Medieval

• How did churches influences society? [4]

  1. Controlled medical learning and universities
  2. Churches controlled monasteries where books were produced. Therefore, books had to be approved by churches before being passed into monasteries
  3. Churches would criticize anyone who disapproved of their beliefs
  4. People did not want to risk going hell
• Give 3 religious treatments that were used during the Black Death

  • Prayer
  • Pilgrimage
  • Flagellation
• How would Physicians carry out experiments?

  Stay far away from the dissection and would observe
• Why was little done by the king (government) to develop medicine?

  The king's job was to defend the country and keep peace and they tried to collect taxes for medicine yet no one would pay
• What were 3 local authorities attempted to prevent the Black Death?

  • Quarantine
  • People who visited the country had to quarantine for 40 days
  • Sanitation
• What was one of the prevention of the Black Death?

  To stop cleaning streets to ward off the bad smells
• Why did the government not had full authority?

  • The Church had more power
  • not fully enforced so rich people still moved freely
• How did the Catholic Church impact medieval period?

  It was a major institution which controlled peoples lives, education and ran universities. People took religion seriously. Therefore, it was believed that God had sent disease as a punishment. The Church supported that miasma caused disease. The Church would burn incense so it would smell nice.
• Attitudes in society (1250-1500)

  People always believed that God sent disease as punishment as the Church controlled peoples lives and people took religion seriously. The bible mentions diseases like leprosy. God sent that disease as punishment for sin people.
• Science and Technology (c1250 - c1500)

  Lack of continuity as if anyone tried to discover any new ideas then it had to link to the ideas of the church.
• Astrology

  People believed that if planets did not align then it would cause disease. IN 1347 planets didn't align and the Black Death occurred.
• Why did the Church believe in Galen's ideas?

  He believed in the soul