Do Now

Write down everything you know about the Middle Ages.

Essential Question: What did the Middle Ages bring to

Europe?

Do Now

Pick the term that DOES NOT fit with the rest! Explain why you picked it!

Angkor Wat Pax Mongolia Trade Chaos/ No Control

The Middle Ages

Essential Question:

What did the Middle Ages bring to Europe?

Periodization

Early Middle Ages: 500 – 1000

High Middle Ages: 1000 – 1250

Late Middle Ages: 1250 - 1500

Europe in the 6 century

After the Western Roman Empire falls to Germanic invaders there is a decline in safety, centralized government, and there is constant warfare and invasion.

Middle Ages

Not a great time to live in because:

constant threat of attack nutrition is poor and famines are

common learning drops and most people

cannot read drop in culture social ranks become rigid/unmovable

Medieval Church

Roman Catholic Church helps to keep Europe together under the Christian religion.

People during the middle ages are very religious and many people go to church every day.

Monks and Nuns----run schools, hospitals, libraries

A Medieval Monastery: The Scriptorium

Illuminated Manuscripts

Pope

The Pope = Leader of the Catholic Church

    More powerful than kings

If you were someone who did not follow church teachings, or a heretic, you could face

EXCOMMUNICATION which means you cannot get the

sacraments and cannot go to heaven

Power of church cont

Curb heresies crusades; Inquisition

tithe 1/10 tax

Church owns 1/3 of Western Europe land

Chivalry: A Code of Honor and Behavior

Feudalism

Landowners (kings or lords) give a piece of their LAND to other lords in return for LOYALTY and MILITARY SERVICE.

Under Feudalism, peasants (serfs)  FARM the lord's land in return for PROTECTION and the ability to farm part of the lord's land for themselves

Feudalism

The Medieval Manor

Pope Crowned CharlemagneHoly Roman Emperor: Dec. 25, 800

Charlemagne’s Empire

Agricultural Achievements

1) better plows2) horseshoes for horses3) Three field system - fields

planted were wheat, legumes (or veggies), and one field was left fallow. 

This way the soil would renew its nutrients and keep pumping out huge amounts of food :)

Romanesque Architectural Style

e Rounded Arches.e Barrel vaults.e Thick walls.e Darker, simplistic interiors.e Small windows, usually at the top of the wall.

Life on the Medieval Manor

Serfs at work

Carcassonne: A Medieval Castle

Parts of a Medieval Castle

Do Now

Please answer the following question:

Would you have rather been a knight or a peasant during the Middle Ages? Explain your answer

Crusades

The Crusades were a holy war to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem and other regions where Jesus of Nazareth had lived) from the Muslims who controlled that region.

Timeline

1054- Spilt between eastern and western Christianity

1070-Jerusalem taken by Muslims (Turks)

1096- Pope Urban II- start the Crusades

Why Pilgrimages were very popular and did not want Muslims control the Holy Land

The Crusades

First Crusades (1095-1101)-25,000-30,000 peoplePlundered and slaughtered Jews and

MuslimsRegained Jerusalem

Second- 1145-47Jerusalem lost to Saladin (Muslims)

Third (1188-92)- Won back land but not Jerusalem- Richard the Lionheart makes treaty

Fourth (1204)- Captured Constantinople for Latin

Church- Many holy relics

- Later Crusades failed and stopped in 1291

A Successful Failure

The Crusades' main goal of reconquering the Holy Land from the Muslims ends in failure!

However successful because they: 1) Introduce Europe to new learning

and inventions (Muslims) 2) Restarts European trade with the

rest of the world

3) Helps unity of Europeans by reducing fighting among European nobles (most leave to fight crusades)

4) End of Feudalism- rise of cities /end of serfs

5) Europe is no longer isolated from other continents (learning increases---Greek)

6) Trade increases population of Europe

Negative---Persecutions of the Jews

GD Question

In your GD groups answer the following question:

Do you think the Crusades were a good idea or a bad idea to fight for Europe?

Classwork

Please complete the following:

Reading Guide- p 119-127 p 129- 134

Textbook p 385 # 1, 3, 4, 5

p 392 # 1 and 3

Computers and Black Plague

Do Now

Please answer the following question in your notes:

In a 3-4 sentence answer, describe what the Middle Ages were?

Fill in the pyramid using the following words:

Serf, lord, king and knight

Japan and Feudalism

Japan and Feudalism

FEUDALISM DEVELOPS WHEN: There is a lack of a centralized

government When there is a general lack of order

and chaos results

Geography

Japan is an ARCHIPELAGO, or chain of islands

The waters that surround Japan ISOLATE it and prevented armies from invading

The water also allowed for CULTURAL DIFFUSION from Korea and China.

Religion The native religion of Japan is SHINTO   It has no HOLY BOOKS   It is based on the worship of KAMI, or NATURE

spirits 

The Japanese believed that their emperor was a GOD

Power

EMPERORS have no actual power They are FIGUREHEADS

Feudal Japan Feudal EuropeShogun

 Daimyo

 

King

Lord

 Samurai

 

 Knights

 

 Peasants

 Peasants/Serfs

Bushido 

Chivalry 

BUSHIDO The Samurai warrior code – based on honor- it demanded that a samurai be loyal to his lord and practice self-discipline.

If a samurai lost his honor he would commit hari-kiri or ritual suicide. This would return honor to the samurai and his family

How was Japanese Feudalism different from European Feudalism?

In Europe lords and their vassals had a LEGAL or law-based agreement.

  In Japan the connection between a

samurai and their daimyo was based on MORALITY (what is right/wrong), or believing it was the right thing to do.

JAPAN WAS AN HONOR- BASED SOCIETY

Classwork

Please complete the following:

Textbook - Worksheet

-Define: Guild and Commercial Revolution Reading Guide- p113-114

Assessment Questions