The Roman Catholic Church in Medieval Europe

What clergy member ranked above a cardinal?

a brotherhood or sisterhood of monks, nuns, or friars

What did monks do in the scriptorium?

The word cathedral comes from the Latin word cathedra, meaning

What was one result of the conflict between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV?

Which of the following is true of all religious orders?

the body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church

People went on Crusades to seek ______________.

to cause a person to suffer because of his or her beliefs

Which of the following sacraments is a formal declaration of belief in God and the Church?

During the Middle Ages, people expected to the Church to

Which of the following is true of holidays during the Middle Ages?

Which of the following best describes the plot from Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales?

the Christian church headed by the pope in Rome

Saint Francis of Assisi founded an order of friars who

Who developed the monastic way of life in western Europe?

a journey to a holy site

The Church gained economic power by

the concept that there is a universal order built into nature that can guide moral thinking

a set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices

Historians sometimes call the Middle Ages the

a sacred rite of the Christian religion

In medieval Europe, the people most likely to be educated were _________.

Many people in medieval Europe thought that storms, disease, and famine were

Thomas Aquinas’s concept that there is a universal order built into nature, guiding people’s moral thinking, is called

Cathedral schools gave rise to ___________________.

The center of life in a medieval community was the

Christians who went on a pilgrimage visited