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19 Cards in this Set
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During the Middle Ages, the only unifying force in Europe was ________.
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Christianity
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The local priest would administer the ________, to the people, which are necessary to achieve ________ the goal (________).
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Sacrament, Salvation, Heaven
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The local ______ was the social center of village life.
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Church
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Christians were required to pay a _______ to the church, which was a tax equal to __% of their income.
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Tithe, 10
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The church viewed men and women as equal before god, but church officials were ___ and it was believed that ______ were ____________ like in the garden of eden.
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Men, Women, "the daughters of eve"
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_____ and ______ withdrew from worldly life and lived in monasteries. They _______ and ______.
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Nuns, Monks, devoted themselves to spiritual life, created schools for children.
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The people in question #6 also performed social services, such as _____________ and __________ and, by _______________ they preserved knowledge from the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans.
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looking after sick children, setting up schools, writing and copying.
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Archbishop Carroll is a Catholic High School, while Harriton is a _________ school.
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Secular
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The pope claimed he had ___________ , which meant he had power over _______ rulers, such as monarchs.
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Papal Supremacy, secular
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The church had its own set of laws, which was known as ___________.
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Canon Law
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Two Powerful chuch penalties were __________ and __________.
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excommunication, interdict.
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Please explain the difference between the two penalties cited in #11.
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Excommunication was not receiving sacraments or a christian burial . An interdict was the same as excommunication but it applied to more than one person.
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Please give an example of how the Church could be a force for peace during the middle ages.
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The church demanded that fighting stop on friday through sunday.
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As the wealth and power of the church grew, what happened?
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Discipline weakened.
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The selling of church positions or offices is known as ______, which was what became prohibited by the Clunaic reforms.
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Simony
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______, who were part of the _________ order (established by Francis of Assisi in the early 1200's) did not stay in monasteries; instead they traveled around and preached to the poor.
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Friars, Franciscan
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______ was the European country where Jews flourished the most for several hundred years after the muslim conquest of 711.
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Spain
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Jews from the country in #17 were/are called ________, while Jews from northern Europe and Russia were/are called ________ Jews.
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Sephardim, Ashkenazim
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During the middle ages, _____________ (prejudice against jews) grew in most of Europe. What was a reason for why this occurred?
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Anti-semitism, People blamed the Jews for disease and famine.
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