1. THE MIDDLE AGES

2. FEUDALISM AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN LORDS AND VASSALS
- VASSAL GET LAND (FIEF)
- MUST TAKE OATH OF LOYALTY
- PROMISE OF MILITARY AID
PAY HOMAGE
SERFS/PEASANTS TAKE OATH
TO SERVE VASSAL
SET UP MANOR
USED AS MILITARY, FARMERS
ALL JOBS AS WELL
SERFS OATH WAS TO VASSAL
PAYS HOMAGE TO VASSAL
VASSAL USES IT TO PAY
HOMAGE TO LORD WHO PAYS KING

3. FEUDALISM AND THE MANOR

4. NONE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THE FIRST
THE CRUSADES
POPE URBAN II
LAUNCH 1095
WIN JERUSALEM IN 1099
4 TOTAL CRUSADES
NONE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THE FIRST

5. Frankish King 46 yr reign, warrior King loved to fight
Frankish King 46 yr reign, warrior King loved to fight. Over 50 campaigns
Dominated Europe
Revived government and education
Not religious until 800 Pope asks for help crowns him Holy Roman Emperor (HRE) Christian King Ruling Christian people
Huge kingdom need strong government
CHARLEMAGNE

6. THE BLACK PLAGUE Proximity made it spread faster Killed within days
34% of population of Europe dies
Disease spread by rats
Comes from the East
Devastating effects on population
First appears in 1347 in Italy
Throughout Europe by 1353

7. MAGNA CARTA King John rules after Norman conquest of England
Cruel and greedy King.
Fought many battles and lost
Forced nobles to pay high taxes
Killed those who did not
Angry nobles force John to sign Magna Carta
Magna Carta
King gives nobles certain rights.
Monarch must obey the law
Protect the legal rights of people
trial by jury
no unjust prison
speedy trial
can’t raise taxes without permission of nobles
King John
MAGNA CARTA

8. HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
French power and development
Lasted off and on for 117 years
Battled for control of France
Established French control of mainland Europe and removed British control

9. JOAN OF ARC Peasant girl who leads France to several victories
Betrayed by Charles VII given over to British
Put on trial
Put to death for heresy
Rallied French forces to victory
Helps develop nationalism

10. Common law vs. Cannon law Henry II vs Innocent III
THOMAS BECKET
Common law vs. Cannon law
Henry II vs Innocent III

11. sacraments 7 sacraments helps church control people
All people involved
Covers every aspect of life.

12. LAY INVESTITURE LAY (COMMON PERSON NOT PART OF A GROUP)
INVESTITURE ( Invest or present people with certain Power) Clerical power in this instance
Battle between Pope Gregory and Holy Roman Emporer Henry IV
Only the Pope could appoint and install bishops into office
Henry IV Bishops as royal Lords and under his control

13. Scholasticism
Ancient greek way of learning that was Used in Medieval Europe, school of thought that used logic and reason to support Christian beliefs.