The Medieval Church

Every Christian went to the Roman Catholic Church in medieval Western Europe

• True

• False

Who cared for the poor and strangers in medieval towns?

• the town council

• the parish priest

• the elected officials

• the government welfare office

What bound medieval people most closely together was

• feudalism

• the church

• craft guilds (trade unions)

• universities

Medieval holidays celebrated

• the Germanic gods

• independence from emperors

• events of Roman history

• events in the Bible

Which of the following is NOT a relic of a saint?

• the teeth of John the Baptist

• the blood of St. Thomas

• a handwritten Bible

• a bone from St. Peter

A medieval pilgrimage was a journey to

• visit places where holy people had lived

• visit churches which had relics of saints

• visit the Holy Land

• find refuge in a castle

• visit the king's court

Why did people go on pilgrimages?

• to find religious freedom

• to pay for sins

• to find healing

• to escape prison

Who took control of Jerusalem in 1071 and interfered with Christian pilgrims?

• the Arabs

• the Seljuk Turks

• the Mongols

Pope Urban gave a great address in 1095 to encourage Christians

• to give up meat on Friday

• to recapture the Holy Land for Christians

• to go on more pilgrimages

• to listen to their priests each Sunday

The word "crusade" means

• political campaign

• war of the cross

• God wills it

• pilgrimage