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Europe – The Dark AgesEurope – The Dark Ages
Major Eras of European History
Classical Era (Greece and Rome) 500 B.C.- 600 A.D.
Middle Ages (time of knights and castles) 500 A.D. – 1500 A.D.
Renaissance
Early Modern Era (time of powerful kings and exploration) 1500 A.D. – 1776 A.D.
Why was Europe so dangerous during Middle Ages?
DiseaseDisease
WarWar
Weak governments (No rule of law; no Weak governments (No rule of law; no police or army)police or army)
Who were the Vikings?
Raiders from Scandinavia who attacked villages along coastlines and up rivers.
Lacked resources and centralized government
Vikings!
Viking longboat
Vinland
Around 1000
Iceland Greenland
No more large cities, trade, scholarship.
With all the disease, riots, outside attacks and starvation people fled the cities of the once strong Roman empire.
In Europe, people now lived on manors, self-sufficient communities consisting of a castle, church, village and surrounding farmlands.
Castles!
Feudal Warfare!!!!
Trebuchets were used to hurl all sorts of objects at the enemy.
Life on the Medieval ManorLife on the Medieval ManorLife on the Medieval ManorLife on the Medieval Manor
SerfsSerfs at work at work
What is Manorialism?
Economic System: Manoralism Manoralism – the economic system of Middle Ages based on the manor. No large-scale trade.
People live in isolated farming communities centered around a manor, a castle, a church. Farmland surrounds this small community.
What is cottage industry?
People made stuff at home in their cottage. No factories; no trade
FeudalismThe kings had lots of land; he gave land to lords in exchange for protection and $.Lords gave their land to knights in exchange for protectionKnights let serfs work the land and he would protect them. Serfs got food and shelter.Thus, each person had rights and responsibilities
Feudalism….summary
Again, the king is at the top
The king grants land to the lords. Lords are in charge of the knights.
Knights get land; they practice fighting
Peasants or serfs work the land in exchange for protection
Serfdom represented a stage between slavery and freedom
Slaves belong to master and can be bought and sold; Serfs could not be sold apart from the land nor could his holding be taken from him.
Medieval Serfs were fixed to the soil. he could not change his abode, nor marry outside the manor, nor bequeath his goods, without the permission of his lord.
SerfsSerfs
Chivalry- medieval code of honor
Middle AgesMiddle AgesIntellectual achievements: It was a “dark” time for Europe intellectually. Literacy and scholarship was low. There was not much science or philosophy or art.
There was only one book, only a few copies of it, and only priests could
read it. (written in Latin)
What was the Role of Church in Middle Ages?
Church offered political stability
Offered comfort and help in a time of need
Grew very powerful!
Role of Church
Monks were spiritual leaders
They lived in monasteries that acted like trade schools and YMCAs
Since there were no strong empires, the Church was one organization that had respect and
power.
Popes were more
powerful than
kings!
Monks and Nuns were glorified
Here, monks are hand-copying Bibles in a scriptoriumscriptorium ( a room for copying Bibles).
Pope Crowned Charlemagne King in the year 800 (Dec. 25th)
There are 2 wars you need to know about.
In 1066, Norman invasion of England (by William of Normandy)
William of Normandy helped make England what it is today and codified feudalism (gave it the force of law).
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
Why was Constantinople so important geographically?
It was on a major choke point or “crossroads” betwn Euro and Mid East
What was the impact of the Crusades?
Social: Persecution of Jews and Muslims; spread of Greek and Arab learningEconomic development via tradePolitical: Kings and popes, gained power as a result.
Islamic Empire (purple)
No Dark Age outside Europe!Islamic scholars made scientific advances during the European Middle Ages.
ALSO, they preserved the ancient Greek and Roman texts that Europeans seemed to have misplaced after Rome’s fall.
University in Morocco. Founded in 859 C.E.!
The Crusades established contact with the rest of the world.
Magna CartaMagna CartaExample of Rule of
LawLimited the power of the king in 1215The 1215 Charter required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary
What are technologies of the Middle Ages?
Water Wheel
Crop rotation
Eyeglasses
Mechanical Clock
Printing
Gunpowder
Crop Rotation
After years of growing the same crop, you need to grow something different so you don’t deplete the soil of nutrients.
