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5 problems the Church faced inthe 10th century

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  1. Clergy getting married
  2. Simony (Selling church laws)
  3. Lay investiture
  4. Church becoming corrupt and wealthy
  5. Priests were illiterate
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Solution to clergy getting married

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Pope Gregory and Pope Leo enforced canon law

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Solution to lay investiture

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Concordat of Worms

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Solution to Church becoming corrupt and wealthy

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Reformed monasteries

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Solution to simony

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Pope Gregory and Pope Leo enforced canon law

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Solution to priests being illiterate

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Dominic founded order of friars

Monastery reform

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Tithe

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Church’s tax, 10% of your wealth goes to the church

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Friar

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Traveling monks

Reformed monks

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Dominic

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Spanish priest, founded Dominicans (order of friars)

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Francis

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Italian, founded order of friars (Franciscans)

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What were the Crusades?

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Way to regain the Holy Land

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Goals/ Benefits of the Crusades-Pope

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Wants power and more land

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Goals/Benefits of the Crusades-Kings

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Power, get wealth and popularity (reputation)

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Goals/Benefits of the Crusades-Knights

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Gives them something to do

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Goals/Benefits of the Crusades-Younger Sons

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Looking for land, position in society, adventure

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Goals/Benefits of the Crusades-Merchants

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Money, trade routes

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Goals/Benefits of the Crusades-Peasants

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Go to heaven if you go on a Crusade

Religious beliefs

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Goals of the First Crusade

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Take back holy land

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Participants of the First Crusade

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Pope, Kings, Knights, Younger sons, Merchants, peasants

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Results of the First Crusade

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Christians win, divide Jersusalem into Crusader states

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Goals of the Second Crusade

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Reclaim Eddessa

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Participants of the Second Crusade

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Pope, Kings, Knights, Younger sons, Merchants, peasants

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Results of Second Crusade

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Lose

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Goals of the Third Crusade

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Recapture Jerusalem

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Participants of the Third Crusade

Results of the Third Crusade

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Richard the Lion Hearted, Philip II and Frederick I (Barbarossa)
Results: Truce, Muslims get to keep the Holy Land and Christians get to visit

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Goals of the Fourth Crusade

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Reclaim Jerusalem

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Participants of the Fourth Crusade

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French and German knights who wanted wealth and glory

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Results of the Fourth Crusade

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Didn’t make it to Jerusalem, sacked Constatinople

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Goals of the Children’s Crusade

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Conquer Jerusalem

30
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Participants of the Children’s Crusade

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Children (duh)

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Results of the Children’s Crusade

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Children were killed or sold into slavery

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Goals of the Spanish Reconquista

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Drive the Muslims and Jews out of Spain, reclaim Spain

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Participants of the Spanish Reconquista

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

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Results of the Spanish Reconquista

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Successful, inquisition, torture, imprison or kill non-Christians

35
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Positive effects of the Crusades

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More trade
Exploration
New jobs
New experiences
People live in cities
36
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Negative effects of the Crusades

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Weakened the power of the pope

Conflict between Muslims and Christians

37
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List 3 factd about friars

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Reformed monks
Traveled
Preached to the poor

38
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What was the purpose of the Inquisistion?

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To kick non-Muslims out of Spain

39
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What was the difference between Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals?

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Romanesque: Thick walls, towers, small windows, dimly lit
Gothic: high ceilings, windows

40
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What is vernacular?

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Everday lanhuage of ordinary people

41
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Urban II

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Pope that called the Crusades

42
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Aquinas

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Italian scholar of philosophy and theology

43
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Chaucer

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Wrote the Canterbury Tales

44
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Dante

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Famous Italian poet

45
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Why did William the Conqueror think he should be the king of England?

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Because Edward the Confessor apparently promised William the throne a decade before his death

46
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Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?

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She was the queen of France. She was first married to King Louis VII of France. Then she married King Henry II. She had lots of power and land

47
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Who was Richard the Lionhearted?

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Hero of the 3rd Crusade

48
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What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?

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  • Limited the king’s power (the king had to obey laws)
  • Protected the rights of nobles (and eventually commoners)
  • No taxation without representation)
  • Trial by jury
  • Due process before imprisonment
49
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What was Philip II known for?

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He seized all French lands from John

50
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What was Louis IX known for?

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Reformed court system
Gave people more rights
Persecuted non-Christians
Became a saint

51
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Why was the second Great Schism important?

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The Church had less power

Criticism of the Church

52
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What advantage did the English have over the French in the 100s Year War?

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The longbow

53
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List the effects of the plague on Europe

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Change in mentality
Breakdown in society
Killed 1/3 of the population
Church got blamed
Higher wages
54
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List the effects of the 100 Years War on Europe

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Ended feudalism
Gave kings more power
People participated in government

55
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3 events tat caused the end of the Middle Ages

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The plague
The Great Schism
The Hundred’s Years War

56
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Who was John Wycliffe?

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Preached that Jesus Christ was the head of the church not the pope
Believed the clergy should have no erslth or land
Said only the bible was the authority for Christian life

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