1. 500 AD1000 AD The Rise of Christendom in Western Eurasia Malarkey, Morikubo, Rinearson, Smith

2. 500 AD1000 AD Celts driven west and south ‘Angleland’ formed Anglo-Saxon (“Old English”) developed Beowulf Written

3. 500 AD1000 AD BEOWULFBEOWULF Beowulf Written

4. 500 AD1000 AD 7 th Century AD Anglo-Saxons convert to Christianity Angleland constantly threatened by Vikings

5. 500 AD1000 AD Franks and Christianity Seize Gaul Merovingians (300 years) then Carolingians took over –Charles Martel (the Hammer) –Battle of Tours 732 AD Conflict! Charlemagne Battle of Tours

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7. 500 AD1000 AD Present Day Religions in Europe

8. 500 AD1000 AD CHARLMAGNECHARLMAGNE The Intelligent Emperor

9. 500 AD1000 AD The Man He Was Crowned by Pope on Christmas Day in 800 A.D. Great warlord, defeated many Germanic tribes. Created a little “renaissance”. Education was important. Died January 28, 814 A.D. Charlemagne Dies Charlemagne is Crowned Emperor

10. 500 AD1000 AD His Empire

11. 500 AD1000 AD Key Things about Medieval Europe Warrior –to– Landowner Wealth = Land Land needs workers HUGE peasant (serf) class Small middle class

12. 500 AD1000 AD The Real Feudal System Christendom divided into large lands Called fiefs Fiefs also called feuda Kings had massive amount of land Kings had lots of lords who swore fealty to them Lords had vassals who swore fealty to them Peasants were around only to work the fields Rome falls

13. 500 AD1000 AD King Lord Vassal Lord Vassal Lord Vassal

14. 500 AD1000 AD Moving Up in the Feudal System To get more land, conquering was only option Being Peaceful meant less powerful Powerful Feudal System

15. 500 AD1000 AD A Uniting Force After the fall of the Roman Empire, there was severe political fragmentation One force united Europe: The Roman Catholic Church From 500 to 1000, there was amazing growth in the power of the church Power of the church

16. 500 AD1000 AD Bibliography Background Image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Cha rlemagne-by-Durer.jpg Our beloved Touchstone Companion to World History http://www.parliament.ge/pages/archive_en/art/pai nt/PIR/peasant.jpg http://www.nndb.com/people/180/000085922/char lemagne-1-sized.jpg http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/ f98/map.gif