EyeglassesInvented in Pisa 13th centuryBy 15th century Italy making thousands spectaclesEyeglasses encouraged invention of fine instruments
GaugesMicrometersFine wheel cuttersPrecision tools
Mechanical Clock
Undermined Church authority
equal hours for day and night a new concept
Every town wanted one Public clocks installed in towers
Allowed individual autonomyWork now measured by time
increased productivity
Bern, Switzerland
GunpowderGunpowder Europeans improved gunpowder to siege castlesEuropeans focused on range and weight of projectiles: siege warfare
Merchant Guildsorganizations formed for mutual protection (horses, wagons, and goods) when travelling. Provided the nucleus for civic organization. (mayors, town councils, etc…)
Often a merchant guild would found a town by obtaining a charter.
Craft Guilds•A group of artisans engaged in
the same occupation, e.g., bakers, cobblers, stone masons,
etc.. •mutual protection and mutual
aid.•The purpose of the guilds was to
maintain a monopoly of a particular craft (no outsiders no outsiders
allowed!allowed!)•Ensured quality of Ensured quality of
workmanship, regulated prices.workmanship, regulated prices.
Where is Greece?
Where is Rome?
Where was the Norman Invasion in 1066?
Where was the “crossroads” to the Crusades?
Where did the Crusades take place?
Summary
The Roman Empire fell due to outside attacks and disease (brought on by trade)
The Middle Ages began as the Church replaced governments as the central authority.
Feudalism/ Manoralism came from people’s need for protection. Each member had rights
and responsibilities.
Cultures interact through wars, such as the Crusades, and trade ideas such as democratic
ideas or religious ideas
Any questions before the quiz?
1. What was the economic system of the Middle Ages in Europe?
ManorialiManorialismsm
2. Under Feudalism, what responsibility does a knight have? What does he give in return?
Fight for the lord and Fight for the lord and protect the manor protect the manor
and it’s inhabitantsand it’s inhabitants
3. In what year did William of Normandy invade England?
10661066
4. How did monks and nuns improve life in the Middle Ages?
a. They opposed the feudal system
b. they gave land to peasants
c. they cared for the sick and poor
d. they excommunicated criminals
5. A peasant who was tied to the land
A. slave
B. plebeian
C. serf
D. baron
6. New agricultural technologies in the Middle Ages led to
A. increased food production
B. creation of farming guilds
C. end of Church influence
D. end of feudalism
7. According to the map, what
percentage of people died of Black Death
in area A?A.15-50% B. over 50%
C. it was unaffectedD. under 15%
8. Crop _________ allowed for an increase of production of food on the manor.
A. burning
B. splitting
C. thinning
D. rotation
9. Writing rooms where monks copied the Bible were called _______
A. scriptoriums
B. writing lavs
C. Ecrivers
D. Guttenbergs
10. According to the map, which areas were the most affected by the Black Death?
A. C and DB. A and F
C. BD. E
11. This was an economic result of the Crusades.
A. trading contacts were opened with the Muslim world
B. cultural diffusion happened in Jerusalem
C. Popes gained ruling power
D. many people died
12. This is a social result of the Crusades
A. Kings got more powerful as a result
B. Trading connections will lead to greater European wealth
C. persecution of Jews and Muslims
D. Popes got stronger as a result
13. The Magna Carta can be described as a
A. Journal about English feudal societyB. list of feudal rights that limited the power of the
English monarchyC. census of all tax-paying nobility in feudal
EnglandD. statement of grievances of the middle class in
England
14. This is an economic result of the Crusades?A. Trading connections helped many Europeans get richB. Many people died of plagueC. Popes gained political powerD. kings established trade routes with Scandinavia
15. Political and social system based on the ownership of land
A. mercantilism
B. feudalism
C. communism
D. monoralism
18. The economic system of the Middle Ages that was based on small, self-sufficient communities was
A. feudalism
B. traditional
C. manorialism
D. market
19.This institution was the most respected and held most of the political power in Europe
A. monarchy
B. The Church
C. The Peasant’s Guild
D. Illuminati
20. Norsemen from Scandinavia who terrorized Europe using their masterful sailing skills (their longboats)
A. Angles and Saxons
B. Vikings
C. Mongols
D. Celts
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