Focus Question : In what ways did the Catholic Church not only influence, but dominate life during the Middle Ages? Bell Work: Take Handouts!!! Feudalism Quiz!!! ( Booooo, Salem…. Boooooo) Homework: Complete Role of Church Documents and Thesis Statement. Agenda: Feudalism Quiz College talk Role of Church Notes Church Gallery Walk
Clergy- Religious Officials Sacrament- important religious ceremonies Canon Law- church law and practices
Excommunication -the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church. Interdict-sentence imposed by the powerful Catholic Church forbidding a person or place, and sometimes even an entire country, from receiving church privileges or participating in church functions.
Political The Catholic Church controlled medieval kings…how? Through excommunication or the interdict A combination of religion and wealth allowed the Church to intervene in politics, and often kings looked to the Church for legitimacy (right to rule).
Economic Collected taxes called “tithes.” Largest landowner in Europe, in an age when land meant power and wealth.
Social Controlled learning, and established universities. However universities weren’t established until the 12th century, Church learning in some cases meant a lack of progress. Had its own hierarchy of authority with the Pope in Rome, archbishops, bishops, cardinals, and priests. Most artwork centered on Church themes.