1. Western Christianity in the Middle Ages 1.Timeline. 2.‘Dark Ages’: barbarian invasions 3.Papacy 4.Piety 5.Crusades 6.Gothic architecture 7.St. Anselm of Canterbury

2. Middle Ages: Timeline  6 th -10 th c. The Early Middle Ages  11 th -13 th c. The High Middle Ages  14 th- 15 th c. The Late Middle Ages

4. Barbarian invasions

5. Moslem Empire in 656

6. Moslem Empire in 750

7. The Rise of the Papacy Gregory accepted the bishopric of Rome at the time of famine and epidemic Rebuilt the infrastructure of the city Effectively acted as the ruler of Rome Instituted penitential system in the Church Pope Gregory the Great (590-604 A. D.)

8. The Father of Western Monasticism: St. Benedict of Nursia (480-547) Monastic vows: Poverty Chastity Obedience (Stability)

9. Monastic reforms Original rule: St Benedict Cluniac reform 910 AD Cistercian reform 1098 AD Mendicant orders: Franciscans (1209) & Dominicans (1221) Remains of Cluny monastery. France. Citeaux monastery

10. Monasteries in the US Today: Cistercian (Trappist) Assumption Abbey for men in Ava, Missouri: http://assumptionabbey.org http://assumptionabbey.org Cistercian (Trappist) New Melleray Abbey for men in Dubuque, Iowa: http://www.newmelleray.org/ind ex.html http://www.newmelleray.org/ind ex.html Our Lady of the Mississippi monastery for women in Dubuque, Iowa: http://www.mississippiabbey.org http://www.mississippiabbey.org

11. Cult of the Saints Pilgrimages to holy places Intercession of the saints Veneration of relics St. Martin of Tours (d. 397).

12. St. Martin of Tours shares his cloak with a beggar

13. Pope Urban II preaches the first Crusade (1095)

14. Jerusalem in the center of the world

15. Gothic architecture. Chartres Cathedral (1194-1260).

16. St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) the forerunner of scholasticism Fides querens intellectum: faith seeking understanding Harmony of faith & reason Ontological argument for the existence of God Meditation on human redemption