12.1 F&C

Pope Innocent III had a strong belief in _____ supremacy over the secular rulers of Europe.

• papal
• feudal
• secular

To achieve his political ends, Innocent used the spiritual weapons at his command. His favorite was the _____, which forbade priests from giving the _____ (Christian rites) of the Church to a particular group of people. Innocent reasoned that when people were deprived of the comforts of their faith, they would turn in anger against their monarch, thus forcing him or her to bend to the pope’s will.

• edict, confessions
• fiat, alms
• interdict, sacraments

In comparison to the Benedictine order, the Cistercian order was

• a newer order, dedicated to presenting their spiritual ideals through vernacular literature.
• an order of monks who wanted to participate in warfare alongside knights.
• an order whose monks wished to lead very quiet, private lives of personal prayer.
• a newer order, dedicated to a stricter lifestyle and to actively promoting their ideas to the people outside the monastery.

The Cistercian order was founded by monks who wanted to

• stay in their monasteries.
• follow a strict, spiritual life.
• have an easier life than in the harsh Benedictine order.
• unite the Franciscan and Dominican orders.

Convents provided a freedom and support that was unusual for the time for women who

• wanted to live alone.
• were intellectuals.
• expected to marry.
• owned shops.

The order most strongly associated with the court called the Inquisition was

• the Dominicans.
• the Benedictines.
• the Cistercians.
• the Franciscans.

The interdict was an effective political weapon for Pope Innocent III because

• it forced people to remain married.
• it prevented priests from giving anyone the sacrament.
• it proved how powerful the pope was.
• people affected by the interdict would put pressure on their rulers to agree to the Church’s demands.

Dominic de Guzmán believed the best way to attack heresy was

• to lead a new Crusade against the Muslims in the Holy Land.
• to form a new religious order of men who lived lives of poverty and preached effectively.
• by purging the cities of all old people who did not strictly follow Church doctrines.
• to impose interdicts against kingdoms in which heresy was tolerated.

Born to a wealthy merchant family, Francis of Assisi

• used his social status to improve the lives of women.
• eventually abandoned all worldly goods and material pursuits to live and preach in poverty.
• was both a successful, wealthy merchant and a very popular poet.
• gave up his claim to the family fortunes to join the Benedictine monastic order.

Who claimed supremacy over all rulers?

• pope

• Germanic tribes

• Vikings

• sinners