1. The Early Middle (Medieval) Ages Early Middle (Dark) Ages: 500 – 1000
Chapter 7
The Early Middle (Medieval) Ages
Early Middle (Dark) Ages: 500 – 1000
High Middle Ages: – 1250
Late Middle Ages:

2. What will we learn?
Why?
What happens in Western Europe after the Roman Empire collapses
Charlemagne rules for a short time and spreads Christianity
Europe is largely Christian. This is the beginning.
To understand the chaos of the Middle Ages

3. Ch. 7 vocab
Charlemagne 7.1 Serf 7.2 troubadour 7.2 fief 7.2 Knight 7.2 vassal 7.2 Papal supremacy 7.3 apprentice 7.4 Journeyman 7.4 charter 7.4

4. Focus Q: October 5 What do you have to do the leave a legacy?
Be nice? Don’t kick the dog?
Be a good kid, husband, wife?
Know anyone who left a legacy?
What’s the big deal w/ Charlemagne?

5. Focus Q: Oct. 2 See map on page 217.
Check out which invaders built settlements.
What can you infer (figure out) about these groups from the fact that they settled in regions they raided?

6. Notebook Organization may be 10% of notebook grade
The Table of Contents is your guide
Keep things in the right order

7. The Early Middle (Medieval) Ages

8. French castle

9. Chambord, France

11. Aragon, Spain

12. Butrón castle, Spain

13. Vocab review Work in pairs draw a picture
put on board, students guess what term it is

14. Europe cut off from Middle East, China, India

15. Western Europe Declines
After the collapse of Rome, W. Europe declines politically, socially, economically
Invaders slow trade, towns empty, classical learning stops—Dark Ages?
**Really was blending of Roman, Germanic, and Christian traditions—later called the Middle Ages**

16. Franks (Germanic tribe) Get Power
Clovis
conquerors Gaul (France)
Preserves much of the Roman legacy
Converts to Christianity
Gains an ally in the Pope

17. Muslims threaten Europe
Islam begins around 600
Expand their empire from Palestine to N. Africa to Spain
Charles Martel defeats Muslims at Battle of Tours in 732 (see map p. 215)
Who will be Martel’s grandson?

19. Where’s the Roman Empire?
Who’s most powerful?

20. Just for laughs…….
Man who not poop for many days must take care of back log.
Man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted.

21. **Charlemagne** (Charles the Great)
Grandson of Charles Martel
Fights Muslims for much of his yr. reign
Briefly reunites much of western Roman empire
*created a united Christian empire*

22. Charlemagne: 742 to 814 Why the cross?
Fights Slavs, Lombards, Saxons, and Muslims

23. New Emperor of the Romans
Charlemagne helps Pope battle Muslims
**Pope, show gratitude, crowns Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans**
revives the idea of a united Christian empire
makes emperor of Eastern Roman empire angry
deepens the split btwn the eastern and western Christian world

24. Pope Leo III Crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor: Dec. 25, 800

25. The Age of Charlemagne

26. Charlemagne’s Legacy p. 217
Tried to use Christianity to unite his kingdom
Education too
Created strong, efficient govt
Blended Germanic, Christian, Roman traditions
Later Medieval rulers tried to follow this example

27. Charlemagne’s Empire
Does his empire
remind you of
another empire?

29. Charlemagne’s grandson’s
Charlemagne’s Empire Collapses: Treaty of Verdun, 843
Charlemagne’s grandson’s
split the empire
into 3 pieces.

30. Early Medieval Europe

31. Invaders—
Charlemagne’s heirs face invasions
Muslims
Magyars
Vikings

32. Vikings *Vikings break Charlemagne’s empire* From Scandinavia
Warriors, traders, explorers, expert sailors
1000 get to North America: Leif Erickson

35. Vikings or
Columbus?

36. Coats of Arms

37. Left side: Coat of Arms—Who am I?
Make a coat of arms that includes:
4 pictures of your values, beliefs, or principles
A caption explaining each value
A family motto: guiding principle