Ch. 10; The High Middle Ages

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  • 1073

    Pope Gregory VII

    Pope Gregory VII was elected.
  • 1073

    Gregorian Reforms

    1. Forbaded lay investiture
    2. Banned simony
  • 1076

    Henry IV Excommunication

    Pope Gregory VII excommunicated Henry IV as he would not accept his reforms. Then when Henry was pardoned, he exiled Gregory.
  • 1085

    Pope Gregory VII dies.

    Gregory dies in exile by Emperor Henry IV
  • 1095

    Crusades

    Pope Urban II called all Christian rulers to organise a crusade.
  • Period: 1095 to 1204

    Four Major Crusades

    4 Major Crusades took place
  • 1187

    Jerusalem's Fall

    Jerusalem was taken back by Muslims.
  • Period: 1198 to 1216

    Pope Innocent II Reign

  • 1204

    Constantinople

    The fourth Crusade took place in Constantinople without a reason other than to loot. Crusaders used their religious beliefs in order to kill people with other beliefs.
  • 1209

    Friars

    A group of monks Friars was created. They were men who came together to live a new religious life. They were mendicant, the Latin word for "beggar." They did their world out in the world, and depend entirely on the generosity of other people for their daily needs. They would work directly with and among the poor and would travel from town to town.
  • 1215

    High Point of Papal Power

    Pope Innocent II gathered about 1,200 bishops, abbots, and other Church leaders for a great ecumenical council.
  • 1215

    The Fourth Lateran Council

    Every aspect of Catholicism was discussed. Some decisions were:
    Catholics must receive Holy Communion at least once a year
    Transubstantiation would be the term used to describe the changing of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ.
  • 1231

    Heretics

    Pope Gregory IX set up an official council called the Inquisition, people who investigated suspected heretics. They had the authority to impose fines, imprison people, and to even sentence death.
  • Period: 1300 to 1400

    Christendom

    This was a period in the fourth century which refers to a cultural and political atmosphere. It refers to the worldwide community of Christians, adherents of Christianity; or the collection of Christian majority countries, or countries in which Christianity dominates, or nations in which Christianity is the established religion.
  • 1497

    Spanish Inquisition

    Launched by Queen Isabella, people suspected of heresy and Catholic converts were said to be secretly practising their former faiths. They were sentenced to death, get fined, or exiled.

  • Jerusalem Recaptured

    The British recaptured Jerusalem from Muslims in WWI, and have had it ever since.