Church Reform and the Crusades
The Benedictine monastery was founded at Cluny.
Reforms there had a desire to return to basic principles of Christianity.
The power of the pope was extended.
The church had its own court, tax system, and diplomats.
Nearly 500 Gothic cathedrals were built and decorated between 170 and 1270.
The church was wealthy; because cathedrals represented the city of god, they were glorious buildings, richly decorated.
The Byzantine emperor appealed to the Count of Flanders for help.
The Muslims were threatening to conquer his capital of Constantinople.
Pope Urban II issued a call for a Crusade.
The goal of his military expedition was to covour Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims Turks.
There was an outpouring of support of the First Crusade.
Many knights were fired by religious zeal. Others were looking for land, riches, and adventure. Kings and the Church saw the Crusades as an opportunity to get rid of quarrelsome Knights who fought each other and who threatened the peace of the kingdom as well as Church property.
Four feudal Crusader states were formed, each ruled by a European noble.
The states were carved out of land the Crusaders won-- a narrow strip that stretched about 400 miles form Edessa in the north to Jerusalem in the south.
Jerusalem remained under Muslim control, though unarmed Christian pilgrims could visit the city's holy places.
Saladin and Richard the Lion-hearted agreed to a truce in 1192.
In Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand used the inquisition to suppress heretics.
Isabella and Ferdinand wanted to unify Spain under Christianity and to consolidate their own power.
European kings strengthened their own power as a result of the Crusades.
The Crusades weakened the feudal nobility. Thousands of knights lost their lives and their fortunes int he Crusades.
Simony
The selling of church offices
Gothic
Of the Middle Ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction
Urban II
The pope that issued the crusades in 1095 CE
Crusade
A military expedition; a campaign for a cause
Saladin
(1137-1193) Powerful Muslim ruler during Third Crusade, defeated Christians at Hattin took Jerusalem
Richard the Lion-Hearted
English king who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade
Reconquista
The retaking of the Iberian Peninsula by Spanish forces from the Moors. It was completed in 1492.
Inquistive
Curious
Which of the events of the age of faith do you think was most important to the church? Explain.
I believe that the reform was the most important because the church still follows the law of me during that time. Example: not being able to marry once a priest.
What were the three main causes of the need to reform the church?
Many village priest married and had families such marriages were against church ruling.
Bishop sold positions in the church a practice called simony
Using the practice of lay investiture kings appointed church bishops. Church reformers believed that church alone should a point there shops.
Which crusade was the only successful one?
The first crusade
How did the goals of the crusades change over the years?
Religious goals gave way to personal and economic gain.
Reforms there had a desire to return to basic principles of Christianity.
The power of the pope was extended.
The church had its own court, tax system, and diplomats.
Nearly 500 Gothic cathedrals were built and decorated between 170 and 1270.
The church was wealthy; because cathedrals represented the city of god, they were glorious buildings, richly decorated.
The Byzantine emperor appealed to the Count of Flanders for help.
The Muslims were threatening to conquer his capital of Constantinople.
Pope Urban II issued a call for a Crusade.
The goal of his military expedition was to covour Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims Turks.
There was an outpouring of support of the First Crusade.
Many knights were fired by religious zeal. Others were looking for land, riches, and adventure. Kings and the Church saw the Crusades as an opportunity to get rid of quarrelsome Knights who fought each other and who threatened the peace of the kingdom as well as Church property.
Four feudal Crusader states were formed, each ruled by a European noble.
The states were carved out of land the Crusaders won-- a narrow strip that stretched about 400 miles form Edessa in the north to Jerusalem in the south.
Jerusalem remained under Muslim control, though unarmed Christian pilgrims could visit the city's holy places.
Saladin and Richard the Lion-hearted agreed to a truce in 1192.
In Spain, Isabella and Ferdinand used the inquisition to suppress heretics.
Isabella and Ferdinand wanted to unify Spain under Christianity and to consolidate their own power.
European kings strengthened their own power as a result of the Crusades.
The Crusades weakened the feudal nobility. Thousands of knights lost their lives and their fortunes int he Crusades.
Simony
The selling of church offices
Gothic
Of the Middle Ages; of or relating to a mysterious, grotesque, and desolate style of fiction
Urban II
The pope that issued the crusades in 1095 CE
Crusade
A military expedition; a campaign for a cause
Saladin
(1137-1193) Powerful Muslim ruler during Third Crusade, defeated Christians at Hattin took Jerusalem
Richard the Lion-Hearted
English king who fought Saladin in the Third Crusade
Reconquista
The retaking of the Iberian Peninsula by Spanish forces from the Moors. It was completed in 1492.
Inquistive
Curious
Which of the events of the age of faith do you think was most important to the church? Explain.
I believe that the reform was the most important because the church still follows the law of me during that time. Example: not being able to marry once a priest.
What were the three main causes of the need to reform the church?
Many village priest married and had families such marriages were against church ruling.
Bishop sold positions in the church a practice called simony
Using the practice of lay investiture kings appointed church bishops. Church reformers believed that church alone should a point there shops.
Which crusade was the only successful one?
The first crusade
How did the goals of the crusades change over the years?
Religious goals gave way to personal and economic gain.
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