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The Medieval Church

The Medieval Church. The Religious Climate when Beowulf was Transcribed. The Original Epic. Composed between 700 and 750 A.D. Author unknown Passed down through oral tradition by scops (tale singers). The Transcribed Epic. Transcribed around 1000 A.D. Written down by Christian monks

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The Medieval Church

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  1. The Medieval Church The Religious Climate when Beowulf was Transcribed

  2. The Original Epic • Composed between 700 and 750 A.D. • Author unknown • Passed down through oral tradition by scops (tale singers)

  3. The Transcribed Epic • Transcribed around 1000 A.D. • Written down by Christian monks • Only monks were literate at this point in history.

  4. The Medieval Church • Was a central authority in a way that many governments were not • Controlled warfare by controlling knights and performing all knighthood ceremonies • Control of knights was at its highest around 1000 A.D. • Church tried to regulate the instruction of Christian knights and warriors

  5. The Medieval Church • Make knights spiritual so they leave land to the church • Increase the wealth and power of the church • Stress faith in God, especially the Old Testament belief that God physically aids those who fight for him.

  6. The Peace of God • Proclamation preventing unarmed peasants and clergy from being attacked • Excommunication the punishment for attacking or robbing a church, stealing farm animals from the poor, and robbing or attacking an unarmed clergyman.

  7. The Truce of God • Focused on preventing violence among Christians, especially knights. • Fighting limited to about 60 days of the year. • Fighting not allowed on Sundays, Fridays, Holy Days, and all during Lent.

  8. Christian and Non-Christian Relations • First Crusade launched in 1095 • Tensions building long before that • Practically, the killing of non Christians was encouraged • Church’s message: Kill all those who do not follow Christ

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