THE MIDDLE AGES So what comes to mind when we say “Middle Ages?”
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Jun 04, 2015
quiz will be based on this ppt and what sir discussed after our presentation. the style of the quiz is identification. Just simple lg.
there will be only two questions from sir's discussion, but very simple lg..hehe aside fron them, i will just use same discriptions as written in our ppt, so that it would be easier.. (e.g. question: the invaders sattled plains of Hungary. answer: Magyars )
there will be only two questions from sir's discussion, but very simple lg..hehe aside fron them, i will just use same discriptions as written in our ppt, so that it would be easier.. (e.g. question: the invaders sattled plains of Hungary. answer: Magyars )
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THE MIDDLE AGESSo what comes to mind when we say “Middle Ages?”
KNIGHTS!
CASTLES!
FEUDAL WARFARE!!!!
CHIVALRY- CODE OF HONOR
VIKINGS!
Jousting Tournaments
THE MIDDLE AGES
The period in European history between the downfall of Rome and the Renaissance.**
Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages
What is it……… Divisions of….
THE MIDDLE AGES
External Threats Northern Germanic
Tribes Invaded Roman
Empire in 5th century** Mongols
Internal Threats Growth and
expansion ended The “Bad” emperors Social Divide
Loss of Centralized Authority
Power Void Dominance of
Germanic culture or blending of
Loss of “institutions” Decline of Learning Ultimately a new form
of government focused upon 1 factor (security)
The Fall of Rome Results from the fall of Rome
WHO FILLS VOID OF ROMAN EMPIRE
Rise to power In 496 Clovis will
rise to King** 511 Clovis unites
the Franks into one kingdom
Provide for the loss of many “institutions”
Education Writing History Some Security
Kings The “Church”
ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH
Essentially religious communities**
Monasteries enable the “Church” to adapt to the rural population shift of Middle Ages
Allowed the “church” to reach the people
Men devoted to religious life were monks; women were nuns**
Branch office
In 520 popular monk named Benedict appears
Benedict writes a set of very strict laws for his monasteries Manual labor and
prayer 731 Venerable Bede
writes history of England
Monasteries Monks
“CHURCH” ORGANIZATION
Parishes: local Christian communities
Bishop: head of a parish
Diocese: area of authority of a bishop
Popes: eventual leaders of Roman Catholic Church
Gregory I Becomes Pope in 590** Also served as leader of
the city of Rome (later called the Papal States)
Increased power of Pope
Worked to convert Germanic Europe to Christianity
G. Chant
Organization Early Popes
THE FRANKS
Charles Martel Defeats muslims at
Battle of Tours 732 Pepin
Mayor of the Palace (eventually took the throne)
Died 768 Charlemagne
Charles the Great (son of Pepin)
768-814 Created the Carolingian
Empire Not until Napoleon
800 coronation; Emperor of the Romans Symbolized unification of
Roman, Germanic, & Christian Elements
Death in 814 will start the decline of Carolingian Empire
The Kings of Franks Charlemagne
INVADERS OF EUROPE (800-1000)
Muslims Southern coast
Magyars Settled plains of
Hungary Vikings
Northmen (Norsemen)
Destroyed towns and churches
Given land named Normandy
RISE OF FEUDALISM
Feudalism: new political and social system
Vassal: served lord in military capacity
Fief: grant of land made to a vassal
Feudal Contract: determined relationship between lord and vassal
Kings
Lords
Knights
Serfs
RISE OF EUROPEAN KINGDOMS
Angles & Saxons Oct. 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings William of Normandy;
crowned King of England
Henry II (1154-1189) Thomas Becket
King John 1215 Magna Carta
(beginning of limited power)
Capetian Kings Little more than Paris
Philip II Augustus 1180-1223 Growth of French
Monarchy Philip IV (Philip the Fair)
1285-1314 By 1300 France the
largest & best governed monarchy in Europe
England France
RISE OF EUROPEAN KINGDOMS
Otto I 962 crowned
emperor of the Romans
Frederick I “Italy the center of
a holy empire” Frederick II
Goal: Strong centralized government in Italy
Holy Roman Empire
TIME PERIODS OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Early 500-900 True “Dark” Ages Fall of institutions
High 1000-1200
Late 1300-1500
HIGH MIDDLE AGES
Primary Themes Peak of feudal
institutions Peak of “Church”
influence Revival of Trade,
Cities, Learning
PEAK OF “CHURCH” INFLUENCE
Age of Faith Increase of
intolerance The Crusades
Urban II encourages military campaigns to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims
Urban’s challenge well received (religious zeal, class of warriors, economics)
False Crusade 1096 the Peasant
Crusaders Peter the Hermit Walter the Penniless
Early Crusades First 1097 Second 1147 Third 1189 Fourth 1202
HIGH MIDDLE AGES
Rise of Universities First Universities Bolgna (1158); then Paris, Oxford After university could go on to law, medicine or
theology Scholasticism: philosophical and theological
system which tried to reconcile faith and reason; harmonize Christian teachings with the works of Greek philosophers
LATE MIDDLE AGES
Decline of Feudal institutions Hundred Years’ War New Monarchies Rise of money economy & commercial capitalism in
High Middle Ages
Decline of “Church” influence Great Schism 1378-1417
Disease Black Death 1347-1353 European population of 75 million; possibly 38
million die
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Keiko Mizuno
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Sheena Grace Lim
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