1. MWH Unit One Day 10

2. Wednesday, September 20, 2017
In your MWH notebooks write the day, date, and the year
Write the question and then answer the question
Question: What are three things you know about the Middle Ages (Medieval Times)?

3. Byzantine Empire Assignment
All parts due today
Staple them in order to turn the assignment in
Will not be counted for missing assignment s

5. Charlemagne King of the Franks who united Europe
After being named the Holy Roman Emperor in 800 AD, Charlemagne strengthened his rule and attempted to create a  united Christian Europe.  Working closely with the Roman Catholic Church, he helped spread Christianity to the far reaches of the empire.

6. Ruling Style
Charlemagne appointed nobles to rule local areas.  He gave them land, expecting them in return to help with the defense of the empire.  As a way to control these rulers, Charlemagne regularly  sent out officials called missi dominici to check on conditions throughout the empire.

7. Impact on Education
Charlemagne himself could read but not write. He is said to have kept a slate by his bed so that he could practice making letters if he had time before going to sleep at night.
Although he made little progress with his own writing skills, he saw the need for officials who could keep complete and accurate records.
Education had declined so much that even the supposedly educated clergy were often sadly ignorant.
Charlemagne also encouraged learning.  He set up a school to ensure the education of government officials.  He also established libraries where scholars copied ancient texts,  including the Bible and science and history texts written in Latin.
Charlemagne revived Latin learning in his empire and strived to create a "second Rome".

8. Legacy
When Charlemagne died in 814 his empire quickly fell apart as his heirs battled for control.  In  843, Charlemagne’s grandsons signed the Treaty of Verdun, which divided Charlemagne’s  empire into three separate kingdoms, one for each grandson.  
Charlemagne had a lasting influence.  His strong government was a model for future medieval  rulers.  He also helped spread Christianity to northern Europe.

9. Feudalism Video
Kings: Lords: Vassals/Knights: Peasants/Serfs: Manor: Castle: New Farm Technologies:

10. Feudalism Graphic Organizer
We will create a graphic organizer together, then you will fill in your graphic organizer based on the notes

11. Feudalism definition: a loosely organized system of rule in which powerful local lords divided their landholdings among lesser lords. In exchange, lesser lords, or vassals, pledged service and loyalty to the greater lord.

14. Kings and Queens
Kings and Queens were in charge of everyone on their land
Led armies into battles
Granted favors and gave gifts to keep the support of their lords
Queens usually had quite a bit of influence over their sons

15. Lords and Vassals
Lords give land to lesser nobles in exchange for service
Participated in wars with other lords—usually to gain more land and wealth
Vassal—lesser lord--don’t get to own land but can divide up the land and give it to others acted as Managers of the Lord’s land

16. Knights Similar to the samurai in Japan
Wore suits of armor made of chain mail
In battle, knights carried shields with their coat of arms
Chivalry --system of rules that dictated a knights behavior

17. Knights, Cont. Knights were expected to follow the code of chivalry:
knights were expected to fight fair
Knights were expected to be loyal and keep their word
Expected to be courteous to women and weaker men if they were in the same social class
Peasants saw knights as arrogant bullies

18. How to Become a Knight Had to belong to the noble class
1st step—at age 7 a child becomes a page and learns how to be a knight, use weapons, etc.
2nd step—as a teenager a page becomes a squire
The squire is the knight’s assistant- cares for the horse, weapons, etc.
3rd step--Squire has to prove himself in battle and then is knighted

19. Peasants (also called serfs)
Manors—large farming estates with houses, farmland, woodlands, pastures, villages, etc.
The lord lived on 1/3rd of the Manor, with the peasants farming the other 2/3rd’s
The peasants farmed the lord’s land and paid different taxes
Peasants worked very long hours tending to fields and animals
Couldn’t afford meat—ate beans, vegetables, black bread, and drank ale
Short life expectancies (disease, warfare, and starvation)

20. Medieval Shield Assignment
Requirements:
Shield has 4 areas
4 objects and four colors used
List of symbols and colors and what they represent are on the front of the paper
Motto should have the meanings/definitions from the objects and colors