Background to the Great Schism: the Roman Catholic Church

12 questions

1. In Western Europe the most important bishop was the pope, based in ---
2. The leaders of the eastern church were known as ...
3. In order to control the Western Church, the pope acted almost like a ...
4. By the 7th century Jerusalem, Alexandria and ___ had been conquered by Muslims.
5. Whereas the Eastern Church used ___ in its services, the Western Church used Latin.
6. What was the 'Great Schism'?
7. The organisation of the Roman Catholic Church is best described as a ...
8. Starting with the most important, place the members of the Catholic Church in order of their importance.
9. Pope Leo IX wanted to ___ the Roman Catholic Church.
10. What was simony?
11. With which group of people did Leo come into conflict with in southern Italy?
12. Some women who had been married to clergy lost ___ in society.

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