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Middle Ages
FIRST LOOK
Patriarch
Pope
Roman Catholic
Building a Cathedral
Members of the congregation had the duty to obey the rules pf the Church and pay a tithe, that
is, a portion of their crops or earnings.
Through the collection of tithe, the Church was able to build monuments to their beliefs
Cathedrals.
Monastic Life
Grew and prepared food, taught children, cared for sick and poor.
Monks and nuns were very well educated. Knowledge of Holy Relics.
Jews lived in towns and cities in both Islamic and Christian Europe
The church was very wealthy, owned one third of the land and
charged high rent of its property