HIST 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Demesne, Angevin Empire, Western Europe
26 Apr 2016
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Segment 3: western europe in the late 11th century and the background to the. 2: politics and church: monasticism, the papacy & its history, church reform, the struggle for authority. Western europe in 11th century was uniformly christian, not a modern theological defined christians except for few people. Unsophisticated level recall buildings, state of architecture, local parish/priest, sort of christianity practiced is sort of buildings developed rural, rudimentary. Parish/priest not well educated, lives life with extended family in the village context, part of clearing. Whether married or wife, quite possibly and one issue that comes up at time whether priests should be married or not. Next level up bishops (dioceses) control bigger lord ships: supposed to be more educated, but primarily administrators, (religious and secular), control lot of land, economics. Top of hierarchy bishop of rome pope, but he too is more or less depedent on secular powers that control the city of rome.
