2. Christianity & Medieval Society Chapter 18, Section 3 World History
The Later Middle Ages
Christianity & Medieval Society
Chapter 18, Section 3
World History

3. Alabama Course of Study
Standard 16: Describe major cultural changes in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages.
Standard 17: Explain how events and conditions fostered political and economic changes in the late Middle Ages and led to the origins of the Renaissance.

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I can identify basic vocabulary terms specific to this region and time.
I can describe the influence of the Church on Medieval Society.

5. Warm-Up Questions What are church officials called?
clergy
What were the church officials that lived and worked among the people called?
friars.

6. Key Terms excommunicate: To cast out from the church Crusades:
A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia fought for control of the Holy Land from 1096 to 1291.

7. Key Terms
Holy Land:
The region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died.
clergy:
Church officials.
Holy Land:
The region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died.

8. Key Terms
friars:
A member of a religious order who lived and worked among the public.

9. Key Terms
Magna Carta:
A document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights.

10. Key Terms Parliament: The lawmaking body that governs England.
Hundred Years’ War:
A long conflict between England and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453.

11. Key Terms
Black Death:
A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351.
heresy:
Religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings.

12. The Church & Society
___ revolved around the church. ___ journeyed to visit ___ sites.
Life / pilgrims / religious
Jerusalem, ___ and ___ were popular places to visit. In England, the cathedral in ___ was also popular.
Rome / Compostela / Canterbury

13. The Church & Politics
Many people left ___ to the church when they died. Eventually, it became one of the largest ___ in Europe.
land / landowners
Church officials often ___ local rulers.
advised

14. Monks & Friars
Some people were ___ with the ___ involvement of the church.
unhappy / political
The ___ monks isolated themselves from the outside world. They only concerned themselves with ___ matters. This led to the creation of the ___ order of monks.
Cluny / religious / Cluniac

15. Monks & Friars
Communities of ___ called ___ also appeared. Monks spent hours copying down religious ___.
nuns / convents / documents
Others who wanted to help society and spread Christianity. The ___ and ___ orders were founded. These ___ lived and worked with the general ___.
Dominican / Franciscan / friars / public

16. Universities are Built
Some of the earliest ___ were created by the ___. Besides religion, ___, ___, ___, and other courses were taught.
universities / church / law / medicine / astronomy
___ ___ stated that rational thought could be used to support ___ beliefs. He said that God governed the world through ___ ___.
Thomas Aquinas / Christian / natural law

17. Religious Architecture
___ ___ were gigantic works of art dedicated to the glory of God. Some of these ___ would take over 100 years to build.
Gothic cathedrals / cathedrals

18. Religious Art
Ornate ___ and ___ decorated the walls and ceilings. Books were copied and made into works of art.
paintings / tapestries

19. Today’s Learning Targets
I can identify basic vocabulary terms specific to this region and time.
I can describe the influence of the Church on Medieval Society.