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 Secular: Worldly, force in medieval Europe
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

16. Jews in Medieval Europe continued..
Christians blamed Jews for 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

17. Works Cited
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"Saint Dominic." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 08 Feb <
Wikipedia. "St. Francis of Assisi - Saints & Angels." Catholic Online. Web. 08 Feb <
"The Reformation and Counter Reformation." World History International: World History Essays From Prehistory To The Present. History World International. Web. 08 Feb <