1. Medieval Religion
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2. Medieval Religion Vocabulary
Clergy – church officials
Convent – a community of nuns
Crusades – a long set of wars between Christians and Muslims. They were fighting over the Holy Land.

3. Medieval Religion Vocabulary
Excommunicate –to cast out from the church
Friar – a member of the religious order who lived and worked among the people
Holy Land – the region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea where Jesus lived, preached, and died.

4. Medieval Religion Vocabulary
Missionaries –someone who works to spread religious beliefs
Monastery – a community of monks
Monks –a religious man who lived apart from society in an isolated community

5. Medieval Religion Vocabulary
Nuns – a woman that devotes her life to religion and lives in a convent
Pope – Leader of the Roman Catholic Church
Religious Order – a group of people who dedicate their lives to religion and follow common rules

6. Early Religion
At the beginning of the Middle Ages religion was only found in areas of the Roman Empire.
Monks and missionaries spread the religion to the North.
The pope was in charge of sending out the missionaries to teach people about Christianity.

7. Early Religion Britain was one of the first places that was converted.
France and Germany followed.

8. Early Religion Patrick was a monk that turned missionary.
He took it upon himself to travel to Britain and convert people to Christianity. From there he traveled to Ireland.
Legend has it that Patrick drove all the snakes into the sea.
After Patrick’s death the Irish declared him a Saint. - St. Patrick!

9. Early Religion Life centered around the church in the Middle Ages.
Markets
Festivals
Ceremonies

10. Monks Monks were a major part of the religion
Their lives revolved around prayer, work, and meditation.
They were strictly organized. It was believed that the many rules helped them lead good Christian lives.
Monks in different areas had different rules.

11. Monks Monks could provide basic services such as: Healthcare
Help for the poor or needy
Schools
Copied Books
Collected and Saved ancient Greek and Roman writings
Served as Scribes and Advisors to Rulers
Spread Religion by building monasteries in remote regions

12. Since Religion was a big part of life, many people would leave their land to the church when they died. The church then turned the land into feudal lands.
Some of the monks and clergy got too consumed with taking care feudal lands. Their time was taken up more with politics than religion.
Monks

13. Monks
There were groups of monks that thought the religious orders should focus on religion and not politics.
Cluny Monks were one of the groups of monks that set stricter rules to keep their Christian lifestyles.

14. Other Religious Orders
Women could also devote their lives to religion. These women would be called nuns.
The nuns lived in communities similar to the monks. Nuns’ communities were called convents.

15. Other Religious Orders
Friars -
Monks
Friars
Unhappy with politics in the church
Members of Religious Orders
Lived Simply
Owned no property
Lived apart from people
Built Monasteries
Collected, stored, and copied Christian texts
Lived and worked among the people
Preached and begged
Two Orders – Dominicans and Franciscans

16. Church Achievements The church created the first universities.
The goal was to teach people about religion.
They also taught law, medicine, and astronomy.
Everything was taught in Latin. Latin is the language of scholars and the church.
As a result of being educated, people became able to develop new ideas.
This will lead to less dependence on the church and kings. Also, many new governments, inventions, and ways of life will result from the new ideas.

17. Church Achievements
Thomas Aquinas believed that reason and faith could work together. He would use reason to try and explain parts of his faith.
Natural Law was created by Thomas Aquinas. This idea was that it was a law created by God that governed how the world operated.

18. Church Achievements
Cathedrals were the enormous churches built in the Middle Ages.
They used Gothic Architecture
They were a symbol of the Christian Faith
Taller than other churches
Huge stained glass windows

19. Church Achievements Religious Art:
Paintings and Tapestries decorated the walls of the cathedrals
The priest clothing could have silver and gold thread sown into them for decoration
Monks illuminated the pages of a book with thin pieces of gold or silver that seem to make it glow.

20. Religion VS. Politics Nobles and Knights   Popes and Kings
POWER
Popes and Kings end up controlling society.

21. Religion VS. Politics At this time everyone belonged to one church.
They believed that the Pope was God’s representative on Earth.

22. Religion VS. Politics The Pope’s responsibilities:
Tell people how to live and pray
Decide what the church will teach
Write a bull, or a letter to explain religious teachings or church policies.
Decide when someone has acted against the church
Excommunicate anyone who was against the church

23. Religion VS. Politics
To be excommunicated from the church was considered the worst thing that could happen to you.
The people feared that if they died while being excommunicated that they would not get into heaven.

24. Religion VS. Politics Popes also had political power.
When Rome collapsed the people looked to the Pope as a leader.
Popes started to live like kings
They became rich, built big palaces, and had conflict with other kings.

