1. Bell Work 12/4
Also!
I will be collecting your notebooks Friday, here is what you should have:
11/18 Bell Work – & Notes ROME 11/19Family Structure in Rome
11/20 Punic Wars WKS & Notes 11/21Roman Culture & Society
11/25 Bell Work & Notes (Pompus, Crass & Caesar Salad)
11/26 Caesar’s Leadership as an absolute ruler
12/1 Bell Work & Notes Augustan Society 12/2 Spread of Christianity
12/3 Middle Ages Notes
On the sheet you just picked up, Define the word Loyal in your own words and describe a situation either from your own experience of from a news report in which someone’s loyalty was very important. What would we do if the government broke down?

2. Devolution –
Movement of power from the central government to regional governments within the state.
What causes devolutionary movements?
Ethnic or cultural differences
Religious differences
Linguistic diversity
Economic disparity
Movement or circulation
Physical geographical differences

3. Middle Ages
Time between the fall of the roman empire & the age of enlightenment
C.E

4. Key words Essential to Feudalism
Feudalism- (Fyoo-duh-lih-zuhm) A system of PROTECTION in the Middle Ages.
Vassal- An agreement between lords & knights that stated that they would protect the land. Knights were called their lords “vassals”.
Wergeld- legal structure that allowed for compensation for personal injury

5. HOW DID FEUDALISM ESTABLISH ORDER IN EUROPE? – The Feudal Hierarchy
PEOPLE WERE BOUND TO ONE ANOTHER BY PROMISES OF LOYALTY AND RESPONSIBILITY (1000 C.E.)
MONARCH- RULER OF ALL LANDS
LORD - NOBLES BY BIRTH
KNIGHT- ARMORED SOLDIERS
PEASANTS - POOR FARMERS PAID RENT TO A LORD
SERFS- UNFREE PEASANTS THAT WERE “TIED” TO LAND, COULDN’T LEAVE. NO CHOICE BUT TO WORK LAND

6. Feudal Hierarchy Identify each group in the hierarchy
“Hear you my Lord. . . that I. . . shall be to you both faithful and true, and shall owe my Fidelity unto you, for the Land that I hold of you, and lawfully shall do such Customs and Services, as my Duty is to you, at the times assigned. So help me God and all his Saints” - from The Manner of Doing Homage and Fealty
Oath of Loyalty
Identify each group in the hierarchy

7. WHAT WAS A MANOR AND WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT?
Manor- an agricultural estate owned by a lord and worked by peasants MANORS WERE SELF- SUFFICIENT : THEY GREW AND BUILT EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED THEMSELVES ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON THE MANOR HAD A ROLE WITH DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES. Craft Guild- a group of people who work at the same occupation
Practiced the 3-field system
Farmers would use 2 fields a year and let one lie empty
This allowed them to grow more food

8. Medieval Monasteries
A Monastery is a community of people who devote their lives to religion & learning These places allowed for communities to develop independent of feudalism the preservation of both pagan and Christian texts an easy way for kings to find advisors and administrators

9. Charlemagne united Europe 771 CE
-created greatest empire since Ancient Rome
--Pope crowned him Emperor which revived the idea of united Christian Empire.
Created Holy Roman Empire
1st Reich
Effectively fused Roman, Christian, and Germanic cultures

11. Constantinople

12. FEUDALISM

13. Byzantium