Church Reform
The Age of Faith | Gothic Cathedrals
(pp. 379-381)
1. Reformers from what monastery were especially important in leading a spiritual revival among Christians in
Western Europe?
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2. What problem did Church reformers identify during the Middle Ages?
a. Village priests married and had families contrary to Church law.
b. Bishops sold positions in the Church for money.
c. Kings, rather than Church leaders, appointed bishops.
d. All of the above are true.
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3. Which of the following was NOT a problem faced by the Church?
a. what to do about priests who married and had families, violating Church law
b. whether the pope should reside in Paris or London
c. whether bishops should be permitted to sell positions in the Church
d. whether kings or the Church should appoint bishops
4. What was the pope’s group of advisors called?
5. Identify two new religious orders of friars, and the person who founded each order?
a. ________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________
6. The Franciscan order for women known as _____________________________________________________.
7. What did cathedrals that were built during the medieval period represent to worshipers?
8. From what is the term Gothic derived?
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9. What trait did NOT characterize Gothic cathedral architecture?
a. sculpture
b. rounded arches
c. stained-glass windows
d. high, vaulted ceilings
10. What cathedral with a vaulted ceiling of more than 100 feet was built in Paris ?
11. What structural element transferred the weight of a cathedral’s roof to thick exterior walls?
12. What do the stained glass windows in the Chartres Cathedral illustrate?
Matching: Choose the letter of the best answer.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Gothic style
lay investiture
Romanesque style
simony
____ 13. the practice of selling positions in the Church
____ 14. the architectural style that featured round arches, a heavy roof, and tiny windows
____ 15. the style of architecture intended to achieve greater light and height
____ 16. the practice of kings appointing church bishops