1. Warm-up Questions What French noblewoman had great political power?
What was the role of noblewomen in feudal Europe?

3. Heraldry & Chivalry Chapter 17, Section 4 World History
The Early Middle Ages
Heraldry & Chivalry
Chapter 17, Section 4
World History

4. Alabama Course of Study
Standard 15: Describe military and governmental events that shaped Europe in the early Middle Ages.
Describe the role of the early medieval church.
Describe the impact of new agricultural methods on manorialism and feudalism.

5. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify key physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I can describe the relationship between lords and vassals.

6. Warm-up Questions What French noblewoman had great political power?
Eleanor of Aquitaine
What was the role of noblewomen in feudal Europe?
To run the manor households and supervise servants

7. Key Terms Review
The large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia.
Eurasia
The shape and elevation of land in a region.
topography

8. Key Terms Review
The time period between ancient times and modern times.
Middle Ages
The Latin word for “middle age.”
medieval

9. Key Terms Review
Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities.
monks
Communities of monks.
monasteries

10. Key Terms Review Warriors who fought on horseback.
knights
Knights who promised to support a lord in exchange for land.
vassal

11. Key Terms Review
A system of government which outlines the relationship between lords and vassals.
feudalism
Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived.
serfs

12. Key Terms Review
Large estates owned by a knight or lord.
manor

13. Scandinavian Peninsula
Norwegian Sea
Ural Mts.
Scandinavian Peninsula
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
English Channel
Rhine River
Danube River
Alps Mts.
Caspian Sea
Caucasus Mts.
Black Sea
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula
Strait of Gibraltar

14. Heraldry & Chivalry

15. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify key physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I can describe the relationship between lords and vassals.