CHURCH HISTORY OUTLINE # 5
MR. VONLUEHRTE
O#5 700 CE – 1300 CE
3/21 Church around 700 ; Monasteries
3/22 121-122; 128-132 (no blue pages) CC:JWM
Islam, Charles Martel through Charlemagne
3/25 125-127; 133-137 CC:JWM (no colored pages)
Bede & Boniface; feudalism
3/26 138-141; 142-145 CC:JWM (no colored pages)
Vikings; conflicts. Read the conclusions, too!
4/3 From monasteries to cathedrals
4/4 147-151;156-158 (Universities) CC:JWM
Church problems, rise of universities
4/5 159-164 CC:JWM (including colored pages)
Crusades
4/8 169- 173 CC:JWM
Mendicant orders
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O#5 test (may use Saint Chart)
**4/11 Quiz corrections due!!
Papal States
Vikings (Norsemen, Norman)
Holy Roman Empire (Charlemagne,
then Otto I)
Cluny monasteries, Cistercians
Lay investiture
Simony
Celibacy
Cathedrals (note – origin)
& Universities
Schism of 1054
Crusades
First Crusade -- what happens &
results
Fourth Crusade – what happens &
results
just war theory
Papal Inquisition
Bede
Boniface
Clovis (107-108) and Charles Martel
(122-123)
Pepin
Charlemagne
Cyril & Methodius
Vladimir I
Gregory VII
Michael Cerularius
Hildegard of Bingen
Francis of Assisi, OFM, friars,
mendicants
Clare of Assisi, Poor Clares
Dominic, OP
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae
ESSAY QUESTION
EITHER: show how cathedrals replaced the function performed by monasteries OR
show how the mendicant orders followed the same function/form as the early monks.
OUTLINE OF THE MOVIE “BECKET” -- TO HELP YOU TAKE NOTES!
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KING KNEELING AT BECKET’S TOMB, WAITING TO BE WHIPPED BY SAXON
MONKS (LEADS TO FLASHBACK)
KING AND BECKET ARE “WENCHING.” SCENE AFTERWARD – KING’S
BATH. NOTICE THE THEME OF “COLD” AND WHAT BECKET DOES.
NOTICE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT “HONOR AND COLLABORATION”
KING ANNOUNCES BECKET AS CHANCELLOR. KING FEUDS WITH THE
BISHOPS ABOUT PAYING TAXES. KING AS “CAPTAIN.” BECKET DEFENDS
HENRY.
THE HUNT: BECKET AND KING GO INTO THE SAXON HUT.
HOW DOES BECKET PROTECT THE SAXON SON ?
HOW DOES BECKET PROTECT THE SAXON GIRL ? WHY ?
NOTICE THE “LORDS” – WHAT ARE THEY LIKE ?
WHO IS GWENDOLYN ? WHAT DO SHE AND BECKET DISCUSS ?
WHAT DOES THE KING WANT WHEN HE ARRIVES ? WHAT IS THE RESULT ?
WHAT DOES BECKET SAY ABOUT HONOR ?
FRANCE: WHY ARE THEY THERE ? WHAT DO THE “BARONS” SAY ABOUT
BECKET ? WHO TRIES TO KILL BECKET ? WHAT DOES BECKET SAY/ DO?
WHAT IS TOPIC OF THE CONVERSATION ON THE BED BETWEEN THE KING
AND BECKET ?
WHAT IS THE TOPIC OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE KING AND
BECKET AFTER THEY FIND OUT THAT THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
HAS DIED ? BECKET’S REACTION ?
WHAT DO THE SCENES SHOW AS BECKET BECOMES ARCHBISHOP ?
WHAT DOES THE BISHOP OF LONDON SAY ABOUT THE CASE INVOLVING
LORD GILBERT ?
WHAT DOES BROTHER PHILIP SAY ABOUT THE CASE ?
HOW DOES BECKET (AND BROTHER JOHN) REACT ?
WHAT DOES BROTHER JOHN SAY IN THE MESSAGE TO THE KING ?
KING’S REACTION ?
HAT DO BECKET AND THE KING SAY/ DO AFTER THE KING RIDES TO SEE
HIM ? COLD ? THE RING ?
DESCRIBE THE KING’S PLOT WITH THE BISHOP OF LONDON.
BECKET EXCOMMUNICATES LORD GILBERT – WHAT HAPPENS ?
BECKET IS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. WHAT HAPPENS ?
THE BISHOP OF LONDON, THEN BECKET MEET WITH THE KING OF
FRANCE. WHAT HAPPENS ?
THE BISHOP OF LONDON, THEN BECKET MEET WITH THE POPE. WHAT
HAPPENS ?
BECKET AT THE MONASTERY – WHAT HAPPENS ?
WHO ARRANGES THE MEETING ON THE SHORE OF FRANCE ? WHAT
HAPPENS AT THE MEETING BETWEEN BECKET AND THE KING ?
WHAT DOES THE KING SAY AT AND AFTER THE DINNER IN FRANCE ?
WHAT DO THE BARONS DECIDE TO DO ?
HOW DOES BECKET DIE IN THE CATHEDRAL ? DETAILS.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE KING AT THE TOMB ? WHAT DOES THE KING
TELL THE CROWD ? WHAT DOES THE KING SAY IN HIS FINAL
CONVERSATION AT THE TOMB OF BECKET ?
FOR THE MOVIE BECKET -- There will be a daily quiz on the previous day’s
content. 3 QUIZZES – MAY DROP 1 (quizzes are worth 20)
or you MAY do definitions of the following people/themes/terms (do any TEN of the
19 = 40 points total – they are worth four points each) You do not have to write in
sentences, but make certain to have a good description
People to know (who are they, why are they are they important?):
1. Becket
4. Saxon girl in the hut
7. Lord Gilbert
2. Henry II
5. Gwendolyn
8. King Louis of France
3. Bishop of London
6. Brother John
9. The pope
Themes to know:
10. Honor
*Personal honor & *Honor of God
11. Cold (several times in the movie)
12. Church/ state relations
*Church courts & *clergy paying taxes
Terms to know:
15. Normans\ Normandy
16. Saxons
17. Chancellor of England
*why is Becket chosen ?
*what symbolizes the office
*how is this symbol used as a symbol
between Becket and the King
13. Henry’s love for Becket
14. Henry’s hatred for Becket
18. Archbishop of Canterbury
*why is Becket chosen ?
*what symbolizes the office
*how does Becket show that he is trying
to take this duty seriously
19. Embezzlement
*what happens ?
THE ESSAY QUESTION for the TEST: (worth 20 points )
(YOU MAY DO THIS IN ADVANCE AS A "TAKE HOME" ESSAY AND TURN
IT IN ON THE TEST DAY)
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How does the movie “Becket” show the major themes of Gregorian Reform ?
(Lay investiture, simony, clerical celibacy, powers of the pope, church/state conflicts,
etc.)
YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST FOUR SPECIFIC EXAMPLES AND BE ABLE TO RELATE
THEM DIRECTLY BOTH TO THE MOVIE AND TO GREGORIAN REFORM.