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How Did Eastern Orthodox Divide Western Europe

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Eastern Orthodox was the base of the divide between eastern and western Europe, it was divided socially, economically, and politically.
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1. Eastern orthodox divided Europe socially during the Middle Ages.
• Religion was a big part of the middle age society so having the religion start the split is a huge deal
• Eastern orthodox was the main religion in eastern Europe but in west there was only the catholic church any other religion was stopped from excelling
2. Eastern orthodox was a reason Europe was split politically at the time of the middle ages
• The Pope was seen as the highest authority figure besides the king decision in the political aspects of Western Europe.
• In the eastern part of Europe they didn’t have a religious leader that was seen with high authority compared to the Western Europe’s religion. …show more content…

During the middle ages, Eastern orthodox religion was a reason Europe was divided economically
• Religion is what shaped the Middle Ages so when Europe split they didn’t really associate with each other which includes

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