western civ

In Western civilization we talked about Martin Luther. He was a monk. He wrote the 95 thesis which are 95 reasons the church is corrupt.    Here the 95 thesis that Martin Luther wrote… When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ``Repent'' (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.  This word cannot be understood as referring to the sacrament of penance, that is, confession and satisfaction, as administered by the clergy.  Yet it does not mean solely inner repentance; such inner repentance is worthless unless it produces various outward mortification of the flesh.  The penalty of sin remains as long as the hatred of self (that is, true inner repentance), namely till our entrance into the kingdom of heaven.  The pope neither desires nor is able to remit any penalties except those imposed by his own authority or that of the canons.  The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring and showing that it has bee...

Today in class we took a test, and we also are about to do some questions in the textbook. It think that the test was pretty easy and that I did good but I am still nervous of what I got, I feel like I did good but I don’t know if I really did good so we have to find out when we get the test back, I don’t know maybe he will grade the test today in this class and we will find out today. I am excited because tomorrow is a half day s that is nice and we get out at 12:45.

Today in class we took notes on the crusades and the holy war, here are some notes that we took today…  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   1st Crusade (1095-1099): Christians take Jerusalem; Muslims take it back in 1144 2nd Crusade (1147-1149): Muslims keep Jerusalem, but Christians take Lisbon, Portugal  3rd Crusade (1187-1192): Richard the Lionheart and Saladin work a deal: Muslims control Jerusalem, but Christians can worship there 4th Crusade (1202-1204):  Crusaders get distracted and sack Constantinople, creating a huge rift between the eastern (Byzantine) Church and the western (Catholic) Church; then there's the Children's Crusade - a horrible idea, if it actually occurred 5th Crusade (1217-1221): M...

Today in class we went over two power point on the medieval times. We look at who the rulers were and what they did for their kingdom and weather the improved the life of the kingdom or if they made life worse. Here are some of the notes that I took on the power point.  -        Clovis rules the Franks in Gaul until his death in 511 -        Most of the rest of Europe consists of smaller kingdoms (seven in England alone) -        Clovis' descendants include Charles Martel, known as Charles the Hammer (great name!) -        Hammer defeats a Muslim raiding party from Spain at the  Battle of Tours in 732   -        (If he hadn't won, western Europe could have become part of the Muslim Empire -         that's huge!)

Today in class we took notes on medieval time and we also answer questions about the topic as well. It is pretty sad because the romans did so much to progress civilizations but when we moved into medieval time the society degreased so much. Here are the answers from the questions that we did today… 1.      Clergy - bishops and priest  Sacrament - important religious ceremonies Canon law - church laws  Holy roman empire - the roman empire of the Germanic nations Lay investiture - a ceremony in which king and nobles appointed church officials 2.      Mater such as marriage and religious practices  3.      Otto the great allied with the church 4.      Because the popes believed that the kings should not have that much power

Today in class we answered questions on feudalism in Europe. Here are the answers to the questions… 1.      Lord- a landowner Fief- grant of land  Vassal- person that is receiving the fief Knight- mounted horsemen who pledged to defend their lords land in exchange for fiefs  Serf- people who could not lawfully leave the place they were born Manor- a lord’s estate  Tithe- church tax 2.      The Magyars, the Muslims, and the Vikings 3.      The lords could not buy or sell the, but what their labor produced belonged to the lord. 4.      King, Noble, Knight That is all we had to do in this class today so it was really easy and now we have the rest of the class to do whatever we want to do.