What was the main job of the church?
To get people to heaven
Name three jobs the priests carried out
Baptized babies - married people - gave communion- heard confessions - forgave sins - gave the last rites to the dying - held services
Name three duties that monasteries carried out
cared for the old and the sick - gave money to the poor - looked after travelers - taught the children of the rich - banks
Why were monasteries and churches safe places?
Few people attacked them because they thought God would be angry
What were the crusades?
A war between christians and muslims which centered around the city of Jerusalem and the holy places of Palestine.
