Chapter 10 Flashcards
Medieval fairs
served as marketplaces
towns and cities 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 and armor
reasons for underlying church reform
- commercial revolution made the church corrupt
- the appointment of religious leaders by secular rulers
simony
the sale of church offices
was the most significant conflict between church and state in medieval Europe
investiture conflict
concordat of worms and its significance
strengthen the popes position as head of the church
the great schism of 1054
occurred 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 crusades throughout the crusades
“God wills it”
is a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins
indulgences
pope’s motives
- the overwhelming number of mercenary armies and knights with no lords to serve and threatened to destabilize an already fragile political arrangement
- to win the Christian control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land
- strengthen the papacies military and political position
pope issues several papal dispensations “the right of the road”
the freedom to travel throughout Europe unmolested.