Chapter 18-3Christianity and Medieval

SocietyPages 533-539

Bell Work

• Copy the chart below

• Write the list of events in the correct order – Christian crusaders defeat

the Muslims and take Jerusalem

– French knights traveling to the Holy Land attack Zara and Constantinople

– Pope Urban II calls on Christians to retake the Holy Land

– King Richard of England fights the Muslim leader Saladin

– Muslims re-conquer the Holy Land

Christianity and Medieval Society

pages 533-539• Essential Question

– How was the Church a powerful influence during the Late Middle Ages?

Christianity and Medieval Society

pages 533-539• The church shaped both society and

politics in medieval Europe.• Orders of monks and friars did not

like the church’s political nature.• Church leaders helped build the first

universities in Europe.• The church influenced the arts in

medieval Europe.

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Guided QuestionsInstructions: Use pages 533-539 to complete the following guided questions. Answer the following questions in

complete sentences.

1. Nearly everyone living in Europe during the Middle Ages was Christian. Give specific ways Christianity affected their lives?

2. What is the clergy and what did they do in Christian Society?

3. When going to the local church was not enough, completely explain what people would do to show they were deeply religious?

4. Why is Canterbury, England and The Canterbury Tales important?

5. Why do you think people left land to the church when they died, making the church the largest landholders in Europe?

6. Explain how the clergy was involved in political matters.7. Why were the people unhappy with the clergy being

involved with political matters?8. Why did monks start a monastery in the town of Cluny?

Study the picture and schedule on pages 534-535 and explain life of a Cluny monk.

9. What is a religious order? How did the order of Cluny monks change things?

10. Draw and complete the diagram to the right.. (4, 4, 2)

11. Who created the first universities? Who were the teachers? What was the language of scholars and the church? What did they learn besides religion?

12. As people studied at universities, what new ideas surfaced? 13. Who proposed the idea of natural law? What was he trying

to say?14. What is a cathedral? How did Gothic churches differ from

earlier churches?15. How did the church influence art and architecture?

FriarsMonk

Page 534-535

Connection to Music“Are You Sleeping?”

Are you sleeping, Are you sleeping,Brother John,Brother John?Morning bells are ringing,Morning bells are ringing,Ding, ding, dong,Ding, ding, dong!

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Gothic Cathedral in Westminster, England

Stained glass

Taller

Large Windows

Gothic Arches

Christianity and Medieval Society

pages 533-5391. Most people in Europe during the

Middle Ages werea) Jewishb) Muslim c) Christiand) Buddhist

2. Who were the teachers in Medieval Society?

a) Clergyb) Crusadersc) Christian Mothersd) Friars

3. Which of the following is not a way Christians showed they were religious?

a) Attend a local churchb) Donate land to the Churchc) Teach religion and other

subjects in Universitiesd) Make pilgrimages to

Canterbury

4. Which of the following is not true about Middle Age monksa) Unhappy with the church’s political

involvement b) Lived apart from people c) Collected, stored and copied

Christian textsd) Begged and preached

5. What did Thomas Aquinas call his argument that rational thought could support Christian beliefs?a) Natural Lawb) Religious Orderc) Natural Rightsd) Heresy

6. Which is not a way the church influenced art and architecture?a) Gothic Cathedralsb) Illuminated books c) Teaching religion in universities d) Objects, stained glass, and

paintings that filled the church

Christianity and Medieval Society

pages 533-5397. Which of the following is not a

feature of Gothic style architecture?

a) Flying buttressesb) Pointed archesc) Round arches to support the

high ceilingsd) Huge windows with stained

glass8. The cathedral is the church of

which clergy?a) Bishopb) Priestsc) Poped) Pastor

9. Which popular pilgrimage destination has a famous book named after it?

a) Romeb) Jerusalemc) Compostelad) Canterbury

10. True or False. Nuns like Friars lived and worked among the public.a) True b) False

11. St. Francis was a monk.a) Trueb) False

12. People during the Middle Ages were extremely religious and their life revolved around the church.a) Trueb) False

Christianity and Medieval Society

• Interested in Castles

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• Test Your Medieval Knowledge