Chapter 10 Flashcards
Medieval Fairs
Served as marketplaces
Towns and cities they tended to be located near sources of wealth and trade, such as
monasteries, castles, rivers, and seas
Long distance trade routes, dominated by
the Italians
Guilds
were trade organizations, that set prices, regulated working conditions, and determined quality
Iron became readily available to produce new improved
iron plows, weapons, armor
Reasons for underlying church reform
commercial revolution made the church corrupt
Simony
the sale of church offices
… was the most significant conflict between church and state in medieval Europe
The appointment of religious leaders by secular rulers, Investiture conflict….
Concordat of worms and its significance
strengthen the popes position as head of the western church
The great Schism of 1054
Occured when a representative of the roman pope excommunicated the patriarch of constantinople, and the patriarch excommunicated the roman pope in return
The immediate trigger
The growing power of the Seljuk turks
This will become the rallying cry for the crusaders throughout the crusades
“God wills it”
Is a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins
Indulgences
Popes issued several papal dispensations: “ the right of the road”
The freedom to travel throughout europe unmolested
pograms
state organized massacres, especailly of jews