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I chose this because Battle of Tours is considered by most historians to be historical importance; it halted the Islamic conquests, and preserved Christianity as the controlling faith in Europe.
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I chose this because The East–West Schism happened due to ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes between the Greek East and Latin West.
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I chose this because, Hildegard not only challenged Church rules and founded two convents. But also, she demonstrates the importance of women’s contributions to the intellectual life of the Middle Ages.
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I chose this event that occurred in the Catholic church because Waldenses, French Vaudois, Italian Valdesi, members of a Christian movement that originated in 12th-century France, the devotees of which sought to follow Christ in poverty and simplicity.
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I chose this because Magna Carta still remains to be significant since he established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law.
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I chose because one of the four great mendicant orders of the Roman Catholic church, was founded by St. Dominic in 1215.
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I chose because she said “I was half way through my thirty-first year God sent me an illness which prostrated me for three days and nights.” And wrote Julian of Norwich, describing a series of visions or "showings" that came to her.
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I chose this because it was significant problem at that time. Some people simultaneously claimed to be the true pope until the schism was ended by the Council of Constance.
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I chose this because Wyclif took on the challenge of translating. Also he believed every Christian should study the Bible.
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I chose because he initiated a reform movement based on the ideas of John Wycliffe. His followers became known as Hussites. However, The Catholic Church did not condone such uprisings, and burned him at stake in Constance.
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I chose this because Joan of Arc was only 19 when she got burned at the stake in May of 1431 on charges or heresy.
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I chose this because Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press and made it possible to speed up the process without sacrificing quality of Bible.
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I chose this because Girolamo Savonarola denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor.
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I chose this because Pope Leo III suddenly placed a golden crown on his head.
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I chose this because Cyril and Methodius still remains to be important. They influenced the cultural development of all Slavic peoples for which they received the title “Apostles to the Slavs.”
