Crusades and the Church Flashcards
What was the major conflict Popes and Hremp. had?
The power to elect church officials, and power overall in the empire.
Why was there disunity in Germany?
Since Germany could not take control of Italy, there would be no more support from the nobles.
They restored and expanded its power and authority. A new age of religious feeling.
The Age of Faith
Problems in the Church
Priests getting married and it being against church rules. Bishops practicing simony. Kings appointing church bishops.
The selling or buying of a position in a christian church
Simony
What did Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII enforce in church laws?
Simony and the marriage of priests
What was the Popes group of advisers?
The Papal Curia. Also acted as a court.
How did the Church collect taxes?
In the form of tithes
Dominic, a Spanish priest founded the…?
Dominicans. Earliest orders of friars
Francis of Assisi, an Italian founded the…?
Franciscans
Some women joined the…?
Dominicans, Benedictines, and Franciscans
In 1212 a woman named Clare and Francis of Assisi created the Franciscan order of women.
Known as the poor Clares
Like friars, these women lived in poverty and worked to help the poor and sick. But the women could not…?
Travel from place to place as preachers
Cities of God
Cathedrals
Relating to a style of church architecture that developed in medieval Europe.
Gothic