SOME ASPECTS OF THE MEDİEVAL RELİGİON IN WESTERN EUROPE:
BATI AVRUPA’DA ORTAÇAĞ DİNİNİN BAZI ÖZELLİKLERİ:

Author : Tarık Tolga Gümüş
Number of pages : 67-79

Abstract

This study focusses on some aspects of the medieval religion in Western Europe. The first part of the article is a brief outline of the medieval religion. Then the Christianisation process of Europe is outlined. The differences between the early Christianity and the religion of the High Middle ages are compared. Pre-Norman Conquest and the Post-Norman Conquest religious institutions in England are also examined. The importance of the religious Councils are also emphasized. The importance of the cities in the development of the medieval Christianity was also important. The reform movements in the religious practice are also discussed. The monastic movements and related cloistered seclusion were also significant in the religious practice of the medieval Chirstianity. The differences between the early monasticism and the monastic movements of the High Middle Ages were different. The importance of the Gregorian reform is also discussed. The role of the women in medieval religion and that of heresy are also discussed. This article stresses the fact that Medieval religion was a dynamic institution. Significant changes occurred in the religious practice of the people of the middle ages. Women in the religion played an important role in the development of the medieval religion in Europe.

Keywords

Medieval, religion, women, monansticism

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