Chapter 9 & 10 Joann Pham and Daisy Kwok
Feudalism ● King gave land to nobles and vassals for military service. ● Boosted by Charlemagne's empire ● Allowed social mobility
Feudalism Pyramid
● Duke of Normandy ● Used sheriffs to regulate the empire ● More centralized feudal system and issued standardized law codes. Feudal Monarchy in Europe
Feudalism Decline ● Effects of the Crusades ● Black death led to peasant revolts ● Nobles hired soldiers instead of knights
Crusades First Crusade ● Pope Urban II ● Captured Jerusalem 1099 ● Appeals: Arab riches & pass to Heaven
2nd Crusade ● Retained power until 1130 ● Muslim’s holy war jihad) against Christians ● Saladin- Edessa in 1144
3rd Crusade ● Death of Germanic king ● King Richard captured ● Truce with Saladin 4th Crusade ●Led by the merchants of Venice ●Directed attack to Byzantine Last Crusader kingdom Acre- 1291
Influence of the Crusades Muslims uninterested in the West Introduced the West to new cultures ● Military improvements: o Weapons- Damascus swords o Building of fortification ● New knowledge ● Trade and economy ● Unified the warring knights of Europe
Manorialism ● Economic part of feudalism ● Lord has power over serf ● Serfs: work the land and provide labor ● Lords: administered justice and protection ● Originated from Roman Empire
Serfs’ Lifestyle ● Limited agricultural equipment ● 3-field system Differences from slaves: ● Not bought or sold ● Owned their land ● Inherit
Decline of Kievan Russia ● Prosperity depended on trade Yaroslav’s death: ● land is split among his sons. ● Civil Strife ● Political power becomes fragmented. ● Constant battles ● His grandson is the last to try to unify Kievan Russia.
Mongols and Kievan Russia ● Invasions of the Mongols were final blow. Mongols ask for help: ● Kievan Russia was suspicious and refused to. ● Mongol emissaries were killed. ● Kievan Russia is sacked. ● Scores of clergy died. ● Mongols were sent by god to punish the Russians.
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