1. Unit 3 Chapter 17: The Foundations of Christian Society in Western Europe
Standard MWH 2.1 Evaluate the consequences of the changing boundaries of kingdoms in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa

2. Pre-think
What do you know about the foundations of Christian society in W. Europe?
How did trade effect Europe’s rise?
How did religion effect Europe’s rise?
How did disease effect Europe’s rise?

3. POLITICS

4. Germanic Successors to the Romans
24 August 410 Alaric sacked Rome
476 Odoacer took over
470’s Visigoths took Spain
Clovis leads the Franks
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5. The Frankish Empire Clovis – Merovingian dynasty Married to Clotilda
Why was Clovis called the new Constantine by Gregory
Arian/Latin controversy

6. Charles “the hammer” Martel
Battle of Tours 732
Never a king, was a deputy of the last Frankish King
Grandson was Charlemagne “Charles the Great”

7. Charlemagne http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=XGkUNK8kmDw
Reigned 768 – 814
Traveling King
12/25/800 crowned Emperor by the Pope
Consistent support of the Papacy through spreading Christianity, education, militarism
Bloody Verdict of Verdun
Why was Charlemagne so important?
How did his diplomacy make his kingdom different from other Germanic kingdoms?

9. Viking Invasion
Lindisfarne monastery

10. Based on your knowledge of Christian monasticism what would make monasteries good targets for Viking raids?
Accumulated wealth
Isolated location
Non-militaristic culture
Christian missionary promulgation

11. King Otto 1 of Saxony Proclaimed emperor in 962
Strong supporter of the Papacy
Ruled over a Kingdom in Germany

12. Society Lord-retainer relationships Serf-manor relationships
Decentralized political order
Serf-manor relationships
Free and non-free serfs
Manor life
Manufacturing, farming, fighting

13. Economics of Medieval Europe

14. Let’s go to the FAIR!!! Local markets/fairs
Itinerant peddlers
Christian missionaries trading with Muslims in Spain
Maritime trade in the Baltic Sea w/Norse Merchant-Mariners
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15. Based on your knowledge of European history, how do you explain the data in this population chart? Write a 1 paragraph analysis of the data and prepare to share with the class.

16. Religion – Christianity
The Papacy
What happened in 1054 between the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople?
Pope Gregory I
(Gregory the Great)
Papal primacy
Penance
Missionaries to England

17. Monasticism St. Benedict of Nursia
Benedict’s rule : Read & analyze primary source documents
St. Scholastica
Monasticism’s contributions to Society
Libraries, scriptoria
Orphanages, inns, hospitals
education