Church Reform and the Crusades

• simony Sold positions in the Church sold by Church Bishops

• Gothic Relating to a style of Church architecture that developed in medieval Europe, featuring ribbed vaults, stained glass windows, flying buttresses, pointed arches and tall spires

• Urban II The 1st pope to call for a holy war to gain control of the holy landAn english king who attempted to regain the Holy Land from Kurdish captain, Saladin, however just ended up agreeing to a truce to allow Western Christian pilgrims to visit the Holy Land temporarily

• Crusade 1 of the expeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control f the Holy Land from the Muslims

• Saladin A Kurdish captain that recovered Jerusalem in 1187 and made a truce to grant Western pilgrims to access the Holy Land

• Richard the Lion-Hearted An english king who attempted to regain the Holy Land from Kurdish captain, Saladin, however just ended up agreeing to a truce to allow Western Christian pilgrims to visit the Holy Land temporarily

• Reconquista The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain from the late 11000s to 1492

• Inquisition A Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy

2. Which of the events of the Age of Faith do you think was most important to the Church? Explain.

The development of the Canon Law and annual tax collection from each family

3. What were three main causes of the need to reform the Church?

Bishops sellling positions in the Church, Kings appointing bishops and present becoming married with families

4. Which Crusade was the only successful one?

The Spanish Crusade

5. How did the goals of the Crusades change over the years?

By just simply attempting to weakened Muslim forces


Reading Guide

1. Reforms there had a desire to return to basic principles of Christianity.

2. The church had its own court, tax system, and diplomats.

3. The church was wealthy; because cathedrals represented the city of god, they were glorious buildings, richly decorated.

4. The Muslims were threatening to conquer his capital of Constantinople.

5. The goal of his military expedition was to cover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims Turks.

6. Many knights were fired by religious zeal. Others were looking for land, riches, and adventure. Kings and the Church saw the Crusades as an opportunity to get rid of quarrelsome Knights who fought each other and who threatened the peace of the kingdom as well as Church property.

7. The states were carved out of land the Crusaders won-- a narrow strip that stretched about 400 miles form Edessa in the north to Jerusalem in the south.

8. Saladin and Richard the Lion-hearted agreed to a truce in 1192.

9. Isabella and Ferdinand wanted to unify Spain under Christianity and to consolidate their own power.

10. The Crusades weakened the feudal nobility. Thousands of knights lost their lives and their fortunes int he Crusades.