Dark Age Europe Based on the Braveheart clip and this picture, list 4 characteristics that you would associate with the Dark Ages great power of Catholic.

Dark Age Europe• Based on the Braveheart clip and this picture, list 4 characteristics that you would associate with the Dark Ages

great power of Catholic Church

Gothic architecture

No social mobility

Little progress in economics, education, technology

No centralized government

What are the Middle Ages?• Period in Europe between about 500-

1500

• Also known as Medieval Time Period

• Divided into 3 sub periods

– Early Middle Ages-500AD-1000AD (Dark Ages)

– High Middle Ages-1000AD-1300AD

– Late Middle Ages 1300AD-1500AD

The Germanic TribesWhere did they come from?

• Probably from Scandinavia

• Settled North of Danube and East of Rhine circa 750 BC

• Gradually migrated throughout northern Europe

Question: Why are they migrating so much?

Family and Cultural Values• Semi-nomadic• Valued warriors• Paterfamilias

– But respected women• Family most important

– Multiple families made up a clan– Multiple clans made up a tribe

• Tribes united in event of war

Economy and Government• Part-time farmers/part-time warriors• Extremely individualistic• Local chiefs and elders made laws• Justice carried out by injured party’s

family–Trial by Ordeal

•Accused person was placed in danger to determine guilt or innocence

–Wergeld- $ to compensation for murder

Social Structure

1.King- powerful chief

2.Noble- soldier w/ land loyal to king

3.Freeman- small farmer

4.Serfs- peasants bound to land

5.Slaves- captured in raids

Religion• Believed in an afterlife

• Originally polytheistic (pagan)

• Gradually adopted ChristianitySutton Hoo

Objective

• Through the use of the remaining dark ages slideshow and the reading on illuminations, you will be able to describe what resources were used to make illuminations, who created illuminations, what superstitious people believed illuminations represented AND illustrate your own illumination.

Ticket – In

• What do you think being a child was like in the Middle Ages?

• What do you think education was like in the Middle Ages?

• What do you think art was like in the Middle Ages?

Today’s Activities

• Read Art of Illumination• Illustrate – create your own illumination

The Book

of Kells

Purpose of Illuminations

• Most people could not read

• To spread Christianity, the educated would read the stories to the public in town squares and use the illustrations to emphasize the main points.

The Colors

• The colors for illuminations were primarily reds and golds. Purples and blues were very expensive and considered colors of loyalty. As a result, these colors along with greens were minimally used.

Ticket – Out

• What two resources were used to make the books of illuminations?

• Who was responsible for writing/illustrating the illuminations?

• What did superstitious people believe the books represented?