Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Western Church Reading
Post your comments and thoughts here (only about the Church -- do not post about Russia). Also, try to go beyond just asking a question -- try to answer it yourself. See what links you can find to share with the class. If you can't find an answer, still ask the question -- just explain that you could not find the answer.
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Posted by Madeline Burroughs:
1) What made the Varangians so significant?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trade_Route_from_the_Varangians_to_the_Greeks
^This is a site giving the history and route of their travels. There is even a map showing the major sites where they traveled
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian
^This is a wikipedia article on the Varangians. I thought the picture that was beside the first section was kind of interesting and I got curious as to what it was showing.
2) I just wanted to know more about Vladimir so I found a few links about him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_I_of_Kiev
^ This site gives good background information on who he was, what he did, and why he was significant.
I was wonering about marriage because it seemed to be arranged, and the source below gives a brief introduction to marriage.
http://www.medieval-weddings.net/
http://www.teacheroz.com/Middle_Ages.htm
This source leads to a variety of things about the middle Ages and is very good. I found the source above when I was looking into marriage.
I was wondering more about Pachomius because he was mentioned but the text did not really go into detail about him.
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Pachomius_the_Great
Posted by Kristen
I was interesting in who Pope Gregory VII was and I found out that he was sent to his uncle in Rome who was head of a monastery when he was young, how he became pope, and a bunch of information all the way up to his death. He was a reforming pope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII
1) Why did Charlemagne encourage literacy and learning instead of warfare?
2) Why did the Christian church make special schools to train choir directors and encourage musical development.
3) How long did it take to make an organ? Who were allowed to play them?
This is a link of Pope Gregory I writing music.
http://www.nndb.com/people/109/000094824/pope-gregory-i-1-sized.jpg
In the reading there was an image of somthing called the book of kells.
Heres a picture: http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/gazette/book_kells.jpg
Trinity college of Dulblin said "The Book of Kells was written around the year 800 AD and is one of the most beautifully illuminated manuscripts in the world. It contains the four gospels, preceded by prefaces, summaries, and canon tables or concordances of gospel passages. The manuscript was given to Trinity College in the 17th century and since 1953 has been bound in four volumes. It has been on display in the Old Library since the 19th century."
http://www.tcd.ie/Library/heritage/kells.php
Was there anything at the time that was of higher authority than the pope? It seemed as if he has an immense power. He could do things such as "depose and restore bishops" and "depose emperors".
What was it like for people who did not have a religion? It was probably frowned upon, but did anyone take any action against their beliefs?
I found a good paragraph about the church here- http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/middleages.html, it is: Nevertheless, Charlemagne (768-814) provided a political unity in the form of the Frankish Empire, and the Pope a religious unity, and a new era slowly began. Eventually, the Church took over Europe, and the Pope replaced the emperor as the most important figure. By 1200, the Church would own a third of the land area of Europe! The power of the church and its common creed meant enormous pressures to conform, backed up by fear of supernatural sanctions. But on the positive side, the papacy helped establish stability and ultimately prosperity.
I was most surprised by the authority given to the pope. The church part of it, being able to restore and depose bishops, make sense. But, they could remove emperors? It seemed kind of like the pope was a more powerful position than the emperor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope
This is just the wikipedia article on the pope, and I was only interested in one sentence: "In the Middle Ages, popes struggled with monarchs over power."
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http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/ma.stm
This above never directly says that popes were more powerful than emperors... but it does imply that many times.
I was really wondering what the word 'Christendom' meant. Just by looking at the word it seemed like it had something to do with Christianity (at first I thought it said "Christiandom)
So I decided to look it up on wikipedia and now everything around that word makes sense.
The wikipedia definition is
"Christendom usually refers to Christianity as a territorial phenomenon. It can also refer to the part of the world in which Christianity prevails.[1]"
For more info here is the link to the site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christendom
I am interested in learning more about Pepin (Charlemagne's father). I found a link on wikipedia about him. It seems that his nickname was "the short". I also noticed that on Encyclopedia Britannica they spelled his name Pippin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short
I was also interested about Charles Martel (considering they were related). I was wondering how he came to power and everything. Here is a link that has a little bit of info about him.
http://www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9360381
why did the roman nobles? lose control of the papacy?
who gained control of it?
This is a website that has many links about the history of the papacy.
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/christian/blrcc_pope_index.htm
Monks were able to write while they were in the convant, what did the nuns do? What was there daily routine? Obviously, during this time period men were more powerful than women, were there any idividual, important, women in this time period?
Also, I wanted to compare the architecture of a medieval Russian Orthodox Church and a medieval Roman Catholic Church, so ther are to pictures below..
Russian-http://www.auburn.edu/forlang/russian/churches/013.jpg
Rome- http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/img/irishbuilder/portrait/saint_patricks_church_fermoy.jpg
Zach
After reading about Pope Gregory, I was slightly curious if this had to do with Gregorian Chanting. Turns out, it doesnt, however Gregorian Chanting is named for another Pope. This site shows a lot about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant
In addition, here is a youtube video showing gregorian chanting.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_MbDqc3x97k
The video is slightly unrelated, but the audio is an actual chant.
Posted by Claire
I was reading and wanted to know more about the Concordat of Worms. Encyclopedia Britannica says that it is a "compromise arranged in 1122 between Pope Calixtus II (1119–24) and the Holy Roman emperor Henry V (reigned 1106–25) settling the Investiture Controversy, a struggle between the empire and the papacy over the control of church offices".
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/worms1.html
^That is an English translation of the Concordat
By the way, a concordat is often used to "refer[s] to an agreement between the Vatican and a government on religious matters" (Wikipedia)
AND FINALLY
Because it's pretty cool
http://asv.vatican.va/immagini/doc/1122.jpg
^There is an image of the original copy of the Concordat of Worms.
What (if any) rules were there for the trials of Henry the Second?
I also wanted to learn a little more about Pepin. I found it interesting that he was also called Pepin the Younger. He was son of Charles Martel. He reigned from 751-768. Also called Pepin the Short and Peppen. Father of Charlemagne.
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