2. Spain Mediterranean Sea France Germany UK North Sea

3. The Holy Roman Empire Spain France England AFRICA

4. Intro Question What do you think life was like during Medieval times? Education? Health? Trade? Type of government?

5. Europe During Medieval Times

6. CA Standards CA Standards 7.6: Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

7. Q. What is Medieval ? Medieval: A time period in history referring to the Middle Ages. This was a time that was old fashioned and not very “cool” at all

8. I. The Middle Ages are divided into 3 parts: Early Middle Ages High Middle Ages Late Middle Ages “We should explore this topic more clearly”

9. The Early Middle Ages These are dark times

10. A. This time period begins with the “fall” of the Roman Empire in the West in 476 AD

11. a. The Roman Empire had kept Europe together

12. b. Without the Roman Empire, Europe fell into chaos

13. c. Few people wanted to travel because of the bad roads

14. E. Trade decreased dramatically! (People went back to a bartering system ) Barter System: People trade one thing for another thing. (No use of dinero) “I’ll trade you this baby for some food!” “sweet”

15. F. Without Roman soldiers & government people to enforce the laws…

16. A power vacuum occurred

17. B. By the start of the High Middle Ages, life had begun to be more stable

18. a. Many separate European Kingdoms (such as England, France, the Papal States, and the Holy Roman Empire) had formed in the West

19. Label on your map: France, England, The Papal States, and the Holy Roman Empire

20. b. During the High Middle Ages, most people lived in the country

21. c. They lived under a social & political system called Feudalism ! “More about this later”

22. d. People relied on powerful kings to keep things together…

23. & the Roman Catholic Church

24. C. The Late Middle Ages saw trade between the west (Europe) and the east (Asia) increase

25. a. Because of this increase in trade, people moved from the country into towns