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SETTING THE STAGE: EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES.

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1 SETTING THE STAGE: EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

2 EUROPE @ 1300 AD EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

3 SOCIAL & POLITICAL STRUCTURE  Clergy  Vassals  Lords FEUDALISM  Serfs  Townspeople

4 EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES ECONOMY  Merchants & Artisans: organized into GUILDS  Locally based  Primarily agricultural

5 THE CHURCH & RELIGION  Church = most powerful institution in Europe  Europe predominantly Catholic  European worldview overwhelmingly religious  Church directed education EUROPE IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

6 EUROPE @ 1815 EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1300-1815

7 POLITICAL CHANGES  Increasing authority of monarchs  Centralization of power bureaucracy taxation parliaments

8 SOCIAL & ECONOMIC CHANGES  Agriculture improvements  Population growth  Increased commerce  Decline of Feudalism  Rise of free labor  Rise of Finance  Urbanization EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1300-1815

9 THE CHURCH AND RELIGION  Loss of power & influence  New religious ideas & challenges  Move away from purely religious view EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1300-1815

10 CHANGES IN IDEAS  Scientific advancements Human anatomy Physical world & universe Exploration & conquest Technology EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1300-1815

11 CHANGES IN IDEAS  Individualism natural rights new ideas about government & society EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1300-1815

12 THE FAMILY  Changes in size & structure  Transformation of function  Changes in gender roles EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION, 1300-1815


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