contribution of the church Flashcards
what diid the church only allow diseection to happen to and what did this mistakes lead to
The Church only allowed dissections to happen on criminals that had been executed.
This meant that Galen’s mistaken beliefs about the anatomy (holes in the heart and blood being absorbed not circulated) could not be corrected.
Here, religion and superstition slowed progress.
what was the positives about crusades
However, the Crusades meant that Western Europeans met Muslim doctors.
This meant that ideas from the Islamic Empire could be used in Europe.
what were lost in the fall of the roman empire
Lots of Ancient Roman and Greek medical texts were lost when the Roman Empire fell.
Monks tried to copy and preserve medical texts.
Dissent began to be caused by people questioning the Church’s reliance on old books.
who was the person that was arrested for challenging the church
roger bacon was arrested for challenging the church’s books
why did the church support the supernatural ideas that caused illness
The Church promoted the belief that illness was because of supernatural causes. Because of this, Christians believed that God would heal illness.
Prayers were viewed as the most important kind of treatment.
Christians would go on pilgrimages to relics or to the resting place of saints in the hope of miraculously recovering from illnesses.
