MEDIEVAL CHURCH

Center of manorial life was the Village life was also very communal village church Village life was also very communal

Administered the Sacraments The Parish Priest Administered the Sacraments Lead to Salvation Baptism – Reconciliation – Penance (conversion, confession and celebration) Eucharist – communion…receiving Christ's Body and Blood Confirmation – mature Christian commitment Marriage – Holy Orders – Ordination Anointing of the Sick – formerly known as Last

Village Church Paid with the Tithe – 10% income tax paid to church

MONASTERIES AND CONVENTS Monks/Nuns Looked after the poor and sick Kept learning alive Friars Served as missionaries

POWER AND CORRUPTION OF CHURCH Papal Supremacy Authority over all Secular rulers Pope (Vatican) had own army Bishops were Nobles

POWER AND CORRUPTION OF CHURCH Papal Supremacy Authority over all Secular rulers Pope (Vatican) had own army Bishops were Nobles Developed Canon Law

POWER AND CORRUPTION OF CHURCH Excommunication No sacraments or Christian burial Interdict Excommunication of entire town or kingdom Gothic Architecture Graceful spires and tall windows

Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Church Byzantine Empire Christian church became known as Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Church 9

Hagia Sophia Constantinople Hagia Sophia Istanbul

Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Church Patriarch Eastern (Greek) Orthodox Church Pope Roman Catholic Church 11

The Great Schism separation between the Roman Catholic Church the Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church did not accept the Pope’s claim as head of Church 12

The Great Schism separation between the Roman Catholic Church the Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church did not accept the Pope’s claim as head of Church 1054 Pope & Patriarch excommunicated each other 13

Jews in Medieval Europe Early Middle Ages Flourished in Muslim Spain German kings hired educated Jews

Jews in Medieval Europe Not allowed to own land Migrated to Eastern Europe or Muslim lands Prince Bolesław the Pious (1221-1279), the dominant prince in a fractured Poland, issued the Statute of Kalisz in 1264 in which he designated the Jews as a special and protected population in Poland

Jews in Medieval Europe Christians blamed Jews for Disasters Christians did not understand culture