PeopleKing

Peasants and servants

Lords and ladies

Knights

Lords BishopsMonksPriests

THE KING

Kings: They made the rules for their land, or kingdom. They were expected to follow the rules of the church.

Knights and NoblesKnights: Their job was to fight to protect the King and the kingdom. They went to knight school at a very young age.

Nobles: Nobles owned their own land in exchange for protecting the kingdom during war or battles.

PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH High Church Order:

The rulers of the church Popes: Head of the

church Priests: Controlled

individual churches Monks: Dedicated

their lives to the church

Nuns: Dedicated their lives to the church

LOWER SOCIETY

Skilled Workers: People who could perform difficult jobs like cooking, sewing, carpentry, or ironwork.

Farmers: People who had no education or skills and worked on the farm.

Buildings

Castles Houses

Churches and

Cathedrals

Monasteries

Walls

CASTLES

Walls: to protect the people

Servant living quarters: Rooms for servants

Well: to get waterKitchenBedroomsChurchGreat hall: For parties

or meetingsWatch towers: To look

for dangerHorse Stable: A home

for the horses.

ArtRoman, German and Islamic arts mixed together in the Early Middle Ages.

Two styles were important in this period:Romanesque

Gothic

Around 1100 turns into …

ROLE OF CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES

The church had respect and power.

The Church was led by popes. They were more powerful than kings!

MONKS Monks dedicated

their lives to God. Monks spent years

writing the bible by hand.

They preformed chores such as cooking, cleaning and farming.

They lived in Monasteries where they were teachers and cared for people.

NUNS

Nuns dedicated their lives to God.

They performed simple tasks like cooking, sewing or reading.

Some could also write and taught others.

CRUSADES

The Crusades were a series of battles between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East.

Christian knights wanted to take the Holy Land and give it back to Christians.

CRUSADES

Thousands of knights and “barbarian” soldiers united under Christianity attacked Muslims and Jews in Turkey and Jerusalem to gain the land for Christians.

IMPACT OF THE CRUSADES

Killing and persecution of Jews and Muslims

Economic development through trade

Kings and popes gained power