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Power of the
Church in
Medieval Europe
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Pope-head of the Catholic Church
Pope Gregory VII
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Bans lay investiture
– kings and nobles
appoint church
officials.
Excommunicates
Henry IV for trying to
overrule him
Shows church’s
power
Henry IV
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Begs for pope’s
forgiveness while
standing in the
snow for 3 days
Is forgiven but
ultimately
humbled
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The Church
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Clergy members- cardinals, bishops, priests
Church’s power
 1. Religious
Canon Law – body of laws governing
religious practice such as marriage
 2. Political
Could excommunicate, or banish, a
King from the church
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The Crusades
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Crusades – Series of Christian wars waged
against the Muslims to regain the “Holy Land”
(Palestine)
Major Goals
Recapture the holy land
 Reunite Christianity
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Pope Urban II - Those who died during Crusades
would go to heaven
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Effects of the Crusades
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9 Crusades– over 200 years
First two Crusades successful
Later Crusades failed
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Children’s crusade!
Major effects
1. Illustrated the power of the church
 2. Expanded trade between Europe and Asia
 3. Lessened the power of the Pope
 4. Strengthened the power of the king
 5. Hatred-Muslims and Christians
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