MEDIEVAL CHURCH PART II

By Eliot Goldstein and Tim Cuozzo

Church Grows In Power

Christians were secular in Europe

Popes were spiritual leaders.

Church Grows In Power The Church became powerful by having

it’s own laws, lands and taxes

Along with collecting taxes the church would also accept gifts

Church Grow In Power

Power of the church grew with its wealth

Influenced kings and rulers of Europe

Canon Laws

Church developed it’s own laws

Anyone who disobeyed faced punishment

Canon Laws

Excommunication

A powerful noble who opposed the church could face the interdict.

Corruption and Reform

Abbot Berno

Church was sole provider of education in the Middle Ages

He revived the Benedict Rule

Corruption and Reform

Refused to allow nobles or bishops to interfere in monastery affairs

Cluny was placed under direct protection of the pope

St. Francis Of Assisi Respected nature

Came from wealthy family

Had a small group of followers that grew

Jews in Medieval Europe Communities existed across Europe

Spain became the center for Jewish culture

By 1000s, Western Europe was Christianized

Jews In Medieval Europe Christians often blamed the Jews

Jews were not part of the structure of Christians lives

Jewish communities thrived until modern times

Focus Questions How did the church gain Secular Power? Did the church help Europe escape thee

Dark Ages or did it attempt to pull Europe back into the Dark Ages?