Warm up #3: Unit 5: (Part II): The Medieval Church
1. Why did the Church’s power and influence grow during the Middle Ages in
Western Europe? (think of political events as well as events on a personal/local
levels – see the visuals and your textbook pp.354-357 and pp.370-372 for clues).
http://www.bonjourlafrance.net/france-facts/francehistory/images/charlemagne-crowned-800-pope-leo-3.jpg
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13363/13363h/images/image10.jpg
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=79399
http://www.religionstatistics.net/map6.gif
http://global.cscc.edu/hum/111pross/MedEuro.jpg
2. Define:
Papal Supremacy –
Excommunication –
Interdict –
3. Quote from a 10th century Church document setting the punishment for
three people who killed a Church official.
“In the name of God … we separate them from the Holy Mother Church…
that they may have no help of man nor any converse with Christians … Let
no priest say mass for them, nor in sickness receive their confession, nor,
unless they repent, grant them … communion even on their deathbed.”
a). What is the name for the punishment described in the quotation?
b). Though the terms of the punishment do not include prison
sentences or execution, why did so many people fear this type of
punishment in the Middle Ages in Europe?
http://www.philosophyblog.com.au/userimages/user-461765_1171414362.jpg
4. The Church and the Holy Roman Empire
Lay Investiture Controversy
(a) Define:
Lay Investiture:
(b) Controversy/Disagreement
(explain each side’s position on the question of Lay Investiture)
Pope Gregory VII
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
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Position on Lay Investiture:
Position on Lay Investiture:
(c) Answer the following questions. Use the map below for help.
(1). How many states made up the Holy
Roman Empire? What does this suggest
about ruling it as an empire?
(2) Thinking Question: What three
institutions/parties competed for power,
prestige, and dominance during the
Middle Ages in Europe?
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http://moses.creighton.edu/harmless/bibliographies_for_theology/Images/Innocent%20III.jpg
2 http://sfs.scnu.edu.cn/hhzhang/webcourse1/kcln/img/pics/Henry-IV-at-Canossa.jpg