5.2 Europe becomes Christian

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§5.2 Europe becomes Christian

Spread of christianity

Test last lesson; put the names in the right place

Lord

Feudal system

Vassal

Subvassal

Success criteria

You can explain:

• How was life at a Monastry
• How Christianity was spread in the Netherlands.
• How Germanic traditions were kept
• Why clergymen were important in society

Monks and nuns

• Some Christians wanted to focus entirely on God
  
• For this they cut themselves off from the world
  
• These monks and nuns lived together in a monastery
  
• Here they could give their lives to God

Cloister garth

Scriptorium

Monastic garden

Burial ground

Chapel

School

Church

Missionaries

• Some monks travelled around converting others
  
• These missionaries made other people Christian
  
• The Germanic pagans were their main target
  
• With success: around 500 the Franks became Christian already

The Frisians

• Around 700, the Franks, Saxons and Frisians lived in the Netherlands.
• The Franks were Christian, but the Frisians had nature gods.
• The Christian pope wanted the Frisians to become Christian too.

Willibrord

• Around 700 the Irish monk Willibrord was tasked with converting the Frisians to Christianity.
• He became the Bishop of Utrecht
  
• With the protection of the Franks he went to the Frisians

What does it mean to 'convert'?

How?

• To convince the Frisians, Willibrord had some tricks:
• He told beautiful stories from the Bible
  
• He performed miracles, just like Jesus
  
• He used brute force, cutting down their sacred trees 

Bonifatius

Tries to convert the Frisians and  is killed in 754 in Dokkum. 

Mixture of cultures

• In order to convince Frisians even more, the Christians adopted their traditions!
• Example: the pagan midwinter festival became Christmas
  
• And the spring festival became Easter
  
• This is how the Christian and Germanic cultures mixed

Give two examples of how Christianity was spread in the Middle Ages.

Male inhabitants of a Monastry

Head of Catholic Church

Everybody who works for the church

Female inhabitants of a Monastry

Someone who wants to spread Christianity

the Pobe

Missionaries

Clergy

Monks

Nons

Answer the questions about life in a Monastry

5.2 Europe becomes Christian

Read together (p. 92)

Make exercises 1, 3, 4b and 5 of 5.2 in your WB (p. 122)

To work

What? Preparing for thursday . Study the text 'The Daily Life of Medieval Monks' in Classroom. Translate the words you don't understand using the internet.