Europe in the Early Middle Ages - Mr. O's World History I...

Europe in the Early Middle Ages

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Vocabulary Power• Roman Catholic Church- Main church

in western Europe

• Holy Roman Emperor- Name given to the leader appointed by the pope in western Europe

• Middle Ages- Time period of European history from about 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D.

• Medieval- name given to the “Middle Ages”


Vocabulary power• Anointed- To dedicate to the service of

God

• Missionaries- People sent out to do religious work in a foreign territory

• Germanic tribe- Groups that migrated across Europe. (Franks)

• Monasteries - A community of people bound by religious vows (Example= monks)

• Franks- Group that settled in present day France;


Vocabulary power• Feudal Society (Feudalism)- System of rule

where powerful lords (landowning elite) divided their land between lesser lords.

• Fief- plot of land given by the king to nobles that pledged their loyalty.

• Manors- farming communities that developed within a fief that could produce everything the people needed

• Vassals- Nobles that accepted land in return for their loyalty to the king or queen

• Serf- Peasant bound to farm the nobleman’s land

•Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Vocabulary Power• Self- Sufficient- able to produce on its own

• Charlemagne- Emperor, crowned by the pope, that built an empire--- Most of Western Europe was included in the Empire

• Continental Europe- mainland Europe

• Angles and Saxons- Groups of invaders that settled in present day England

• Vikings- Scandinavians that settled in Russia

• Magyars- Invaders that migrated from Central Asia to Hungary


Vocabulary

• Secular- Worldly; not dealing with religion


Foundations of Early Medieval Society

• Some of the influences that shaped Medieval Society included:

• Classical heritage of Rome

• Christian Beliefs

• Customs of Germanic tribes


Influence of the Roman Catholic Church

• After the fall of the Roman empire- Secular authority declined while CHURCH Authority grew.

• Monasteries preserved Greco-Roman cultural achievements and were centers of learning.

• Missionaries carried Christianity and Latin alphabet to Germanic tribes throughout Europe.


Influence of the Roman Catholic Church

• Pope anointed Charlemagne as Emperor in 800 C.E.

• Parish priests (local community priests) served the religious and social needs of the people. (This included baptism, marriage, holy communion)

• Invasion shattered Roman protection over the Empire.


Feudal Society During the Middle ages

• With the collapse of the Roman empire people were left without protection from invasion- a new form a government emerged called Feudalism

• Feudalism was a system of rule in which local rulers swore allegiance to monarchs.

• Monarchs granted small plots of land called fiefs to nobles to gain their loyalty and service.


Feudal Society During the middle ages

• These nobles or lords would divide their land into smaller fiefs and appointed knights who were responsible for duties such as enforcing laws and collecting taxes within their small fief.

• At the bottom of feudal society were “serfs” or peasants who made up the majority of the population and farmed the lord’s estate or manor for protection and a place to live.


Feudal Society

Knights (provided military service)

Serfs and Peasants

King

Fiefs

FIEF: a plot of land given in exchange for loyalty

and taxes

Lords (Powerful Nobles)

Loyalty, Taxes and Protection

Fiefs & Protection

Protection, Food & Shelter

Food & Labor

Loyalty, Taxes and Protection

“Knights Up, Hoes Down”


King

Lords/Nobles

Knights

Serfs/ Peasants


Manorial System in the middle ages

• Fiefs contained one or several manors.

• Manors were self- sufficient farming communities- meaning that they could produce everything the people needed including food clothing and lumber for building houses.

• Manors had a rigid social structure- For example serfs remained serfs and even their children were born serfs.


Manorial System


Manorial System


Manor ProjectOn the back of your packet, you are creating your own Medieval Manor

• Your Medieval Manor must include the following:

• 1. A manor house or castle

• 2. A village containing a blacksmith, church, bakehouse, mill, stores/shops, housing for the serfs/peasants

• 3. The landscape must contain a water supply (stream and pond or lake), a forest, an orchard, multiple planting fields, pasture for animals, a barn


Age of Charlemagne• Frankish kings used military power to

expand their territory and the Franks emerged as a force in Western Europe.

• Pope crowned the Emperor. (Charlemagne was crowned emperor by Pope Leo III)

• Power of the church was established in political life

• Roman culture was reinterpreted. Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Age of Charlemagne

• Most of western Europe was included in the new empire

• Churches, roads, and schools were built to unite the empire




Invasions of Migratory groups- Areas of

Settlement• Angles and Saxons settled from

continental Europe to England

• Magyars from Central Asia to Hungary

• Vikings from Scandinavia to Russia


Angles and Saxons: From Continental Europe England


Magyars: From Central Asia to Hungary


Vikings: From Scandinavia to Russia


Influence of the Angles, Saxons, Magyars and

Vikings• Manors with castles provided

protection from invaders which helped to reinforce the feudal system.

• Invasions disrupted trade, towns declined, and the feudal system was strengthened.


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