HIST 1093 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ulama, Rhineland Massacres
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Church reform and its effects in western europe; religious authority in the islamic world: On an official level developed and implemented by popes, church officials, and kings. Difficult to implement evenly or enforce at all. Between 1000-1215 church and state govts in western europe gained lots of power. European state power was a lot weaker in a lot of states. Difference between what church and state officials wanted and what happened in reality. Medieval catholic church was working on clear definition on what it meant to be a. Around 1000 christian belief was not very standardized, people felt like they were, but everyone had different interpretations and differences in worship manors and beliefs. In the mid 11th centuries the papacy began to try and change that. Wanted to standardize christian practice and generally improve the quality of christian life. Demanded a clearer definition of social groups and stricter boundaries between them (defiance existed outside the church)
