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In simple words, The Jews became monotheists — they trusted inside and praised only one deity. This sticks out for scholars, since monotheism was exceedingly rare in the middle ages. Many ancient cultures were polytheism — they claimed and worshipped many gods.
Monotheism seems to be the religion of one divine entity. The background of monotheism seems to be the past of human civilizations adjusting their values to a evolving environment, mostly from polytheism towards henotheism once again to monotheism.
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Speaking about the medieval religious orders, we can see that back then they were friars. There were two main orders: Franciscans and Dominicans. Their characteristics were: dedication to the Holy Church, promotion of the religion and conversion of atheists and representatives of other religions, examples to peasants, etc.