Test 9 - Chapter 8 Flashcards
What is the term for a group of monks that lived as hermits?
Carhtusians
What is the city in east-central France which gave birth to monastic reform in 910?
Cluny
Who adopted the Benedictine rule and placed a special emphasis on austerities, farming, simplicity and strictness in daily life?
Cistercians
What is the decree give by Pope St. Gregory VII asserting that the pope possesses specific powers given by God that rested on him alone?
Dictatus Papae
What is the term used by Pope Innocent III meaning that the pope was Christ representative on earth?
Vicar of Christ
What is the system that came to organize the polictics, economy and social life of Medieval Europe after the split of the Carolingian empire?
Feudalism
What is the term for the selling of ecclesiastical offices, pardons or emoluments by wither secular or spiritual leaders?
Simony
What is the appointment of bishops and abbots by secular rulers, often in exchange for temporal protection?
Lay Investiture
What is the appointment of family members to important positions of authority?
Nepotism
What is the French Dynasty of rulers descended from Charlemagne?
Carolingian
Who stood up against the Constitutions of Clarendon and lost his life because of it?
St. Benedict
Who was the first abbot of the monastery - - settled at cluny with 12 companions?
Otto I
Who was the Saxon ruler who formed the Holy Roman Empire?
Pope St. Gregory VII
Who asserted his royal authority in the Constitutions of Clarendon?
Henry II
Who wasted little time after becoming pope in institution reform in his decree Dictatus Papae ?
St. Thomas