1. MEDIEVAL EUROPE
CHAPTER 15
AD 500s-1400s

2. SECTION 1
513 Map
514 Map
516 Map
518 Map
521 #3, Draw Diagram

3. Roman Empire AD 117

4. The Germanic Kingdoms
After the fall of Rome (ad 476), Europe was divided into many kingdoms
Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Angles, Saxons, Celts, Franks. They were called the germanic kingdoms

6. THE FRANKS 400s AD settled in the area that is now France
496 AD become Catholic under Clovis

7. CHARLEMAGNE Frankish King age 29
AD 800 He had an empire, which covered western and central europe
“Charles the Great”
Had as many as 18 children
French and Germans
Empire fell after his death in ad 814

8. The Rise of the Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church plays an important role in the growth of Western Europe
Gregory the Great, Gregory I. Pope AD 590 – 604. Wanted all of Europe to be Christian
Sent missionaries all over Europe to spread Christianity
Monks taught, provided food, taught carpentry, weaving and farming
Monks also copied the Bible

9. Monastery St. Michel France

10. FEUDALISM It’s a system of organizing society
Nobles given large farms if they helped King fight
Landowners (lords or nobles) gained the right to collect taxes and make laws on their “estates” (like towns)
Nobles governed and protected the people in return for services such as fighting in the army
By AD 1000 kingdoms of Europe were divided into thousands of feudal territories (like towns, called manors)
Center was the noble’s castle or fortress

11. FEUDALISM

12. Who’s Who in the Feudal System?
King
Nobles
Vassal/Knights
Peasants/Serfs

13. The Feudal System Nobles (vassals) Vassals Peasants
Served a lord of a higher rank
Loyalty to higher noble was important
Vassals
Served in the lord’s army
Received fief in return for service and loyalty
Followed a Code of Chivalry
Peasants
Had to work the lord’s land for 3 days per week
Received protection in return

14. THE MANOR The lands and fields of the middle ages were called manors
FIEF – land granted to knights as a reward
LORDS RULED LAND AND SERFS FARMED IT
SERFS WERENT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE MANOR
THEY EVEN HAD TO GETS THE LORD’S APPROVAL TO MARRY!
See pages 524 & 525

16. Was feudalism good or bad?
Read pages 532 and 533 and answer the questions.
This will help you make a decision about the feudal system.

17. Life in the Middle Ages People produced cloth, metal-work, shoes.
Guilds
Cities had narrow winding streets, houses were crowded

19. Life in medieval times The castle-Centerpiece of the manor
No work on catholic holidays (50 per year)
Peasant’s Diet
Bread, vegetables, milk, nuts & fruit

20. Noble Life in Medieval Times
Knights followed code of chivalry
Obey Lord
Be brave
Show respect for noble women
Honor the church
Help people
Many men went to war & women ran the manor

26. The magna carta King john England 1215
Took power from the king and gave the people rights
King had to obey the law

27. France and Russia
AD 843 Charlemagne’s kingdom was divided into 3, western part became France
AD 900 Vikings in Eastern Europe created a state around the city of Kiev became the Kievan Rus
The Kievan Rus are conquered by the Mongols in 1240
By 1462 the Rus regained control and the city of Moscow grew, they become the Russians
First Czar was Ivan (III) the Great in 1462

28. The crusades Christians and Muslims battle over Jerusalem
Pope urban II vs. Saladin
1095 Pope Urban speaks launches a crusade “holy war” against the Muslims
1098 1st crusade, Christians are victorious
1174 Saladin becomes Muslim ruler and strikes back taking Jerusalem in 1187

29. The crusades 10 crusades in total
3rd crusade led by Richard “the Lion Hearted” of England = Truce between Richard and Saladin
10 crusades in total
by 1291 the Muslims had reconquered all of their lost land

32. The church & society Life revolved around the church Saints
Church worked to end heresy, the practice of speaking out against church teachings
the inquisition-church court that tried heretics

34. The black death known as “the Plague”
Came from fleas on Rats from ships and caravans
Between 19 – 38 million Europeans died between
About 1/3 of the European population

37. Who was Joan of Arc?
1429 peasant French girl tells the French King that saints told her to free France from England
King Charles permitted her to go with the French army, she motivated them to victory at the Battle of Orleans
Captured by the English and put before the Inquisition
She was burned at the stake

39. THE END