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Oxendine
Other Names
• Sometimes called The Dark Ages or
medieval period.
Time Period
• Lasts roughly 1000 years, 500-
1500
Causes
• Name given to the time period after
the gradual decline of the Roman
Empire.
• Disruption of Trade: Merchant trade
collapsed and Europe’s economic
centers were destroyed. Money
also became scarce.
• Downfall of cities: Cities were
abandoned as centers of
administration.
Causes
• Population shifts: Roman cities left
without strong leadership. Europe
became mostly rural.
• Decline of learning: Germanic
invaders could not read or write.
Learning became less important as
people moved to rural areas.
• Loss of a common language:
Latin changed as Germanic people
mixed with Roman population.
3 C’s
• Clovis - First Frank King to unite all
Frankish tribes under one
authority. Also considered
responsible for spread of
Christianity in Frankish Kingdom.
• Charles Martel - He became Mayor
of Palace. He is known for re-
uniting the Frankish kingdoms. His
biggest achievement was perhaps
stalling the Islamic invasion of
France.
3 C’s
• Charlemagne - Also known as
Charles the Great or Charles I, was
one of the great leaders of the
Middle Ages. He was King of the
Franks and later became the Holy
Roman Emperor. He set up
schools in monasteries throughout
Europe. He had the laws written
down and recorded and instituted
many economic reforms.
Feudalism
Feudalism
Feudalism
• Feudalism - a social system that existed in
Europe during the Middle Ages in which
people worked and fought for nobles who
gave them protection and the use of land in
return.
• Fief – land grants
• Manor - an agricultural estate. It was usually
comprised of agricultural land, a village
where peasants worked that land, and a
manor house where the lord who owned or
controlled the estate lived.
Feudalism
• Chivalry – code of behavior for Knights
• Clergy – a group ordained to perform
pastoral functions in a Christian church
• Break down – Crusades, Black Death,
Political Change, and 100 year war
Church
3 ways they acquired power/wealth
1. land was given in the form of gifts from monarchs
& lords
2. Land was taken by force
3. Church collected a tax or tithe
Sacrament - Sacred rites that Christians believed
brought them blessings from God
Crusades
Crusades
Crusades
Decline - Political
Decline - Political
Decline – 100 year war
Decline – 100 year war
Decline – Black Death
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