Church History Chapter: Mid-Life Crisis? 5 Guided Reading
NAME______________________________
1. What were some of the positive aspects of life from the viewpoint of Christians at the height of the Middle
Ages?
2. What was Christendom?
3. What is the stereotype of the Medieval World? (Note, Medieval, not Mid-Evil)
4. According to the book, is there any truth to those stereotypes?
5. Quick! Look at page 120! Who are Ruth and Boaz? More importantly, why don’t you know anyone named Boaz?
6. Draw a timeline from Christ’s birth to today. (Make sure it starts on Tuesday.) Where does the time period
known as the “Middle Ages”? High Middle Ages?
7. Christianity was (not important / important /very important / the
everpresenteverguidingthoughtinpeoples’mindsth
atgovernedalltheiractions) Choose one.
8. All about the man, formerly known as Charles.
a. King of the ___________
b. Kingdom reached from __________ to ___________
c. Crowning was ________________
d. Called the 2nd __________________
e. Signature________________________________________________________
f.
Best Christmas gift he received ___________________________________
g. East’s response to him being crowned______________________________
9. Draw or give a description of Charlemagne’s personal life / characteristics.
10. Who was Alcuin? Importance?
11. Does Charlemagne seem OCD to you, after reading the bottom of page 124?
12. What do you call the leader of an abbey/monastery?
13. You’re a Saxon and come across Charlemagne… It’s going to end one of two ways. __________ or ____________
14. After Charlemagne’s death. Who controlled his empire?
15. Give me 3 groups who led successful raids during this time period, and what region do we associate them with?
a.
b.
c.
16. How did the monks try to save their manuscripts? Did any survive?
17. Describe feudalism. What’s one reason it may have developed?
18. Draw me a chart showing the hierarchy of feudal society… It might be easiest to start from the lowest and work
up. Which class in society had the most people?
19. Describe the relationship between Charlemagne and his bishops in regard to electing a Pope.
20. How would you describe the Holy See from 867-1067?
21. What did Pius X do in 1903?
22. 3 Big Problems the Church Faced During the Middle Ages and describe them.
a.
b.
c.
23. What is the Liturgy of the Hours and where can you find it?
A Time of Reform (p.129)
1. What was Cluny and why was it important?
2. Other than prayer, how did they “renew the spiritual life”?
3. What is simony?
4. How did Pope Nicholas II change the election of the Pope? What is it called?
5. Look online for one Gregorian Reform and explain what it did.
6. What happened to Gregory the 7th?
7. What is the Concordant of Worms?
8. Were missionaries successful in Scandinavia? Then how did it turn to Christianity?
9. What did Vladimir of Russia do concerning religion in Russia? Winner? Added bonus of choosing that one?
10. Margaret of Scotland: Give me some background.
11. Who became co-patron saints in 1980 of Europe?
12. What happened in 1054?
13. Make sure you know what excommunication is.
14. What was the filioque controversy? What was the real underlying issue?
15. Explain the iconoclast controversy. Why did Judaism and Islam not use pictures, yet Christianity chose to?
16. Should priests use images during homilies today?
17. What was the real underlying issue with the iconoclast controversy?
18. How did the church determine that using pictures does not violate the 1st commandment?
19. Draw me a picture describing the issue of Sicily… you should draw Sicily, at least.
20. Create a scene showing what happened between Cardinal Humbert and Patriarch Michael Cerularius.
21. Is the East still excommunicated today?
22. Explain the difference between Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Right.
23. Are Eastern Catholics fully Catholic?
24. What similarities do we have with the Eastern Church? So what’s different between us?