1. Periodization Early Middle Ages: 500 – 1000
High Middle Ages: – 1250
Late Middle Ages:

2. Europe in the 6c

3. The Medieval Catholic Church
filled the power vacuum left from the collapse of the classical Roman world.

4. The Medieval Church
Secular Clergy
Regular Clergy

5. The Medieval Church

6. The Medieval Church Clergy: officials of the Church Secular Clergy:
“in the world”
Cardinals
Archbishops
Bishops
Parish Priests
Regular Clergy:
special vows
religious order
Men
Monastery
Abbots
Monks
Friars
Women
Convent
Abbess
Nun

7. The Medieval Church
Secular Clergy
Regular Clergy

8. The Medieval Church
Regular Clergy

9. The Medieval Catholic Church
filled the power vacuum left from the collapse of the classical world.
monasticism (regular clergy):
St. Benedict – Benedictine Rule of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
provided schools for the children of the upper class.
inns, hospitals, refuge in times of war.
libraries & scriptoria to copy books and illuminate manuscripts.
monks  missionaries to the barbarians. St. Patrick, St. Boniface

10. A Medieval Monk’s Day

11. A Medieval Monastery: The Scriptorium

12. A Medieval Monastery: The Scriptorium

13. Illuminated Manuscripts

14. Illuminated Manuscripts

15. The Medieval Church
Secular Clergy
Regular Clergy

16. The Medieval Church Secular Clergy Role of the Secular Clergy:
Oversaw the spiritual life of the community
Conducted church services
Performed sacraments

17. The Medieval Church Sacraments: ceremonies that bind a believer to God
baptism (cleanses soul of stain of Original Sin),  
confirmation (rite admitting layman to full communion in Church),
Holy Communion=Eucharist=Mass(reenactment of the Lord's Supper;
by 1215 as a miraculous reenactment of Christ's sacrifice in which the
consecrated wafer becomes the actual body of Christ and the wine
become His blood=transubstantion),

18. The Medieval Church Sacraments:
marriage (as a sacrament marriages are indissoluble=no divorce allowed,
although marriages can be annulled,
reconciliation, consisting of confession and penance,  
ordination (consecration of individuals into the priesthood),
last rites=extreme unction (washing away sins of a person in
danger of dying).

19. The Power of the Medieval Church
bishops and abbots played a large part in the feudal system.
the church controlled about 1/3 of the land in Western Europe.
tried to curb feudal warfare  only 40 days a year for combat.
denial of sacraments to believers

20. The Power of the Medieval Church
curb heresies  obstinate holding by a baptized Christian of wrong beliefs (=conflicting with Church doctrine) about  matters of faith that have been authoritatively decided by the Church crusades; Inquisition
tithe  1/10 tax on your assets given to the church.
Peter’s Pence  1 penny per person paid by the peasants.

21. Romanesque Architectural Style
Rounded Arches.
Barrel vaults.
Thick walls.
Darker, simplistic interiors.
Small windows, usually at the top of the wall.