The Church and the Gregorian Reform

In the tenth- and eleventh- centuries, the Church become under what is known as Lay Control.  Lay Control is when authority takes control over some business, agency, etc.  In this case, the local lords controlled the Church.  This led the Church to become a part in the feudal system.  Then all of this signals Pope Leo IX to take a stand and do something.  Later in the eleventh-century, we then see St. Gregory VII, whom the Gregorian Reform was named after, in a fight with the emperor of Germany, Henry IV.  And finally, Christendom and its meaning.

The Vikings

 

   The Vikings, as we have known them, were not only interesting boat-builders but also vicious, war-thirsty men and women.  Well, what happens when we first hear them in history?  They started an invasion in France.  How did the people of France take this?  What did they do?  What did the Vikings do that made the people run away?  Continue reading to find out.