, but only Christianity was accepted widely by the public. The other religions were looked down upon and even illegal to preach about. The church had just as much power as the law enforcement of the time. People attended the church service for more of a social event to see the people they knew, or even just out of habit, rather than for strictly religious reasons. The slaves were drawn into Christianity in vast numbers. They modified it slightly to fit more of their needs, making God intervene more in human life. In the beginning some slaves were even freed by converting to Christianity. This soon stopped with the ministers ignoring the religion of the slaves. The Native Americans gave the most resistance to converting to Christianity. This was not unexpected though, because the colonists were pushing the Native Americans out of their …show more content…
Benedict Arnold was a great soldier and strategist. He did many great things to lift the oppression of Britain off of the world. He is not remembered for all his great deeds for the colonies though, he is remembered mostly for his betrayal. He was very angry about missing promotions and decided to help the British Empire again. Arnold planned to lose West Point to the British for the price of 20,000 pounds. Fortunately his planned was foiled before getting to sabotage the Colonists because of the capture of the middleman between Arnold and the British. Patrick Henry was also a prominent figure during the time. He was the one that coined the phrase “Give me liberty or give me death.” He strongly supported for the colonists to have the right to bear arms. He was also the leader in every protest fighting for the rights of the colonists. He served the colonists for thirty years doing all he could to give us the rights he thought that we deserved. George Wythe was a man that not everyone has heard of in our day but during his time he was very famous. He was the teacher of Thomas Jefferson and played a large role in helping mold our country. Wythe designed the first Virginia constitution and also helped create the seal of Virginia. He held many prestige positions during his life including first college law professor and being the attorney general. Unfortunately, he shared the fate of

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