1. The Middle ages

2. Timeline of the foundation of Religion and the Middle Ages
Judaism
1500 BCE
Islam
570 CE
Hinduism
2000 BCE
Buddhism
563 BCE
500 CE
Middle Ages
1500 CE
Christianity
1 CE

3. Decline of the Roman Empire
The Middle Ages: 500 – 1500
The Medieval Period
(AKA The Dark Ages)
Rise of the Middle Ages
Democracy
Decline of the Roman Empire
Feudalism

4. European Empire Evolves
Roman Empire collapses
Smaller kingdoms develop

5. Vikings Attack Vikings – Germanic people “Norsemen”
Worshipped warlike gods

6. Power of the Church Offers stability, social center
Missionaries spread Christianity (Crusades)
Cannon Law – the law of the church
Excommunication – banishment

7. The Clergy

9. Feudalism Based on mutual obligation Provide knights in times of war
Fiefs – land grants
Military protection
Fiefs – land grants
service
protection
Based on mutual obligation

10. Feudalism Manors Lords provide housing, farmland & protection
Serfs tend land & animals
15-30 families
heavily taxed

11. A violent society Noble’s constantly fighting Defend estates
Seize new territories
Increase wealth
Kept Europe fragmented
Glorification of warriors

12. Castles and Keeps

13. Castles and Keeps

17. 5 major developments of the Late Middle Ages
The Hundred Years War
Longbow
Nationalism
Weakened feudal power

18. 3) The Fall of the Byzantine Empire
2) The Papal Schism
3) The Fall of the Byzantine Empire
4) Famines
Population increases
Towns grow

19. 5) Black Death The Bubonic Plague ACTIVITIES
While watching “The Black Death” answer the following:
How did the Plague arrive in Europe? How did it spread?
What effects did the Plague have on individuals? On Europe as a whole?
Read “The End of the World: The Black Death in Europe” and answer questions on the back