MIDDLE AGES

(See also Crusades; Dark Ages; Inquisition)

belief that garden of Eden still existed: w94 4/1 5

Bible possession opposed: wp16.4 5

clergy rule: w89 9/1 3-4

corruption: sh 308-309

Columbus reaches Americas: g92 3/8 3-4

commerce: g92 1/22 11-13

banks: g92 2/8 23

Judaism: sh 216-217

Jews expelled from Spain (1492): w11 12/1 18; g93 1/8 32; g91 5/8 21

persecution by Catholic Church: sh 217

work on Talmud: sh 221

professed Christians: g89 12/22 17-19

religious martyrs:

Hernández, Julián: gm 30

Hus, Jan: sh 311-312; w86 6/15 29-31

Savonarola, Girolamo: sh 312-313

science: g93 5/8 19-21

Bacon, Roger: g93 5/8 21

contributions of Arabic-speaking scholars: g17.6 12-13; g 2/12 26-28; g 4/12 16-19; g 9/12 22-24; g 11/12 26-27; g93 5/8 19-21

Treaty of Tordesillas divides continents between Spain and Portugal (1494): g 3/15 10-11; g97 11/8 14; g94 12/8 20; g92 3/8 7

troubadours: g98 2/8 18-21

true Christians: rr 98-99; re 57

witch-hunts: g 5/14 12-13; w02 10/15 5-6