High School Ancient History Lesson 23: The Church in the Middle Ages part I I

Note that with the abuses within the Roman Catholic Church that there began a gradual decline of Church power and prestige and the beginning of the questioning of the authority of the Church.

Watch David Macaulay: Cathedral.

Complete the following outline using your notes.

I. The Grandeur of the Roman Church -The Edict of Milan.
     A. Romanesque Architecture
          1. Chartes
          2. Rheims
          3. Amiens
          4. Beauvais
II. The Beginning of the Decline
     A. Boniface VIII (Reading: Unam Sanctam)
     B. The Babylonian Captivity of the Roman Catholic Church (Avignon Papacy)
     C. The Great Schism
          1. Pope Gregory XI
          2. Pope Urban VI
          3. The Council of Pisa
          4. The Council of Constance

Read Unam Sanctam, Boniface VIII.