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Medieval Church Part ll

Medieval Church Part ll. Jennifer Farrell & Margo Poleway Chapter 7 Section 3 Period 6 Global 9H . Focus Questions. Who were the key people of the Medieval church? How did the church impact society? What happened to the church and society during the corruption and reforms?.

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Medieval Church Part ll

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  1. Medieval Church Part ll Jennifer Farrell & Margo Poleway Chapter 7 Section 3 Period 6 Global 9H

  2. Focus Questions • Who were the key people of the Medieval church? • How did the church impact society? • What happened to the church and society during the corruption and reforms?

  3. Church Power Grows Centuries after Rome’s fall -Hierarchy unique position in Western Europe Church gradually became powerful Secular: Worldly, force in medieval Europe

  4. The Church’s Role in Society • Pope= spiritual leader of Western Christian Church • Papal Supremacy: Authority over all secular rulers, including kings and emperors. • Churchmen supervised activities • High clergy were nobles • Feudal lords had territories and armies • Church rulers linked to secular rulers • Churchmen were highly educated

  5. Religious Authority and Political Power • Dedicated to worship God • All were sinners • Canon Law: Churches bodies of laws • -Religion teachings, aspects of life, • -Disobeyers were prosecuted • Excommunication: Could not receive sacraments or Christian burial • Interdict: Powerful noble who opposed the Church • -Caused revolts by the common people

  6. A Force for Peace • Used authority to end noble warfare • Truce of God: Temporary peace • Demanded the stop to fighting

  7. Corruption And Reform • “Dark Ages” • Began the religious revolution • Popes were barely educated • Didn’t know religious services • Churches lost a lot of money

  8. Two Movements for Reform • Abbot Berno reformed his monastery of Cluny in Eastern France • Refused to allow nobles& bishops to interfere in monastery affairs • Gregory VII • Monk • Became pope • Pushed for reform • Outlawed marriage for priests • Prohibited simony: The selling of church offices

  9. New Preaching Orders • Friars:Monks who did not live in isolated monasteries • Took a different approach to reform • Traveled around Europe’s growing towns • Preached to the poor

  10. Women in the reform movement • Supported the reform movement - Some became Dominican nuns - Others joined the Poor Clares - Well-born women gave a gift (Dowry) to the church. -Poor women were welcomed by the Beguines

  11. St. Francis of Assisi • Wealthy Italian • Grew up rich • Founded the first friars • Preached poverty, humility and love of God

  12. St. Dominic • Spanish priest • Patron Saint of Astronomers • Founded the Dominican Friars • Orders of Preachers

  13. Jews in Medieval Europe • Existed all across Europe -Muslim rulers in present day Spain -Spain became center of Jewish Culture -Jew served as officials in Muslim Royal Courts -Jews were given positions by early German kings -Jews were protected and valued by rulers in Europe -Jews taxed highly

  14. Jews in Medieval Europe continued.. • Christians blamed Jewsfor the illnesses - Jews& Christians had little interaction with each other - Rulers and popes turned to educated Jews for help -Thousands of Jews migrated to Eastern Europe - Jewish communities settled in Eastern Europe until modern times

  15. Works Cited • TEXTBOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! • "Saint Dominic." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 08 Feb. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Dominic>. • Wikipedia. "St. Francis of Assisi - Saints & Angels." Catholic Online. Web. 08 Feb. 2012. <http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50>. • "The Reformation and Counter Reformation." World History International: World History Essays From Prehistory To The Present. History World International. Web. 08 Feb. 2012. <http://history-world.org/reformation_and_counter_reformat.htm>.

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