Chapter 11-13 Flashcards
From Carolingian times, schools 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 lieu 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
Cathars challenged the efficiency and legitimacy of the church hierarchy
The Northern crusades Northern Europeans
Germans (Teutonic Knights), Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Christians motivated more 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