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13 Cards in this Set
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How was the church organized?
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From top to bottom
Pope & his curia Archbishop Bishop Parish Priests |
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How did the church influence political life in the Middle Ages?
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Pope was political and spiritual leader - everyone obeyed the pope
Canon Law - the church code of law Church had the power to tax people |
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How did the church influence economic life in the Middle Ages
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1 Church effect economic life because it opposed gaining wealth by exploiting others
2 Church insisted labor keep with dignity of free people 3 Monks led in agriculture 4 Monastaries had widespread trading activities |
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How did the church influence social life in the Middle Ages?
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1 family was sacred
2 forbid divorce 3 took responsibility for widows and orphans 4 clergy in charge of social work and poor 5 church established hospitals |
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What major problems faced the church in the Middle Ages?
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1 lay investiture
2 worldy lives of clergy (clergy gaining wealth, etc) 3 simony 4 heresy |
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when nobles rewarded friends and relatives by appointing them as bishops and abbots
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lay investiture
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People paying to assume high positions in the church, such as bishops and abbots
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Simony
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When people who denied the truth of the principles of the christian religion or preached unauthorized doctrine
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heresy
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What contributions did the Anglo-Saxons make to England?
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1 established schools and brought in the best scholars to teach
2 scholars began writing/collecting history of England - Anglo Saxon Chronicle 3 Translate books from Latin to Anglo Saxon |
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What contributions did the Normans make to England?
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1 Laws
2 customs 3 language of the nobles became Norman French |
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How did parliment develop in England?
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1 nobles revolted against King Henry III
2 Simon de Montfort, leader of the noble took over ruling England 3 He wanted to get more support for the nobles cause by broadening representation in the Great Council 4 He died in battle and the nobles revolt was crushed 5 the pecedent of including knights and burgesses in the Great Council had been set 6 this body of representation became known as parliment |
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How did common law develop in England?
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1 King Edward divided kings court into three branches
2 the courts handed down verdicts 3 these verdicts became the basis of future decisions by the kings courts and circuit courts 4 this law was based on judges decisions, not based on laws and statutes like Roman law |
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How were the Capetian kings able to increase their power?
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added to the royal lands and strengthened the central gov't by:
1 marrying daughters of feudal lords 2 claim lands of noble families that died out 3 seized English owned land |
