1. Chapter 18-3 Christianity and Medieval Society
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2. Bell Work Write the list of events in the correct order
Christian crusaders defeat the Muslims and take Jerusalem
French knights traveling to the Holy Land attack Zara and Constantinople
Pope Urban II calls on Christians to retake the Holy Land
King Richard of England fights the Muslim leader Saladin
Muslims re-conquer the Holy Land
Copy the chart below

3. Christianity and Medieval Society pages 533-539
Essential Question
How was the Church a powerful influence during the Late Middle Ages?

4. Christianity and Medieval Society pages 533-539
The church shaped both society and politics in medieval Europe.
Orders of monks and friars did not like the church’s political nature.
Church leaders helped build the first universities in Europe.
The church influenced the arts in medieval Europe.

5. Guided Questions Instructions: Use pages to complete the following guided questions. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
Nearly everyone living in Europe during the Middle Ages was Christian. Give specific ways Christianity affected their lives?
What is the clergy and what did they do in Christian Society?
When going to the local church was not enough, completely explain what people would do to show they were deeply religious?
Why is Canterbury, England and The Canterbury Tales important?
Why do you think people left land to the church when they died, making the church the largest landholders in Europe?
Explain how the clergy was involved in political matters.
Why were the people unhappy with the clergy being involved with political matters?
Why did monks start a monastery in the town of Cluny? Study the picture and schedule on pages and explain life of a Cluny monk.
What is a religious order? How did the order of Cluny monks change things?
Draw and complete the diagram to the right.. (4, 4, 2)
Who created the first universities? Who were the teachers? What was the language of scholars and the church? What did they learn besides religion?
As people studied at universities, what new ideas surfaced?
Who proposed the idea of natural law? What was he trying to say?
What is a cathedral? How did Gothic churches differ from earlier churches?
How did the church influence art and architecture?

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7. Connection to Music “Are You Sleeping?”
Brother John,
Brother John?
Morning bells are ringing,
Ding, ding, dong,
Ding, ding, dong!

8. Gothic Cathedral in Westminster, England
Stained glass
Taller
Large Windows
Gothic Arches

9. Christianity and Medieval Society pages 533-539
Most people in Europe during the Middle Ages were
Jewish
Muslim
Christian
Buddhist
Who were the teachers in Medieval Society?
Clergy
Crusaders
Christian Mothers
Friars
Which of the following is not a way Christians showed they were religious?
Attend a local church
Donate land to the Church
Teach religion and other subjects in Universities
Make pilgrimages to Canterbury
4. Which of the following is not true about Middle Age monks
Unhappy with the church’s political involvement
Lived apart from people
Collected, stored and copied Christian texts
Begged and preached
5. What did Thomas Aquinas call his argument that rational thought could support Christian beliefs?
Natural Law
Religious Order
Natural Rights
Heresy
6. Which is not a way the church influenced art and architecture?
Gothic Cathedrals
Illuminated books
Teaching religion in universities
Objects, stained glass, and paintings that filled the church

10. Christianity and Medieval Society pages 533-539
7. Which of the following is not a feature of Gothic style architecture?
Flying buttresses
Pointed arches
Round arches to support the high ceilings
Huge windows with stained glass
8. The cathedral is the church of which clergy?
Bishop
Priests
Pope
Pastor
9. Which popular pilgrimage destination has a famous book named after it?
Rome
Jerusalem
Compostela
Canterbury
10. True or False. Nuns like Friars lived and worked among the public.
True
False
11. St. Francis was a monk.
12. People during the Middle Ages were extremely religious and their life revolved around the church.

11. Christianity and Medieval Society
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