chap 11,12,13 Flashcards
From carolingian times, schools and universities existed to educate only
Monks and Priests
Universities were self-governing corporations
they regulated discipline, scholastic standards, housing, clothing and behavior
Gothic architecture
Gothic churches are also usually bigger than Romanesque churches, have pointed arches not round arches, and much bigger windows
General Eyre
Group of traveling royal justices who would rule on criminal as well as civil cases
The crown’s right to decide whether to exact personal service or to accept payment in ieu of service
Scutage
Magna Carta
- protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment
- new taxation only with baronial consent and limitations on scutage
the Magna Carta implied that the
King was not above the law
Monks who join the Franciscan order will be called ______ from the Latin term for brothers
Friars
Take vows of poverty, they rely exclusively on charitable donations to survive
Mendicants
The Cathars, calling themselves
“Christ’s poor”
Franciscans and Dominicans
Unlike the Franciscans and DOminicans, the Cathars challenged the efficacy and legitimacy of the church hierarchy
The Northern Crusades
Northern Europeans
Germans (Teutonic Knights), the Christian kings of Denmark, Poland and Sweden
Christians motivated move by
Land seizures
Considered the most powerful pope of the Medieval period
Pope Innocent III
The Fourth Lateran Council
Church sought to regulate all aspects of European society and promote a fully Christian way of life