1. Agenda CNN Student News Byzantine Empire Quiz Notes- Medieval Europe
Begin Medieval Europe Illustrated Timeline

2. Medieval Europe
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was divided into small independent kingdoms.

5. Medieval Europe Effects of the fall of the Roman Empire
Disruption of trade
Decline of learning

6. Medieval Europe
The Franks stopped the spread of Islam into Europe.

7. Medieval Europe
Where do last names come from?

8. Medieval Europe
Charlemagne united much of Western Europe and tried to revive learning in Europe.

10. Medieval Europe
Charlemagne’s empire was divided by his grandsons in to three kingdoms.

12. Medieval Europe
The empire’s lands were invaded by Magyars, Vikings and Muslims.
The feudal system was started to protect from invasion.

14. Feudalism
fief- a piece of land with peasants given by a lord to a vassal.
lord- grants fiefs to vassals in exchange for loyalty and service
vassal- pledges loyally, military service and taxes in exchange for a fief.

15. Feudalism A lord could be a vassal to a more powerful lord.
The landowners were called nobles. They provided military service to their lords, and military protection to their vassals.

16. Feudalism
The Feudal System created three social classes.

17. Feudalism Those who work: Serfs were tied to the land
They provided services to their lord In return for protection
Life on a manor was dull, but relatively secure.

18. Feudalism Those who fight:
Military ability separated the warrior class from the rest of society
The nobility had strong control over the rest of society.

22. Medieval Europe
Chivalry- code of conduct for knights.

23. Medieval Europe Those who pray:
The clergy acted as a link between God and the rest of society
The monks and nuns provided spiritual and social services

24. Reflect/ Exit Ticket
Describe the feudal system in detail. Include why it started, how it worked and the social classes it created. This is being turned- in before you leave class! You can use your notes and pages in the textbook to help support your answers.

28. Medieval Europe
The Catholic Church was the most influential organization in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.

29. The Crusades The Pope has problems
Christianity split into two parts: Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
European kings do not recognize the authority of the pope
European knights are fighting and killing Christians

31. Crusades
The Crusades- Christian knights from Western Europe attacked Muslim lands

36. Crusades
“… [our men] were killing and slaying even to the Temple of Solomon, where the slaughter was so great that our men waded in blood up to their ankles…”
-Crusader Knight

37. Crusades
“in the Temple and porch of Solomon men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins.”
-Raymond of Aguilers

38. Crusades
In this temple 10,000 were killed. Indeed, if you had been there you would have seen our feet colored to our ankles with the blood of the slain. But what more shall I relate? None of them were left alive; neither women nor children were spared.”
- Fulcher of Chartres

39. Crusades
“ The Jews assembled in their synagogue, and the Franks burned it over their heads.”

40. Crusades 1st Crusade- Christians took Jerusalem
2nd Crusade- Muslims took Jerusalem
3rd Crusade- European kings failed to recapture Jerusalem

42. Crusades 1st Crusade- Christians took Jerusalem
2nd Crusade- Muslims took Jerusalem
3rd Crusade- European kings failed to recapture Jerusalem
4th Crusade- European knights attacked Constantinople

43. Effects of the Crusades
Reintroduced classical knowledge of Europe
Introduced Eastern goods to Europe