Western Civilization I / Unit 15 WC1 1401 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why 1500's Church Was Ripe, and the Modern Devotion
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The idea
The Church touched every life, one person in seventy-five a cleric by the anchor's count, monasteries holding twenty percent of the land, kings naming bishops. The Modern Devotion and The Imitation of Christ turned believers inward, toward salvation without the Church as intermediary.
In practice
No one anticipated a break.
Where people slip
The figures are the anchor's. The turn inward is the record.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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