1. Chapter 13 Section 3
The Church

2. The Church and the Middle Ages
Middle Ages: The Church’s presence was felt EVERYWHERE throughout Europe.
1100s: Medieval Church was leading landowner
Many church leaders = powerful feudal lords.

3. Church Hierarchy
POPE
Cardinals
Archbishops
Bishops
Parish Priest

4. Church Hierarchy Pope: Supreme authority
Cardinals: Advisors to the Pope
Archbishops: In charge of an archdiocese and the bishops.
Bishops: oversees a diocese.
Administers two holy sacraments
Confirmation and Holy orders
Appoints Parish Priests

5. Seven Sacraments Parish Priest: responsible for religious instruction.
5 Sacraments performed by the local Priests.
Baptism Matrimony
Holy communion 5. Penance
Anointing the sick/dying

6. Monks and Nuns Saint Benedict: created rules for them to live by.
Serve God through fasting, prayer and self-denial
Communal living (no personal possessions)
Helped the Poor
Traveled as Missionaries

7. Church: Political Role
Pope: Held political and spiritual power over the monarchies
Canon Law: Church’s code of laws
Interdict: Close churches in a region
People denied eternal life
Used against a disliked ruler

8. Church: Political Role
Heretics: People who denied the teachings of the church
Eternal damnation
Tithe: Church tax
1/10 of a Christians income
Made the church the wealthiest institution in Europe.

9. Problems with the Church
Lay investiture: Nobles appointing a friend/relative to be a bishop.
Simony: Buy high positions in the church hierarchy.
Wanted to gain money

10. Attempts at Reform Church began to seek out heretics
Known as the Inquisition
Confess sins = perform penance
Denied sins = punished/executed

11. The Rack
The Coffin

12. The Pear of Anguish
The Brank

13. The Chair

14. The Head Crusher

15. Ring around the Rosie
Pockets full of Posies
Ashes, Ashes
We all fall down!

16. THE BLACK DEATH

17. THE BLACK DEATH Bubonic Plague
Started in China (1331). Spread along trade routes to Europe
Lasted from
Spread by BLACK RATS & FLEAS

19. SYMPTOMS Bubonic Plague: Pneumonic Plague:
Buboes on the groin, armpits and neck
Fevers, headaches, nausea, vomiting
Eventually covered in dark blotches
Pneumonic Plague:
Fever, coughing up of blood, mucus and pus.
Most died within 4-8 days of contracting disease.

20. Bubonic Plague

21. IMPACT OF BLACK DEATH Estimated 1/3 -1/2 Population dead
25-50 Million people
People died so quickly, hard to keep records or bury.
Shortage of workers: Demanded increase in wages.
Lost faith in God and the Church
God’s punishment for human wickedness
No explanation or rational