1. Medieval Life: Empires, Kingdoms, & Cities

2. Terms—Empires, Kingdoms & Cities
Truce of God
Grand Assart
Two-Field System
Three-Field System
Burgh; Burgher
Charter
Guilds
Hanseatic league
Champagne Fairs
Lingua Franca
Cathedral

3. Truce of God
Church proclaimed periods of peace—supported by the most powerful secular rulers One of the first areas to benefit: agriculture

4. Grand Assart
Continent-wide movement—clearing wastelands, draining swamps, cutting forests—to make land useable
Results: more farmable land & more freemen

5. New techniques and inventions improve farming
Agriculture
New techniques and inventions improve farming

6. New Type of Plow (Mold Board)

7. New Horse Collars

8. New Way of Organizing Land
Two-field system vs. Three-field system

9. Three-Field System

10. Walled Town or City: Burgh Inhabitants: Burghers (Carcassone, France)

11. Guilds

12. Guild Halls

13. Hanseatic League

14. Champagne Fairs

15. Results of Champagne Fairs
Commercial practices begin
Money instead of barter
First use of credit
Lingua Franca (French)—first universal language in Europe

16. Growth of Medieval Cities

17. Medieval Universities

18. Medieval Professors & Students

19. A Medieval Lecture

20. Bring together faith and reason
Scholasticism
Bring together faith and reason

21. Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274)

22. Medieval Cathedrals

23. Canterbury Cathedral (England)

24. Chartres Cathedral (France)

25. Chartres Cathedral

26. Chartres – Stained Glass Windows

27. Chartres

28. Chartres

29. Chartres

30. Chartres -- Carvings