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The recognition of the establishment of the Latin church is essential to understand the rest of European history. The Latin church provided a sense of European identity.
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Charlemagne created a strong empire out of France. This empire helped spread the papacy and the Latin Church in general.
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In the 11th century, Europe began to experience an economic expansion. This was due to developments in technologies and agricultural practices.
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In the 11th century, literacy was at an all time low. From that point forward, the church focused on teaching sacred texts, and literacy rates went up.
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A series of kings named Philip were able to create an administrative plan in strengthening their political system. Philip IV was able to capture almost all of the French Church.
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The first crusade is important to recognize, however gruesome it was. It was a successful crusade of Jerusalem where the crusaders were able to capture the city.
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Cities were getting bigger which was aiding the economic expansion being observed at the time. Kings were allowing this expansion of cities because they recognized the development in the economy
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The Second Crusade is also important to recognize because it, for the most part, started the Spanish Reconquest. This reconquest reclaimed Spain as a catholic country, pushing the Moores out.
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In the 13th century, Aristotles works were found and recognized by the European church. This was important because they learned of his method of understanding complex texts, such as the Bible. They were able to use this information to understand the Bible in a different, and more concise, way.
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The Latin church became corrupt when the higher up members decided they valued money over respecting their positions. This corruption got to the point where nobelmen could buy their sons positions in the church for them to be well off.