Western Civilization

Today in class we voted and decided not to take the last test. To help our grade, Mr. Shick allowed us to do the questions in the chapter.  My grade is currently a 87.95 and I really want it to go up to a 89.5 .

SOCIALLY: the Renaissance emphasis on the secular (worldly) and the individual challenged Church authority The printing press helped spread these ideas POLITICALLY: Some rulers (especially the Germans) began to challenge the Church’s political power ECONOMICALLY: northern merchants resented paying church taxes to Rome Corrupt leadership Renaissance-era popes spent extravagantly on personal pleasure Pope Alexander VI admitted that he fathered several children Many priests and monks were poorly educated Some priests got married and had children Some priests drank to excess, many gambled The selling of indulgences (pardons) “releases a sinner from performing the penalty a priest imposed for sins” Johann Tetzel was a monk who sold indulgences to help rebuild St. Peter’s Cathedral A monk named Martin Luther objected to this practice Martin Luther was born in Germany in 1483 He studies the trivium - grammar, logic, and rhetoric - and hates it He attends the Univer...

Today we took the test over the Middle Age. It was not as hard as last test but it was pretty confusing. Hope I did well on the test.

Today in class we did the powerpoint on the Crusades. 1.It's the Age of Faith The Holy Roman Empire is  the strongest kingdom in Europe The Church has considerable  spiritual and political power Over 500 massive Gothic cathedrals  (Cities of God) are built throughout  Europe between 1170 and 1270 2.Jerusalum In the late eleventh century, Jerusalem was controlled by the Muslims It was Islam's 3rd holiest City (after Mecca & Medina) It's the Holy City to Jews it's a Holy City to Christians 3. The Holy War Pope Urban II put out the call for Christians to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim Turks Thus began 200 years of religiously sanctioned military campaigns, from 1095 to 1291 crusade means "taking of the cross" ( crux) 4. These "soldiers of the Church" took vows to take back the Holy Land The Pope promised those who died in the endeavor would receive immediate remission   for their sins Roger Bacon warn...

Today in class, we continued on the slides. 1.Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul, known as the Franks (which is where "France" comes from) in 496 he has a battlefield conversion - he and 3000 of his warriors become Christians the Church in Rome likes this by 511 the Franks are united into one kingdom, with Clovis and the Church working as partners 2.Church + Frankish rulers = rise in Christianity In 520, Benedict writes rules for monks: vows of poverty (live simply in monasteries)  chastity (no marital relations) obedience (listen to church superiors) His sister Scholastica writes similar rules for nuns they operate schools, maintain libraries, copy books 3. Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great) goes secular (worldly power) Church revenues are used to help the poor, build roads, and raise armies This is a theocracy Gregory's spiritual kingdom (Christendom) extends from Italy to England, from Spain to Germany 4. Clovis rules the Fra...

Today in class we did some extra credit questions to bring our grades up. It is over the Feudalism in Europe. I already did them in note book so I'm not going to type then here again. We got quizzed one the definitions and I didn't know what to do. I got "vassal", which means a person who receives a grant of land called fief from a lord. Know I think I'll never forget about this.