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The Rise of the Middle Ages
The Church
Organization of the Church
Pope: Leader
of the
medieval church
Cardinals: Advisers to the pope
Archbishop: Had all the powers of a bishop
& some authority over bishops & other
dioceses in the province
Bishop: Managed a diocese; administered the
sacraments of confirmation & ordination; appointed
& removed parish priests; managed church property
Parish Priests: Conducted church services, administered all the
sacraments except confirmation & ordination, supervised
moral & religious instruction & moral life of the community
Roles of the Church
Scholarship
Politics
Economy
Society
•Clergy members
were the most
educated people in
Europe
•Monks copied
books by hand
•Monarchs had to
obey popes
•Canon law
enforced by
excommunication &
interdict
•Imposed taxes
•Supported labor as
means of income
•Monks grew crops
•Monasteries
traded extensively
•Considered family
to be sacred
•Established
hospitals,
orphanages &
poorhouses
Magna Carta
• “Scrutage [a tax paid instead of military
service] or aid [grant to a king] shall be levied
in our kingdom only by the common counsel
of our kingdom…”
• “No freedom shall be captured or
imprisoned… except by lawful judgment of his
peers or by the law of the land.”
• “To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny
or delay right of justice.”
Goals of Medieval Kings
William the
Conqueror
Weaken the feudal
lords
Unify the people
under one rule & one
culture
Capetians
Add to the royal lands
Develop a strong
central government
Bring justice under the Increase revenue
control of the king
The Crusades
1st Crusade
Date
1096-1099
Participating France &
European
Normandy
Countries
Successes
Captured
Antioch &
Jerusalem;
Set up new
states in the
Holy Land
Failures/
Problems
Food &
water
shortages
2nd Crusade
3rd Crusade
4th Crusade
Children’s
Crusade