Transcript The Middle Ages & the Church

The Middle
Ages and the
Church
The Age of Faith
• Introduction
• Pope of Rome vs. Christian leaders of
Byzantine empire
• Who should lead the Catholic church?
• 1054=Church split
• 1 leader in Constantinople=Eastern
Orthodox Church
• Pope in Rome=Western European churches
The Age of Faith
• The Role of Monk
• Some men became monks-lived in a monastery
• Religious community for men
• Women who became nuns lived in convents
• Religious community for women
• Monks & nuns are devoted to learning & prayer
• Religious communities had everything monks & nuns needed
• Had schools-Monks & nuns learned to read & write (most educated)
• Copied & illustrated Greek, religious, & Roman text
• Preserve ideas for future
The Age of Faith
• The Rise of Cathedrals
• European towns grow rich=built great churches/cathedrals
• Led by the Bishop/religious leader=Controls smaller
churches
• Took many years & a lot of $ to build cathedrals
• Ex. Cathedral in Cologne, Germany= 600 yrs. to finish
• Stained-glass illustrations on windows from the Bible
The Age of Faith
• I want you to create a collage of pictures that describes
the “Age of Faith” based on what we discussed
• I want no white space on your collage
• Your collage needs to be all pictures
The Age of Faith
• I want you to create a way that you can group teach or
individually teach this material to your other classmates
• You can create any way that does not include a
powerpoint presentation!
The Crusades
• Introduction
• 1071-Seljuk Turks (Muslim Soldiers) took Jerusalem
• Christians afraid this would stop their pilgrimages to Jerusalem
• Byzantine empire asked for help from the Pope to fight the Turks
• 1095-Pope Urban II said European Christians needed to take back
Jerusalem
• 100,000 ppl. in Europe followed the Pope Urban II
• Men, women, children, & some knights
• Belief that God called them to fight a holy war-Crusade
• Soldiers=Crusaders
The Crusades
• Introduction
• Wore red cross on chest=loyal to the Pope
• Journey=Difficult & badly planned
• Went on foot or boat, many died of hunger or sickness, & got lost
• 1099-Crusaders got to Jerusalem
• 1 mo. later=took back the city & most Crusaders went back to Europe
• Christians loss control of Jerusalem 100 yrs. later
• 1187-Muslim general Saladin took Jerusalem
• Popes called for 9 crusades
• 1291-land Crusaders won=under Muslim cntrl.
The Crusades
• Crusades Change Europe
• Church encouraged nobles to sell their estates
• Freed Serfs
• Went to war
• Port cities on Mediterranean sea grew
• Ex. Venice
• Main stops for Crusaders traveling
• Crusaders saw new places & came home w/amazing stories of the
Muslim world
The Crusades
• Marco Polo
• From Venice
• 1271=traveled the entire Silk Road
• Mediterranean Sea to China
• Lived in China for 21 yrs.
• Told amazing stories of his adventures
• Other Europeans traveled the Silk Road=China trade increased
The Black Death
• Introduction
• 1300s a plague hit Europe
• Disease or event that causes suffering to many people & spreads
quickly
• Called the “Black Death”
• Believe this was the bubonic plague
• Carried from rats to humans by fleas
• Many people were exposed
The Black Death
• Introduction
• Most likely began in the Gobi Desert (Asia)
• Spread along the Silk Road
• Struck Asia in 1330s-Killed millions in China & Middle East
• 1347-Black Death reached Europe
• 1/3 Europeans or 38 mil. ppl. died
• Plague affected Europeans for 130 yrs.
The Black Death
• Serfs No More
• European economy changed due to death of millions
• Demand for food & prices for farm goods=decreased
• Trade declined-merchants died while traveling
• Serfs died=lords paid workers to plant
• Serfs asked for higher pay & freedom
• Workers used wages to rent own land/earn more money
• Feudalism starts to end
The Black Death Activity
• What I would like you to do is I want you to write
3 diary entries from the perspective of someone
who has lost someone to the Black Death or
someone who is watching a loved one who has the
Black Death.
• Base your entries on the material that was talked
about in your textbook.