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The people of Europe during the Middle Ages were quite superstitious. They believed that the year 1000 would mark the end of the world. You can imagine they were quite relieved when it didn't end. During the next few centuries, cities and trade thrived. Europe began to settle into the boundaries we would now find much more familiar. The Pope was the supreme authority, and while feudalism was still at its peak, a middle and merchant class began to develop.The Pilgrims of the Middle Ages believed that relics of dead saints, now in heaven, possessed miraculous properties and could help them with their problems. A cult of relics developed that had an enormous influence on architecture. The monasteries and churches that housed these relics needed to be large enough to accommodate the hordes that came to see them. The pilgrimage roads actually became routes of trade and commerce.
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