![]() ![]() Pope Urban II was the head of the Catholic Church and he believed it was God’s will to call for a crusade to recapture the holy lands. “I renounce my own will for the will of God…I accept all hardships of the monastic life…I promise to remain a monk in this monastery.” The calling of Crusades by the church shows its influence it had over people even in times of war. This is evident in document 8, an excerpt adapted from monastic vows taken by a brother that had an ordinary life but gave it up for a life with God. Some people gave up the life they knew to follow God and join a monastic order. In document 5, the Church believes in the word of God and called for the observance of the Truce of God, “on every Sunday, Friday, and Saturday, and on feast days no one may commit murder, arson, robbery, or assault.” Besides power, the Catholic Church had a lot of influence over people. ![]() The church even tried to limit warfare between landlords by decreeing days of peace when no battles or attacks could occur. A lot of money, materials, and labor were required to build the cathedral and only a wealthy and powerful organization could build them. The power of the church can merely be seen through its cathedrals as shown in document 10. In Document two John of Toul is a vassle to the count and countess of Champagne and takes the Homage Oath, “I, john of Toul…will send to the Count and Countess of Champagne the knights who is service I owed to them for this fief which I hold.” Without the loyalty and service from the vassals to the landlord, the feudal system would crumble leaving that territory defenseless against invaders and rival kingdoms.įinally, the Middle Ages should be labeled the age of faith because of the solid organization and power the Catholic Church demonstrated. To do this, these local kingdoms gave land to those willing to send knights in order to protect the kingdom. After the fall of the Roman Empire, its territories in Europe had to protect themselves from outside invaders. In exchange for protection and land (fiefs) from the Lord, the vassle gave the Lord his loyalty, military service, and ransom if needed, as shown in the feudal obligations of document 4. The feudal system was based on loyalty and obligations between landlords in their vassals. ![]()
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