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The Church in the medieval times

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  • 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
  • What was the religion of the whole of Europe?
    Roman Catholic
  • What were the crusades?
    A war between christians and muslims which centered around the city of Jerusalem and the holy places of Palestine.
  • What did people have to do to go to heaven?
    Go to church on Sundays
  • Name three reasons why people joined the crusades
    For religious reasons - adventure - land - forgiveness of sins - fame
  • What is the meaning of pilgrimage?
    A journey for religious reasons, to visit holy places
  • Who took Jerusalem and no longer allowed christians to visit it?
    The Turks
  • What was the main job of the church?
    To get people to heaven
  • 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
  • What were "holy days"?
    Church festivals and saints´ day
  • Why was the church important?
    Europe was catholic - people were afraid to go to hell - land - taxes - the pope
  • Why were monasteries and churches safe places?
    Few people attacked them because they thought God would be angry
  • What was the structure of the church?
    The Pope The archbishops the bishops the priests/monks The people
  • People paid taxes to the church. What was the name of the tax and how much did they pay?
    Tithe - one-tenth of everything they produced