1. Ch 10 in Strayer’s Ways of the World
Europe between 600 and 1450
Ch 10 in Strayer’s Ways of the World
United or Divided?

2. Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476
What’s going on in Europe, East Asia, Middle East, the Americas and Africa during this time?

3. Constantine moves capitol to East - Ottomans sack Constantinople
Byzantine Empire
Constantine moves capitol to East - Ottomans sack Constantinople
Politically -
centralized under an Emperor who ruled through his bureaucracy
strong army, navy and merchant fleet
Emperor Justinian (r )

4. Charlemagne - King of the Franks
Pope Crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor: Dec. 25, 800
Charlemagne’s Empire Collapses: Treaty of Verdun, 843

5. Feudal kings were. . . WEAK and
popes and nobles became
very powerful

6. Byzantine Economy involved in long-distance trade
exported luxury products like jewelry purple dyes and silk
gold coins, the bezant, was a widely used currency in Mediterranean trade
negative effect of trade: Plague of Justinian

7. Feudalism Early Medieval Period Collapse of Charlemagne’s Empire +
Outside invasions =
Feudal Era
Study p 439 map
in your textbook.
Germanic Kingdoms are facing threat of invasions by
Magyars, Vikings and Muslims
Feudalism

8. Feudalism
A political, economic, and social system based on loyalty and military service.

9. medieval knights protect
Manoralism = life in manors The new economy of Western Europe = self-sufficient farms No trade in Western Europe
Medieval Castle
medieval knights protect
serfs at work

10. Cultural Achievements
Body of Civil Law
Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law) a/k/a
Justinian Code of Laws:
a collection of Roman laws
will be preserved and reintroduced to Europe
it forms the basis of our laws
example: innocent until proven guilty
Domed Buildings
Hagia Sophia

11. Architectural Styles of Medieval Europe
Romanesque
Gothic Cathedrals
Medieval Castles

12. Roman Catholic Church Latin Church
monasticism:
St. Benedict – Benedictine Rule of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
provided schools for the children of the upper class.
inns, hospitals, refuge in times of war.
libraries & scriptoria to copy books and illuminate manuscripts.
monks missionaries to the barbarians. [St. Patrick, St. Boniface]
filled the power vacuum left from the collapse of the classical world.
An illuminated
manuscript
A medieval
monastery

13. Cyril and Methodius
Introduced Christianity to the Slavic people of Central Europe and Russia.
Developed an alphabet based on Greek letters to write the Slavic language This alphabet will become the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russia.
Main points: Spread Eastern Orthodox Christianity and a writing system base on Greek letters to Central Europe and Russia.

14. The Beginning of Russia
9th century:
Kiev, Russia along the
Dnieper River.
Vikings - Varangians.
Develops due to trade between Scandinavia and Byzantine Empire along the Dnieper River.

15. Russian under the Tartar yoke
What’s next for Russia?
Mongol rule of Russia =
Mongols invade Kievan Rus.
The Golden Horde.
Russian princes allowed to stay in power as long as they paid tribute to the Mongol ruler. Moscow princes are in charge of collecting tribute for the Mongols.
They became vassals of the Mongols.
1200’s ’s
Russian under the Tartar yoke
See map on p 439
in your textbook.

16. So. . . how did the Byzantine Empire influence Russia?
1. Spread Christianity - Eastern Orthodox Christianity
a. use of icons in the church
b. monasticism - or monastic life
2. Introduced a written alphabet
3. architectural style
Russian:
Byzantine:

17. Meanwhile in Western Europe. . .
Early Middle Ages Feudalism
High Middle Ages Transition period - coming out of Feudalism
Late Middle Ages Showing signs of the early modern era.

18. Medieval Knights: vassals of the lord
Code of Chivalry
Road to Knighthood

19. Two Major European Events
The Great Schism 1054
Christianity Divides
Roman Catholic Church
Western, Latin Church
Eastern Orthodox
Greek Church
vs.
Crusades begin 1095
Pope Urban II

20. Main impact of the Crusades: It will spark European interest in the outside world and a renewed interest in TRADE.

21. Bubonic Plague
How did the Bubonic Plague help speed up the end of Feudalism in Western Europe?
nobility
peasants
towns
monarchs

22. Something else that’s new in Europe:
University of Bologna
University of Oxford
University of Toulouse

23. What’s next for Europe? 15th century:
Rise of strong monarchs and nation- states in Western Europe: England, Spain, France
Weakening of the Catholic Church
Renaissance in Italy
Exploration and Colonization of the Americas