25. Religion VS. Politics
In the 700’s Charlemagne was crowned by the pope to be the Holy Roman Emperor.
In the 900’s a new emperor was crowned and it was again considered a rebirth of the Holy Roman Empire.
The emperor was elected by the nobles. This would sometimes mean there were fights that had to be solved by the Pope.
Other countries of this time had kings that would pass the crown on to their son.

26. Religion VS. Politics
1000’s Western Europe is under the Pope’s control. Eastern Europe is not so the Pope tries to reign in the people under his control.
Pope Leo IX thought that the Pope should be the leader of the Christian Church.
The Bishop of Constantinople disagreed.
The Pope excommunicated the Bishop.
The church divided into the Orthodox Church that followed the Bishop and the Roman Catholic Church that followed the Pope.

27. Religion VS. Politics
Kings and Popes eventually started to argue over who would chose the bishops.
Pope Gregory VII didn’t like a bishop that Emperor Henry IV picked.

28. Religion VS. Politics The Emperor tried to get the Pope removed.
The Pope excommunicates the Emperor and tries to get the nobles to overthrow him.
Desperate to stay in power, Henry stood for 3 days outside the Pope’s Palace. He was barefoot and waiting in the snow because the Pope refused to see him.
Eventually the Pope let the Emperor back into the church.

29. Religion VS. Politics
This showed that the Pope was more powerful than the King!
Later a different Pope and King reached an agreement that the Pope would pick the bishops but that the bishops must follow the Emperor’s rule.

30. Crusades
Christians and Muslims would visit the Holy Land to see sites that were holy to each religion.
This worked fine until Turkish Muslims captured Jerusalem.
The Christians that had been there at the time came back and told everyone that the Holy Land was no longer safe.

31. Crusades
Before long the Eastern part of Europe was being attacked by the Turkish Muslims.
The Eastern part of Europe was the Byzantine Empire. These people were Orthodox.
They asked the Pope, who is Roman Catholic, for help.
He agreed. Both Orthodox and Roman Catholic are Christians, so they would be teaming up against the Muslims.

32. Crusades Pope Urban II calls for Christians to retake the Holy Land.
The people would be fighting for God so they adorned their clothing with crosses.
The word “Crusade” is Latin for “ Marked with a Cross”
The rally cry of the Crusade was “God wills it!”

33. Crusades Reasons why people fought in the Crusades: Save their souls
What God wanted
God would look favorably on them
Land and Treasure
Something to do - Adventure

34. Crusades 1st Crusade – 1096 5,000 People
Mostly Peasants were the first to leave for the Holy Land.
The Peasants attacked the Jews on their way to the Holy Land. The Peasants blamed the Jews for Jesus' death.
Many Peasants were killed by Turkish Muslims before they even reached the Holy Land.

35. Crusades
1st Crusade
The Nobles reached the Holy Land later and found disorganized Muslims.
They fought for about a month before the Christians retake Jerusalem.

36. Crusades
2nd Crusade
About 50 years passed and the Muslims started taking back the Holy Land.
French and German kings lead men in for the 2nd Crusade.
This Crusade lasted one year.
Poor planning and loss of men on the way to the Holy Land made this Crusade unsuccessful.

37. Crusades
3rd Crusade
The rulers of England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire led their people in the 3rd Crusade.
The German King (Holy Roman Emperor) died and the French King left.
Only England’s King Richard I was left.
He faced off against Saladin ruler of the Muslims.

38. Crusades
3rd Crusade
Each side respected the leader of the other side. The Muslims thought Richard, also known as The Lionheart, was brave. The Christians couldn’t believe the Saladin’s kindness toward a fallen enemy.
For months they fought but in the end Richard was only able to secure safe passage for the Christian pilgrims. Saladin and the Muslims kept control of the Holy Land.

39. Crusades
4th Crusade – 1201
French knights set off on the 4th Crusade.
They have no money so they ransack Christian towns including Constantinople.
They never even made it to the Holy Land.
There were many other Crusades following but none was successful.

40. Crusades
1291 – The Muslims control the Holy Land and the Crusades have ended.
The Crusades failed because:
Christians had to travel far distances to get to the Holy Land. Many men would die on the journey.
Christians were not prepared for the desert climate in the Holy Land.
Christians were outnumbered by well organized Muslims.
There was fighting amongst the Christians and poor planning.

41. Crusades The Results of the Crusades:
Trade increases due to the traveling of the knights.
Kings gained power because they took the land of the knights and lords that died in the Crusades.
Jews disliked Christians because of the attacks carried out against them.
Eastern Christians (Orthodox) disliked Western Christians (Roman Catholics) because of the ransacking of towns like Constantinople.
Christians were considered invaders by the Muslims. Muslims were considered unbelievers by the Christians.

42. Crusades This has been the evolution of Religion in the Middle Ages.
Next we will look at changes in society that bring about the end of the Middle Ages.