How Did Christianity Influence The Development Of The Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages Christianity shaped the spiritual, intellectual, and institutional development in Europe heavily. Christianity shaped the spiritual development in Europe from the fifth to the tenth century when churches sent out missionaries to attempt converting barbarians to Christianity, which in later centuries helped rid Europe of barbarianism. Because it was the most dominant religion in Europe, many attempts to purify the church were taken on by Christians attempting to unify the world a bit more. In the eleventh to the end of the thirteenth century, under Innocent III, Christianity was purified by giving the clergy and the priests more restrictions so they weren’t tempted by worldly activities. It also regularized the belief in the supernatural by controlling the superstitious traffic in relics. …show more content…
In the fifth to tenth century as Christianity began to spread, people became more educated and it lessened the spread of disease and violence. However, from the eleventh to the thirteenth century churches, a place of learning and expanding, influenced the creation of universities. As this quickly spread across Europe, many universities began popping up. Consequently this led many students on to discover Aristotle, introducing a new way of thinking and learning to them. Molding the institutional development of Europe, the church became an early on network center for news to spread quickly. It also made men and women more equal, at least for those times, which later on pushed Europeans to allow women to be in guilds and such. After the eleventh century, Gregory VII and Innocent III took politics into their own hands and helped kings govern the way they believed was right. Christianity affected Europe during the Middle Ages in various ways, leaving lasting impressions on not only Europe, but all over the world as