ng or living with women. In this manner, their life became very secular. Clergymen became very outspoken and often times cruel, “You’d have to do a lot of smashing to make anything look as smashed as those clothes of yours” (Honig, p. 77). The clergymen even sullied the name of individuals, “…he called me dirty, brazen, shameless, and indecent-and other bad names like that. And all because he’s jealous of that soldier” (Honig, p. 86). To be considered men of God, the clergymen lived a very secular, brazen life. In earlier times, clergymen were forbidden to marry. However, during the Middle Ages, clergymen began marrying like commoners, “In me you get a musician, Cristina, though only at church bells. In decorating a tomb or fixing up the church for solemn holidays, there’s not a better sacristan anywhere. And I can still perform those jobs after I’m married, and make a princely living at it” (Honig, p. 88). The clergymen of the Middle Ages gained a new way of secular thinking, as well as a new open lifestyle during the Middle Ages.The Middle Ages was a great time of change. The society as a whole and the economic structure began to shift. Women became interested in independence, money, and the attention of men; whereas, the great soldiers of earlier times began losing their fame and glory; while the clergymen began living an outspoken, opinionated lifestyle. This secular lifestyle of the clergymen also included the sacred bond of marriage, which clergymen were previously never allowed to enter. Society as a whole developed new ways of thinking. This new way of thinking was a basis for the development towards today’s society. The Middle Ages was a period of growth and change. Many great thoughts and ideas were achieved during the Middle Ages. Without these ideas, changes and new ways of thinking, society today could be completely different. ...
