Chapter 10 Flashcards
Medieval Fairs
Served as marketplaces
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
Open became readily available to produce new improved…
iron plows, weapons, armor
Reasons for underlying church reforms:
- Commercial revolution made the church corrupt
- The appointment of religious leaders by secular rulers
Was the most significant conflict between Church and state in medieval Europe
Investiture conflict
Concordat of Worms and its significance
Strengthen the pope’s position as head of the Western Church
The Great Schism of 1054
Occurred when a representative of the Roman Pope excommunicated the Patriaren of Constantinople, and the Patriarch excommunicated the Roman Pope in return
Simony
The sale of church offices
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 amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins
Indulgences
Popes motives
- The overwhelming number of mercenary armies and knights with no lords to serve
- Threatened to destabilize an already fragile political arrangement - To win Christian control of Jerusalem and the holy land
-strength the papacies military and political position
“The right of the road”
the freedoms to travel throughout Europe unmolested
