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1 Tuesday 1/13 wk 1 1. Who were the Vikings? 2. Where did the Vikings come from?

2 The Development of Feudalism Ch 9.1 Page 291

3 Setting of Medieval Europe

4 Topography and Waterways Arctic Ocean Ural Mountains Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean

5 Topography and Waterways DDDDiverse landforms –M–M–M–Mountains AAAAlps, Apennines –R–R–R–Rivers VVVVolga, and many others

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7 Climate and Vegetation  Mild weather, lots of rainfall –Lots of good farming  Citrus fruits, wheat, and barley  What does this mean?

8 What does this mean?  Europe’s climate helped small kingdoms and estates to thrive –thrive=do well

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10 The Christianity Grows and Spreads

11 Clovis and the Franks  Clovis –Leader of Barbarian group called the Franks –Defeated Roman army in France (Gaul) –Converted to Christianity

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13 The Growth of Monasteries  Monastery –A place of prayer and worship for priests called monks  Monks helped preserve and spread Christianity

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15 Wednesday 1/14wk 1 1. Who was Charlemagne? 2. What is the roughly 1000-year period after the fall of Rome called?

16 Feudalism A New Social Order

17 The Emergence of Feudalism  Feudalism –A political and social system based on agreements between lords and vassals  Why did it develop in Europe? –People needed protection from people like the Vikings –Kings and nobles needed a way to hold on to their lands

18 Feudalism I will serve you in exchange for land I will give you land in exchange for your loyalty lord vassal

19 The Feudal Structure King Nobles Vassals Peasants and Serfs

20 King  Highest Authority  Ruled large areas of land  Gave some land to nobles

21 Noble/Lord  Owned lands  Gave some land to vassals in exchange for loyalty and (military service)

22 Vassals  Provided loyalty and military service to lords in exchange for smaller pieces of land.  These pieces of land were known as “fiefs”

23 Serfs  A type of peasant  Farms the land for the lords and vassals

24 Feudal M&Ms

25 1 King 3 Nobles 9 Vassals 22 Peasants

26 King Noble A Noble B Noble C Vassal B Vassal A Vassal B Vassal C Vassal B Vassal C Peasant A


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