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What was the Reformation? |
The religous changes that happened in Europe |
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When did these changes happen? |
The sixteenth century |
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Why did these changes happen? |
People were unhappy with the Catholic church and wanted to reform/change it |
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Who was the head of the church? |
The pope |
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Where did the pope live? |
Rome |
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What place was the pope the ruler of? |
Central Italy |
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What did the pope play an important role in? |
Italian politics |
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Who was the pope elected by? |
Cardinals |
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What was every country divided into? |
Dioceses |
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Who were the dioceses ruled over by? |
Bishop |
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What was there in each diocese? |
A number of parishes |
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What did each parish have? |
At least one priest |
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What did the people who lived in the parish pay? |
A tithe to the church |
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What was this used for? |
To pay the priest |
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Where did the monks live? |
Monasteries |
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Where did the nuns live? |
Covents |
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Who did the monasteries help to look after? |
The poor and the sick |
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What special monks preached in towns? |
Friars |
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Was was very important for people to find out? |
What happened to them when they died |
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What did they want to win? |
Salvation |
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What was salvation? |
A reward that meant they would go to heaven |
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What did the Catholic Church teach you about salvation? |
You could win salvation by a mixture of faith and good works (actions) |
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What were the main problems in the church? |
What were the main problems in the church? |
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1. The Renaissance popes |
1. The Renaissance popes |
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What was wrong with ths popes? |
They were not very holy men |
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What were some more interested in? |
Art/Politics |
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Give an example of a renaissance pope. |
Alexander VI |
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2. Ths wealth of the Church |
2. The wealth of the Church |
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What type of families were most bishops from? |
Wealthy, noble families |
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What did the bishops help the king with? |
Running their countries |
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What did many bishops build? |
Great palaces to show their power and wealth |
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Why did many rich people leave large sums of money to monasteries? |
To pray for their souls after they died |
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Who did not always make sure monks led holy lives? |
Abbots |
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3. The abuses in the Church |
3. The abuses in the Church |
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Name the serious abuses that developed in the church due to bad leadership. |
Nepotism Simony Pluralism Absenteeism |
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What was nepotism? |
Giving a relative an important position in the church |
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What was simony? |
Buying and selling of church positions |
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What was pluralism? |
Holding more than one position in the church |
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What was absenteeism? |
Bishops/priests not living in their dioceses or parishes |
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Who were not well educated? |
Ordinary priests |
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Whaf did priests have little knowledge of? |
The Bible |
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What could they not understand or speak? |
Latin |
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What was being sold by the church? |
Indulgences |
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According to the Church, what did indulgences do? |
Shortened the time people spent being punished in purgatory after they died |
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Who could it be given to? |
A person who prayed or gave money to a good cause |
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Why did the Church start selling these indulgences in the middle ages? |
To make money |
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What was the influence of the Renaissance? |
What was the influence of the Renaissance? |
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What writers were very critical of the wealth of the church? |
Humanists |
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What did they think? |
People should read the Bible for themselves and not just accept what they were told by priests and bishops |
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Who was one of the English human critics of the church? |
Sir Thomas More |
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Who was the most famous critic? |
Erasmus of Rotterdam |