1. European Medieval Society

2. 4 Categories
Feudalism
The Manor
The Church
Chivalry

3. Feudalism
Arose due to a need land owners had for protecting their territory
No national standing army to protect one’s land
Alliances/loyalties between lords and vassals
Oaths of loyalty in exchange for land and military service
Ranking of power and authority
People knew their place
The lord grants the vassal a fief, land in return for service and loyalty
The vassal then parcels out that land to lesser lords as fiefs

4. Feudalism

5. Feudalism Hierarchy

6. Feudalism hierarchy

7. Feudalism One more look

8. The Manor Society Set the economic base of medieval Europe
Self-sufficient communities producing a variety of goods
Established a set of rights and obligations between serfs and lords
Serfs were bound to the land
Had to ask lord permission to marry to travel

9. A medieval manor

10. The Manor

11. The Church The unifying force of Christian faith
Western Europe: Catholic Church: Pope head of the Church
Held power over people’s everyday lives
Involved in political affairs
Power struggles between Popes and monarchs
Cathedrals were the visual showcase of their power

12. The Medieval Cathedral

13. Medieval cathedral

14. Code of Behavior Chivalry
A knight had to display courage and valor in combat
Devotion to a feudal lord
Devotion to a heavenly lord
Respect towards women
Love songs evoking the women a man cannot have came from traveling troubadours

15. Code of Chivalry

16. Chivalry: Isn’t dead

17. Crusades
Causes:
To restore the right of Christians in the Holy Lands of Jerusalem
To aid the Byzantine Empire against the Seljuk Turks who were getting close to invading Constantinople
To gain the fabulous riches of the East
To acquire new feudal lands in the East
To gain access to trade routes to the East

18. Crusades: Effects Hardened Muslim attitudes toward Christians
The beginning of the build up of the Ottoman Empire in the East
Expanded the use of a money economy
Stimulated trade, architecture and the growing urban culture
Began a new need for spices and luxuries from the East
Broadened contacts with the Muslim world
Crusaders brought back knowledge once thought lost of the ancient Greeks and Romans
New discoveries, uses of herbs, medicine from the East
Cultural diffusion