churches & cathedrals
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Quaestio : Was the Church a positive force in Medieval Europe ? Nunc Agenda : Read and examine the Infographic on page 227 in the textbook and answer the questions on your sheet. . Churches & Cathedrals. Run by Priest Run by Bishop. Monks & Monasteries. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
QUAESTIO: WAS THE CHURCH A
POSITIVE FORCE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE?
NUNC AGENDA: READ AND EXAMINE THE INFOGRAPHIC
ON PAGE 227 IN THE TEXTBOOK
AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR
SHEET.
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS
Run by PriestRun by Bishop
MONKS & MONASTERIESMonks = members of a
religious community who devote their lives to prayer, fasting, and knowledge, living in a monastery
Followed strict rules of discipline and obedience to their abbot, or leader
Copied religious and secular texts by hand to preserve knowledge
SCRIPTORIUM
VIOLENCE OF KNIGHTS
REMINDERBALANCE OF POWER
Three groups competing for power during Middle Ages:Monarchs Nobles The Church
VOCAB CLARIFIED
PresidentPresidencyPresidential
PopePapacy
Papal
POWER OF THE CHURCHPopes had secular (non-
religious) powerPapal Supremacy = Pope
has control over all religious and secular leaders
Going to church was a requirement for getting to heaven
Popes had the power to excommunicate those who disobeyed them, banning them from the church, and dooming them to hell
POWER OF THE CHURCHPopes had secular
(non-religious) power
700s- Charlemagne’s Empire (included France and Germany) broke into separate states
962- German King Otto I helped the Pope fight his enemies
Pope crowned Otto HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (abbr. HRE)
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Pope Gregory VII vs King Henry IV of Germany
…also Holy Roman Emperor
INVESTITURE CONTROVERSY
Pope Gregory VII banned lay investiture- practice of having secular ruler chose bishops, he said only the Pope has that power
HRE Henry IV argued that bishops were his vassals since he gave them land, so he should have the power
1076- Gregory excommunicated Henry and planned to crown a new HRE!
1077- Gregory begged forgiveness from the Pope and the Pope had to forgive him
Concordat of Worms- agreement that said Popes chose bishops but Emperors grant them land
INVESTITURE CONTROVERSY
Page 251
READ Chapter 8 Section 3Complete the worksheet “The Crusades and the Wider World”
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