HIST 1001 Lecture : Nov 30 Lecture E4
Document Summary
Repository for written decrees: keep all in one place. Used lower nobility as functionaries of government: tax collection, judges. Loses great deal of land in reign, all he has left is gascony. Papacy of innocent iii: worked to consolidate papal power. Fourth lateran council (1215: sacraments, transubstantiation, confession and mass 1/yr. (take eucharist at easter, going to church was not common, regulation of clergy, celibacy for priests, moral fitness. Identification of heretics, jews and muslims: wear identifying badges, regulations regarding dress/classifying people. Assertion of power over monarchs: spiritual power being superior to secular. Inquistion only applies to christians, jews not allowed to convert back. Christians could be tried and executed for leaving faith. Places for trade pf surplus goods: people start to set up business and trade with each other and other economic activity. Rise of artisans and merchants: guilds: apprentice, journeymen, master.
