Church History
Chapter 7 The Challenge of Christendom: Church and Empire in Tension
Directions: The purpose of this study guide is to assist you in recognizing and noting important
material covered in the chapter. You should neatly write your responses on a separate sheet of
paper. This will become an important tool in helping you review for quizzes and exams
throughout the semester. You will receive a grade for your answers but it is most important as a
review resource. Write the review question on one line and your response on the following line.
In most instances, quoting the text is a good idea. Your responses should be in complete
sentences using dark blue or black ink only.
Part One: Two English Sources of Light (pages 125- 27)
A. Review Questions
1. Summarize Boniface’s missionary activity.
2. Describe Boniface’s relationship with the Frankish government.
3. Who was Bede and what were his contributions to the church?
B. Vocabulary: none
C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places
a) Boniface
b) A History of the English Church and People
Part Two: Church and State Entangled (pages 128-32)
A. Review Questions
4. How and why did the pope appeal to Pepin in Gaul?
5. What were the “papal states?” How long did they last?
6. What were the negative effects of the papal states (especially over the long term)?
7. What were some of the rules Charlemagne imposed on the Saxons?
8. What were the three effects of the pope’s crowning Charlemagne “Emperor of the Romans?”
9. In what ways did Charlemagne direct the church?
10. According to the sidebar on pages 130-1, what prompted the need for infant baptism?
11. Summarize the evolution (history) of the Sacrament of Confession.
B. Vocabulary: none
C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places
c) Pepin
d) Donation of Pepin
e) Charlemagne
f) Pope Leo III
g) penitential books
Part Three: A Feudal Way of Life (pages 133-37)
A. Review Questions
12. Summarize the pyramid structure of feudalism.
13. How were bishops and abbots part of the feudal system?
14. Explain the responsibilities of the Lady of a Manor.
B. Vocabulary:
 abbot/abbess – head of a monastery
i) manor
C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places: none
Part Four: Other Peoples Turn Christian (pages 138-41)
A. Review Questions
15. Who were the Vikings? How did they spur the development of feudalism?
16. What did Cyril and Methodius do that encouraged the Slavs to become Christian?
17. Which Slavic peoples eventually belonged to the Byzantine, or Greek, church? Which Slavic peoples
eventually belonged to the Latin church?
18. In what ways did the monasteries offer safe haven to those terrorized by the Vikings?
B. Vocabulary: none
C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places
j) Vikings
k) Ansgar
l) Slavs
m) Vladimir I
n) Stephen I
Part Five: Royal Pains for the Church (pages 142-45)
A. Review Questions
19. What sparked tensions between the church in the East and the church in the West in the 800s? How was it
resolved?
20. What problems did the papacy endure during the 900s?
21. What was Pope John XII’s plan to restore the papal office? What was the long-term consequence on the
selection of popes?
22. What forms of secular control of the church were common in the feudal West?
23. How did the monastery at Cluny break with the feudal tradition and bring about renewal in the church?
24. Explain the four implications of some of the developments that occurred in the church of this era. (One
sentence of each.)
B. Vocabulary:
o) simony
p) vernacular
C. Key Concepts, Events, Dates, People and Places
q) King Otto I
r) Cluny