THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE

TYLER BROOKING-KLEINERTZ

3.1 INTRODUCTION

• The church was the center of life in Western Europe.

• Church bells rang out the hours, called people for worship, and warned of danger.

• Almost every village and town had a church building.

• Town meetings, plays, and concerts were also held in churches.

• Merchants had shops around the square in front of the church.

• Markets, festivals, and fairs were all held in the shadow of the church's spires (towers).

• The church provided education for some, and it helped the poor and sick.

• People also looked to the church to explain world events.

• Storms, disease, and famine were thought to be punishments sent from God.

• The church taught that salvation, or the saving of a persons soul, would come to those who followed the church's teachings.

VOCABULARY FOR 3.1 INTRODUCTION

• Roman Catholic Church- the Christian church headed by the pope in Rome.

• center of medieval life- in Western Europe, the Roman Catholic Church.

3.9 CHAPTER SUMMARY• We have learned in this

chapter that the Roman Catholic Church played a central role in the lives of people in Western Europe.

• The church acquired great political and economic power.

• More and more people lived in towns rather than on manors in the countryside.

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