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When was the late Middle Ages What were they a time of? |
1300-1500 AD
They were a time of disease, disorder, and great change for the church and the world |
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What was spreading all over Europe and Beyond? What is it? |
The Black Death A highly contagious disease |
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Describe the process of the Black Death after you contracted it. Who was powerless against the disease? |
You become extremely ill, looked bruised, and then died a painful death
Doctors |
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What wasn't there to prevent the Black Death? Was there a cure? What do we now know the Black Death is? |
There was no vaccination to prevent it and no known cure
The bubonic plague |
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Where did the plague begin? How was it spread? |
Began in Asia
Spread by the flies and rats that come from the traders and armies ships |
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What completely broke down as a result of this plague? Why was the economy hit hard? |
Social structures
Many working class people died |
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What did the working class citizens who survived the plague demand? |
Higher wages |
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People were so worried about getting the plague that what occurred? |
They would neglect their crops, animals, and children |
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Why did peoples view of life and faith change? |
Because people feared death, wanting to enjoy what was left of life |
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What did people do no matter how unjust of immoral |
Took what they wanted |
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Who did people begin to take their anger out on and blame? What did they end up forgetting? |
God
Forgetting that God does not allow evil to exist without the good the vines from it |
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What would priests do during the spreading of the Black Death? What happened to them as a result? |
Priests would administer the sacraments
They too died of the disease |
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What happened as a result of the study of theology disappearing from universities? |
There was a lack of understanding of the Eucharist |
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What is the Eucharist? |
The center of Christian spiritual life |
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What were people no longer speaking? Except for who? |
No longer speaking Latin Except for the highly educated |
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What could only the highly educated I'd since they were the only ones who could speak Latin |
They were the only ones who could participate at Mass Or even understand what was being said |
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Describe many priests during this period |
Many were poorly educated in the faith Unable to teach the faith to their parish members |
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The priests being poorly educated and their inability to teach the faith left many Catholics what? |
Left many Catholics without an understanding of the Basics of Catholicism, understanding the meaning of the creed and the commandments, or knowing the words to the Lord's Prayer of Hail Mary |
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What weakened with Christendom ideals? |
The papal influence |
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Who weak church leadership a problem for? |
Not just the church but the society as a whole |
