There is no stronger association in history than between the Middle
             Ages and religion. It seems that there is no work of history written
             during or since that does not make this connection. The faiths of the
             middle ages were the source of great triumph and great strife. There is no
             point where religion does not play a part from politics and law to
             individuality. The historical impression is one of countless individuals
             living and dying for their faith. Within the context of the Middle Ages
             there are three main faiths that all impacted the lives people and the
             reality of institutions and governments, Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
             This work will briefly address the impact and importance of all three
             faiths within the context of the Middle Ages.
             The foundational effects of religion upon the Middle Ages did not
             simply begin at the mark of the era change, whatever date is used. The
             importance of faith travels backward for almost as long as the records of
             history. People have eternally been searching and seeking the answers to
             unanswerable questions about the origin of all things but most importantly
             Religion consists in the endeavor of men to cultivate and express
             those qualities which are inherent in the nature of Man the Eternal,
             and to have faith in himâ€within us there is a current of tendencies
             which runs in many ways in a contrary direction, the life current of
             universal humanity. Religion has its function in reconciling the
             contradiction, by subordinating the brute nature to what we consider
             as the truth of Man. (Tagore 142)
             The structured answers to these questions became what we now call religion
             Religion and faith have always been strong in man and in the Middle Ages
             the differences between these faiths seems to have reached a pitch beyond
             most seen before. Most importantly it was at this time that faith...