Chapter 10 section 1 Popes & Kings

All of the following were duties and powers of popes during the Middle Ages except

• deciding when someone was acting against the church

• writing letters called bulls to explain religious teachings

• providing guidance on how to live and pray

• forging treaties with religious leaders of other regions

During the Middle Ages, power in Europe shifted from nobles to

• knights and peasants

• merchants and traders

• kings and popes

• monks and priests

The Eastern Orthodox Church was founded by those who agreed with

• Pope Leo IX

• Pope Gregory VII

• Saint Peter

• the bishop of Constantinople

As popes tried to increase their power, they came into conflict with

• kings

• nobles

• bishops

• invaders

Pope Gregory VII and Emperor Henry IV were in disagreement about

• how serfs and peasants should be treated in feudal society

• who should be able to select bishops

• where church headquarters should be located in Europe

• who could excommunicate people

Which leader benefitted by cooperating with the pope?

• Emperor Henry IV

• the bishop of Constantinople

• William the Conqueror

• Charlemagne

Medieval Christians fears excommunication because they believed that

• those cast out from the church had to leave their village

• those cast out from the church would not get into heaven

• those cast out from the church could not get work

• those cast out from the church could not own property

How did Holy Roman Emperors come into power?

• They were elected by empire's nobles

• They were appointed directly by the pope

• They were elected by the knights and peasants

• They inherited their crowns

A split in the Christian Church started in the 1000s because

• western Europeans didn't recognize the authority of the pope

• some bishops were selected by kings, some by the pope

• eastern Europeans didn't recognize the authority of the pope

• some kings encourage strict adherence to faith, some did not

According to the compromise of 1122, which list is in order from most to least powerful?

• Kings→Popes→Bishops→Priests

• Priests→Bishops→Popes→Kings

• Popes→Kings→Bishops→Priests

• Popes→Bishops→Kings→Priests