1. Welcome! 11/16/09 Today’s Pre-Class  Based upon your homework: who do you think was the best or most influential leader at the beginning of the Middle ages? Why?  Gregory 1 st  Charles Martell  Charlemagne Today’s Agenda 1. Pre-Class & Roll 2. Share Out & HW 3. Leaders 4. Intro to Feudalism 5. Final Thoughts & HW

2. So who was the best/most influential leader and why?

3. Pope Gregory 1st  He increased the power of the Pope/Church in Europe  Papacy became secular  The Church gains more political power over European kings  Supports his Christian followers  Raised Armies  Built Roads  Treaty negotiating  Financial and political backing of Christian Kings

4. Charles Martell (The Hammer)  Political ruler but not called king;  Kept other empires at bay, but couldn’t really unite Germanic kingdoms  Paved the way for the Carolingian Dynasty

5. Charlemagne (Charles the Great!)  Conquered Europe  Brought all Germanic Tribes under one rule and one church  Christian Ruler  Used the Papacy as a partner  Crowned “Emperor” by Pope

6. Feudalism – system of government  Basically it’s a system of exchange…  A King gives land in exchange for loyalty, military service, and protection of his people  The land is given to nobles (rich/powerful, elites)  Medieval Examples:  Christian Kings and their nobles  **Pope and Christian Kings  **loyalty for support of reign

7. Prepping for Literacy Intiative 1. Complete the vocab assignment  Consult page 360  Define the following terms:  Feudalism  Vassal  Serf  Fief  Nobility  Exchange  Obligation  Dynasty  Write an example sentence for each word that relates to feudalism

8. Final Thoughts  Do you think that the political leaders of today still exchange things for loyalty?  What might be an example?  Tonight’s Homework  Read pages 360-363  Complete vocab  Answer #4 and #5 on page 363