The Role of the Church

The Crusades were what?

Military expeditions to the land where Jesus lived

Where were people educated in the Middle Ages?

Monestaries

List the church hierarchy:

Pope, Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops

Monks devoted their lives to ______________________ and _______________________

Prayer and service to peasants

Church officials feared that studying writings from such writers as Aristotle would cause people to what?

Question the church's teachings

How did the church members receive salvation?

Receiving the seven sacrements

Easter celebrates

Resurrection of Jesus

At the start of the Middle Ages, there was only one Christian church known as the what?

Roman Catholic Church

Monks are men who what?

Joined monasteries

By 1050, the church was the

Largest landholder in Europe

Stone arches called flying buttresses allowed

Taller, thinner walls and more windows

Most of what we know about the Middle Ages comes from what?

The monks

The word cathedral comes from the Latin word cathedra meaning what?

The throne upon which the bishop sat

How did the church gain wealth?

Tithes

persecute

To cause someone to suffer because of their beliefs

Canterbury Tales were used for what?

To entertain pilgrims

What were gargoyles used for?

Warding off evil spirits and warning peasants what would happen if they didn't pay their taxes

Pilgrimage

a journey to a holy site

Relic

an object considered holy because it belonged to, or was touched by, a saint or other holy person

The word holiday comes from what?

holy day

The main purpose of the Crusades was to

win back control of the holy land

Some historians called this time period the

Age of Faith

The church was the ____ in the Middle Ages

Center of life

Two of the greatest medieval holidays were

Christmas and Easter

During the Middle Ages, often only _____ could read and write

Church officials

During the Middle Ages, the church provided _____, and explained _____.

Education, events