1. SOCIAL SCIENCE III

3.  BACKGROUND  SOCIAL PYRAMID  MANORIALISM  KNIGHTS AND CHIVALRY

4.  Widespread disorder  Suffering  Western Europeans lived in constant danger  People no longer trusted a central ruler for security.  Leaders who could fight the invaders attracted followers and gained political strength MEDIEVAL EUROPE MAGYARS MUSLIMS VIKINGS

5.  ROLLO  Head of a Viking Army  Plundered the rich Seine River valley for years.  CHARLES THE SIMPLE  King of France  Held little power.

6.  Feudalism is a system of governing and landholding that emerged in Europe, China, and Japan.  China – Zhou dynasty  Japan- 1192 until the end of the 19 th century.  Depended on the control of the land.  Feudalism is based primarily on mutual obligations.  Lord, fief, vassal

10.  Manors  Lords’s estates  Self-sufficient communities  Rested on the set of rights and obligations between a lord and his serfs. ▪ HOUSING ▪ GIVING OF STRIPS OF FARMLAND ▪ PROTECTION ▪ TENDED THE LANDS ▪ CARED FOR THE ANIMALS ▪ PERFORMED TASKS TO MAINTAIN THE ESTATE

11.  Serfs endured the harshness of their condition for they believed that God determined a person’s place in society.

12.  “What by spinning they save, they spend it in house-hire,  Both in milk and in meal to make a mess of porridge,  To cheer up their children who chafe for their food,  And they themselves suffer surely much hunger,  And woe in the winter, with waking at nights  And rising to rock an oft restless cradle.”  Serfs endured the harshness of their condition for they believed that God determined a person’s place in society.

13.  BACKGROUND:  Western Europe saw a number of warring nobles vying for power or supremacy.  Feudal Lords + private armies = PROTECTION  Knights were rewarded with fiefs in exchange of the protection

15.  FIRST : PAGE  Starts usually at the age 0f 7  Parents sending him off to the castle of another lord  Waited on his hosts; learned courtly manners  Learn war strategies  Develop fighting skills: SWORDPLAY/SWORD FIGHTING  SECOND: SQUIRE  Acted as a servant to a knight  Normally starts at the age of 14  Took care of the weapons, armor, warhorse,  Escorted knights to battles  THIRD: KNIGHT  At around 21  “In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I dub thee knight. Be valiant!”

16.  Chivalry  A complex set of ideals which demanded the knight to BRAVELY DEFEND HIS THREE MASTERS (feudal lord, heavenly Lord, chosen lady).  Being loyal, brave, and courteous  Cowardly knight – faced public shame (a mock funeral service usually was done to these knights)

18.  Write a 5-line song on either of the following themes: happiness, heartbreaks, devoted or unfaithful lovers, trust, and jealousy. Random calling. Be prepared to share in class.