SETTING THE STAGE: EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES
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SOCIAL & POLITICAL STRUCTURE Clergy Vassals Lords FEUDALISM Serfs Townspeople
EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES ECONOMY Merchants & Artisans: organized into GUILDS Locally based Primarily agricultural
THE CHURCH & RELIGION Church = most powerful institution in Europe Europe predominantly Catholic European worldview overwhelmingly religious Church directed education EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES
EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION,
POLITICAL CHANGES Increasing authority of monarchs Centralization of power bureaucracy taxation parliaments
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC CHANGES Agriculture improvements Population growth Increased commerce Decline of Feudalism Rise of free labor Rise of Finance Urbanization EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION,
THE CHURCH AND RELIGION Loss of power & influence New religious ideas & challenges Move away from purely religious view EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION,
CHANGES IN IDEAS Scientific advancements Human anatomy Physical world & universe Exploration & conquest Technology EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION,
CHANGES IN IDEAS Individualism natural rights new ideas about government & society EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION,
THE FAMILY Changes in size & structure Transformation of function Changes in gender roles EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION,