Medieval Life: Empires, Kingdoms, & Cities
Terms—Empires, Kingdoms & Cities Truce of God Grand Assart Two-Field System Three-Field System Burgh; Burgher Charter Guilds Hanseatic league Champagne Fairs Lingua Franca Cathedral
Truce of God Church proclaimed periods of peace—supported by the most powerful secular rulers One of the first areas to benefit: agriculture
Grand Assart Continent-wide movement—clearing wastelands, draining swamps, cutting forests—to make land useable Results: more farmable land & more freemen
New techniques and inventions improve farming Agriculture New techniques and inventions improve farming
New Type of Plow (Mold Board)
New Horse Collars
New Way of Organizing Land Two-field system vs. Three-field system
Three-Field System
Walled Town or City: Burgh Inhabitants: Burghers (Carcassone, France)
Guilds
Guild Halls
Hanseatic League
Champagne Fairs
Results of Champagne Fairs Commercial practices begin Money instead of barter First use of credit Lingua Franca (French)—first universal language in Europe
Growth of Medieval Cities
Medieval Universities
Medieval Professors & Students
A Medieval Lecture
Bring together faith and reason Scholasticism Bring together faith and reason
Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)
Medieval Cathedrals
Canterbury Cathedral (England)
Chartres Cathedral (France)
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres – Stained Glass Windows
Chartres
Chartres
Chartres
Chartres -- Carvings