The Decline Of The Medieval Church
Religion, Politics, And Culture, 1300-1500
Introduction
In Europe, the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were marked by the gradual passing of the culture that is thought of as typically "medieval."
In the years of the High Middle Ages, European civilization had reached a pinnacle of development.
But after 1300, the nature of civilization during the High Middle Ages began to change.
In thought and art, a rigid formalism replaced the creative forces that had given the Middle Ages such unique methods of expression as scholasticism and the Gothic style.
Economic and social progress yielded to depression and social strife, with peasant revolts a characteristic symptom of instability.
Church government in Rome experienced a loss of prestige, and a series of challenges weakened its effectiveness after 1300.
The church was gravely weakened from within by would-be reformers and dissidents as well as by external factors, chiefly political and......

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