Vocab
Lay Investiture
A practice in the middle Ages whereby secular rulers shows the Bishops for their territories, thus usurping the right of the Pope to choose Bishops
After experiencing persecution what do Muhammad and his followers do?
Flee to Medina then return with an army to defeat Arabian persecutors
Who did the Pope crown the "Holy Roman Emperor"?
Charlemagne
King
-Receive loyalty and military aid in return
Why did the Church become a part of the political and economic web of Western Europe?
Because the Church was a landholder
Simony
The controversial practice of selling and buying positions or favors within the Church.
What was Muhammad and his followers goal?
Spread the Islamic faith through previously Christian areas
What did crowning Charlemagne signify?
That the Roman Catholic faith was a unifying factor of the warring tribes.
Lords (Vassals to the king)
-Provide loyalty to the king
- Oversee knights and peasants
-Receive land protection and loyalty
Spiritual responsibilities of Bishops fell by wayside when.....
They got caught up in warfare, vassal relationships and power struggles.
Feudalism
The governing system that prevailed in Europe in the middle Ages in which a superior or Lord granted land to a vassal in return for military services of that vassal.
What happens tot he Byzantine empire against the Muslim armies?
Because the empire is weak, meany Christians convert to Islam
What did Charlemagne contribute to society?
Established monasteries, schools, and training of clerics; donated property and money
Knights (Vassals to lords)
-Provide loyalty to lords and kings
-Receive protection and shelter
Who's the Frankish leader?
Pepin the Short
Purgatory
The final purification of all who die in Gods grace and friendship but remain imperfectly purified
How does Muhammad start attracting followers?
What is the relevance of the feudal system in the Holy Roman Empire?
Europe and the Church turned to this system due to the lack of leadership after Charlemagns death
Peasants
-Farm the land and pay rent
-Receive food, protection and shelter
Why did the Pope turn to the Franks for protection?
The Byzantine empire could not protect the West in the empires weekend state.
Papal Inquisition
What happens to Europe after Islam spread?
Europe becomes isolated and the Churches Patriarchates fall
What are the feudal systems roles? (Greatest to lowest)
Monarch, Nobles, Knights and Vassals, Merchants and Farmers and Craftsman, then Peasants and Serfs
Who's ____ ? I didn't even know there was a ____ at this school.
Who's COCO? I didn't even know there was a COCO at this school.
What did Pepin grant the Pope rule of?
The Papal states