1. Pre-Class 5 minutes to work on vocab. If finished, grab an “anchor” paper from the front table.

2. Why was the church so important, and why was it able to become so powerful in the Middle Ages? Take a gander at the map on page 192

5. THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH

6. PARISH PRIEST RAN THE PARISH (VILLAGE CHURCH), ADMINISTERED SACRAMENTS WAS PROBABLY A PEASANT SACRAMENTS: CEREMONIES NEEDED FOR SALVATION (BAPTISM, EUCHARIST, LAST RITES)

7. VILLAGE CHURCH CENTER OF LIFE OF THE VILLAGE SOCIAL GATHERING FORBADE DIVORCE TOOK CARE OF WIDOWS & ORPHANS ALMS FOR THE POOR

8. TITHE 10% TAX COLLECTED BY CHURCH TO CARE FOR WIDOWS & POOR

9. WOMEN IN THE CHURCH Seen as sinful Supposed to act modest and pure Could not be leaders in the Church Could be Nuns

10. MONASTICISM MONKS LIVED IN MONASTERY HEADED BY AN ABBOTT

11. MONASTICISM BENEDICTINE RULE –Vows of poverty, chastity, obedience –Manual labor important—tended fields, agriculture

12. MONASTICISM SERVICE TOOK CARE OF WIDOWS & ORPHANS ALMS FOR THE POOR HOSPITALS AGRICULTURAL ADVANCES LEARNING: PRESERVED AND COPIED BOOKS

13. ST. GREGORY

14. Learning BOOKS WERE COPIED BY HAND BY MONKS –ILLUMINATIONS

15. MONASTICISM: Convents NUNS LIVED IN A CONVENT CARED FOR SICK & POOR

17. PRE-CLASS PAGE 193 BOOK OF KELLS

18. Happy Friday What position in the Church was closest to that of a peasant? –Priest? –Bishop? –Archbishop? –Pope?

19. HIERARCHY POPE HEAD OF THE CHURCH IN WESTERN EUROPE

20. HIERARCHY CARDINALS: ADVISORS TO POPE ARCHBISHOP MANAGED MANY DIOCESES DIOCESE: GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

21. HIERARCHY BISHOP MANAGED A DIOCESE CATHEDRAL: MOST IMPORTANT CHURCH IN DIOCESE

22. RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY POPE CLAIMED SUPREME POLITICAL POWER OVER MONARCHS & RULED PAPAL STATES CANNON LAW: CHURCH LAW AND COURTS

23. THE CHURCH & MEDIEVAL POLITICAL LIFE EXCOMMUNICATION PERSON WAS CUT OFF FROM CHURCH & SACRAMENTS INTERDICT AN ENTIRE REGION WAS IN DANGER OF DAMNATION

24. PEACE OF GOD: DICTATED WHERE BATTLES COULD BE FOUGHT

25. TRUCE OF GOD: DICTATED DAYS WHEN THEY COULD NOT FIGHT

26. REFORM MOVEMENTS Necessary because the church became so concerned with wealth Cluniac reforms: –Revived Benedictine rule –Banned lay investiture, simony, marriage for priests Friars: monks who live among the people

27. JEWS IN EUROPE Flourished in Spain Gained positions in government as advisors Persecution increased as disease spread Became money lenders, physicians, financial advisors

28. PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH LAY INVESTITURE: NOBLES MADE THEIR FRIENDS BISHOPS & ABBOTS

29. PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH CLERGY LIVED LIVES OF LUXURY SIMONY: PEOPLE PAID FOR POSITIONS IN CHURCH

30. PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH HERESY: SPEAKING AGAINST THE CHURCH & ITS TEACHINGS

31. AFTER THE QUIZ BRING YOUR QUIZ UP TO ME WHEN YOU FINISH. SSR AFTER QUIZ