Religion in the Middle Ages

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Changes in the seasons controlled the lives of the people in the Middle Ages. Each season had its own religious festival or feast. These religious festivals gave the rural people a time of rest and entertainment. The people religiously celebrated these festivals because it was a good excuse for a holiday from hard work. Each month was filled with at least one feast or festival of celebration. The people of the Middle Ages celebrated Twelfth Night, St. Valentine�s Day, Easter, All Fool�s Day, and many other holidays that have carried over to modern times (�Religious Festivals� 1).
Many of the clergy lived in religious communes in isolation from the common people. These religious communities were the lifetime home of many men and women, who dedicated their lives to service. The men lived in monasteries and lived lives of self-denial. St. Benedict wrote the rules for monasteries in the sixth century. Benedictines, as the monks were known, took vows of poverty and chastity and ...

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