1. Early Middle Ages Main Ideas
Mrs. Tucker
7th Grade World History/Honors
Cobalt Institute of Math and Science

2. Main Ideas Geography influences settlement location and occupations.
Western Europe, (Franks, Angles, Saxon) defend homes and society from Muslim, Magyars, Vikings.
Catholic church spread Christianity through Western Europe.
Feudalism - landowning, loyalty, power of armored knights on horseback.
Knights – Code of Chivalry, lived in castles. Peasants – simple homes, worked hard all year.
Increased trade, growth of towns, cities and formation of guilds, and city governments.
Magna Carta – First Document to Limit Power of Monarch
French Kinds – Capetians conquer French land from English – set up first Parlement
Mongols destroy Kievan state, Moscow rulers build new Russian state
Crusaders – Holy war to retake Jerusalem from Muslims
Christian church important role in Europe – power and authority
Church supports learning and arts
Plague – Black Death killed 30 – 60% of Europe in 14th Century
Wars – 1300 – – Hundred Years War – England vs. France; Spain & Portugal fight Muslims