Church Reform and the Crusades #2

Question 1

simony

Answer 1

-positions in church (practice)

Question 1

papal curia:

Answer 1

pope’s group of advisers

Question 2

Saladin

Answer 2

-jerusalem had fallen to kurdish warrior and muslim leader ….

Question 3

Reconquista

Answer 3

-long effort by spanish to drive muslims out of spain

Question 4

Inquisition

Answer 4

to unify their country under christianity and to increase their power, Isabella and ferdinand made use of…
-court held by church to suppress heresy
questioned for weeks and even tortured

Question 5

heretics

Answer 5

-people whose religious beliefs differed from the teachings of church

Question 6

monasteries

Answer 6

ed the spiritual revival

- they established new religious orders

Question 7

pope

Answer 7

-began to reform the church
-restored and expanded its power and authority
men of questionable morals

Question 8

priests

Answer 8

nearly illiterate, could barely read their prayers

Question 9

bishops and abbots

Answer 9

cared more about their positions as feudal lords than about their duties as spiritual leaders

Question 10

three main issues with the church

Answer 10

• village priests married and had families, such marriages were against church rulings
  
  • bishops sold positions in the church (position called simony)
  • using practice of lay investiture, kings appointed church bishops. Church reformers believed church alone should appoint bishops

Question 10

fuel building of churches

Answer 10

-new spirit in the church and access to more money from the growing wealth of towns and from trade

Question 10

pope urban II

Answer 10

• read letter from Alexius Commenus

- issued a call for holy war