1. Power of the Church
All for the Glory of God

2. Hierarchy of the Church
Members of the Clergy
Pope
Cardinals
Bishops
Archbishop
Priest
Territories of responsibility
Vatican
Archdioceses / provinces
diocese
Parish

3. The Wealthy Church
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Vast amounts of land acquired through wills of deceased cardinals, bishops, archbishops; who were often nobles.
By 1050, the church was the largest landholder in western Europe!
Wealth increases political power
Pope Innocent III
Supreme over all rulers
The Pope is between man and God, lower than God but higher than men, who judges all and is judged by no one.”

4. An Age of Faith
Because people understood so little about the world, the church and religion filled in many of the gaps.
The common person tried to live a life that was in accordance to church principles so that they could achieve salvation.
People had to accept the beliefs of the church, live a moral life, perform good works, and pay tithes.
Calendar days for saints
Blessings for events

5. Life revolved around Church
Bells : signaled time for work, meals, rest, mass, and worship service.
Church was the center of the community’s activities.
Gathering place for town meetings, markets, and refuge
Church holidays were a pleasant break from the monotony of daily working life.
Attending morning mass, followed by visits, feasts, and dancing.
Church and the shared faith gave people a sense of community
You did not want to be excommunicated!

7. Church and learning Charlemagne ordered the clergy to be literate
the church established centers of learning in monasteries and cathedrals.
Growth of Towns –traders – peoples - flood of knowledge from the Muslim world
people wanted to become more learned too.
Universities: guilds of teachers and students.
students gathered to study philosophy, theology, law, and medicine.
By the 1200s, universities replaced monasteries and cathedrals as the place of learning.
Clergy members made up the largest percentage of literate members of society.
This meant they were used as clerks to nobles and kings, thus could advise these lords in all sorts of matters.

8. Religious Orders A monastic life was often very secluded.
Studying and copying texts
Many followers wanted to be devout, but be amongst the people.
Growing food
Providing care
Teaching
Religious communities, or orders, which did not shut themselves out from the world began.
They lived in towns and brought religion directly to the people.

9. Expressions of Religious devotion
Painting and sculpture: Images of Christ, his ministry, his life and death. Bible stories and saints.
Greatest achievement and statement
The Cathedral

10. Cathedrals

11. Making of the Chartres Cathedral
You Tube video!