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3/1 WARM UP
1. Write down everything that comes to
mind when you think of the Middle Ages?
2. Where do you think these assumptions
about the Middle Ages Come from?
3. Write one question that you have about
the Middle Ages? It can be anything at all!
Come on, you can think of one!
THE MIDDLE AGES
Approximately 500- 1500
INTRODUCTION
1.Middle Ages  Medieval Period  Dark Ages
SAME THING!
Where did they get these weird names?
What do they mean??
3 CHANGES
THAT ALTERED Disruption of Trade
GOV’T, ECONOMY,
Downfall of Cities
& CULTURE
Population Shifts
GERMANIC INVADERS
Rich Oral Tradition of songs and legends!
But could not read or write!
What effect did this have on the Roman
population?
Decline in Learning!
Loss of Common Language
By 800’s: Spanish & French
What institution provided order & security
during this time of political chaos?
THE CHURCH
6. What 2 things held Germanic society together?
(These would make establishing gov’t for large
territories impossible)
 Family Ties and Personal Loyalties!
LEADER OF THE FRANKS
Clovis
“For I have called on my gods, But I find they are far from my aid… Now I
call on Thee. Now I call on thee, I long to believe in Thee. Only please
deliver me from my enemies.”
• Brings Christianity to the Region
• Pope Support in Conquest
• New Partnership!
GERMANS ADOPT
CHRISTIANITY
 Christian Missionaries
What are Monasteries & Convents?
 Who were Benedict and Scholastica?
Q: 8 & 9
THE PAPACY
What does papacy mean?
 Where are the papal states located?
• Are there still Papal States Today?
What happened to the papacy under Gregory I?
• Secular or Worldly Power
CHARLES MARTEL
• Major Domo ( Mayor of the Palace)
• Defeated Muslim Raiders from Spain
• Christian Hero
11. Pepin the Short (his son)
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What does Charles Martel mean?
Once the title King
Dies in 768 AD
Lives his Empire to BOTH of his sons
Carolingian Dynasty
Charlemange Begins his Reign
CHARLEMAGNE
Through Conquests:
• Spread Christianity
• Reunite western Europe
• For the first time since the Roman Empire
 Who crowned Charlemagne Emperor?
 Pope Leo III
CHARLEMAGNE'S RULE
 How did Charlemange Govern his Empire?
• Royal Agents
15. To make sure counties were being fairly
governed
• Weaken nobles
 Very Interactive Ruler
 Encourage Education!
King of the Franks 768 and 814, and
Roman Emperor of the West between 800 and 814.
AFTER CHARLEMANGE
 Leaves the Empire to Louis the Pious
 Lous’s sons take control
 Split up the Empire
 Lose Control
 Eventually Falls Apart
COVER
MIDDLE AGES JOURNAL
 Follow my instructions to Create your Book
 Decorate the cover of your Journal like an Illuminated Manuscript
• Example: Sir Lanister, Lady Stark, Sir Rob, Lady Sansa
Entry 1
MIDDLE AGES JOURNAL
Journal Entry 1: MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THE
DATE!
-You are noble that is aiming to get in the Emperors
good Graces. Write a letter to Charlemange praising
him for his most notable achievements and how they
have effected your life!
• Must discuss three achievements
• Use Your Book (pg. 356 & 357) or NOTES!
HONORS
Warm Up
1.What institution remained stable throughout the
middle ages?
2.What three changes altered Government,
Economy, & Culture?
3.Use you computer to find AT LEAST
THREE interesting facts about the Viking
and the Magyar invaders!!! (6 in total)
Let’s see who can find the coolest
information!!
F R O M 8 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 I N VA S I O N S D E S T R OY E D
T H E C A R O L I N G I A N DY N A S T Y
Who were the Carolingians?
VIKINGS!!
What do you know about Vikings?
• a warlike people from Scandinavia
What is Scandinavia?
Attacked quickly & were gone before
armies could arrive
Why don’t
we celebrate
this guy????
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3xIy7FoiaQY
VIKING
INVADERS
FROM THE
NORTH
MYTH BUSTERS!
THE VIKINGS!!
• Massive Ships
• May hold 300 men who took turns rowing
72 oars; often ended with a carved
monster’s head; weighed up to 20 tons
• Also explored Russia/ North America
• Leif Ericson
MAGYAR INVADERS FROM
EASTERN EUROPE
 Magyars
• Nomadic horsemen from the East
villages & monasteries
• Attacked isolated ____________________________
Took captives to sell into slavery
• ____________________________
 Muslims
Attacked from the South; disrupted trade
• ____________________________________________
• Had settlements throughout Spain, in Italy, & as far inland as Switzerland
Who stopped Muslim advancements
past the Iberian Peninsula?
MUSLIM INVADERS FROM THE
SOUTH
INSERT MAP FROM BOOK
Kings could not effectively
_defend
_____ their land from the
invasions; people would turn to
local leaders for protection
____________________________
FEUDALISM
DEVELOPS
nobles are
A political system in which _______
granted the use of lands
_____ that legally belong to
king , in exchange for their….?
their______
loyalty, military service, & protection
_____________________________
of
the people who live on the land
WHAT DID FEUDALISM
REVOLVE AROUND?
Land, Land
and
More Land!!!
FEUDALISM DEPENDED
ON CONTROL OF LAND
Fief: the estate granted to the vassal by a lord under the
feudal system in Medieval Europe; the land
Lord: in feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and
could therefore grant estates to vassals;
the landowner/ land lord
FEUDALISM DEPENDED
ON CONTROL OF LAND
Vassal: in feudal Europe, a person who received a grant of
land from a lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and
service; the person receiving the land
What was “owed” to the people
above/ below?
INSERT PYRAMID
IN THE FEUDAL
SY STEM, STATUS
DETERMINED A
PERSONS PRESTIGE
& POWER
What do you think influenced someone’s power
and prestige in the Middle Ages?
Do you think those same influences around
today?
THOSE
WHO
PRAYEDCLERGY
THOSE WHO FOUGHT- Knights & Nobles
THOSE
WHO
WORKEDPeasants/
Serfs
90% the
_____of
population
M A N O R S : T H E E C O N O M I C S I D E O F F E U DA L I S M
Manor: _____________
lord’s estate
A self contained world
• Lord’s home, Serf Cottages, Church, Workshops,
Mill, Stream, Orchards, Fields, Pastures, Woodlands
15-20 families would live on the manor
Could produce almost everything they needed
• Lord provided the serfs with
housing, strips of farmland, & protection
Serfs tended
The lord’s lands, cared for his animals,
& maintained the estate
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
How might the peasants view the outside
world?
How do you think the lower class
felt about feudalism?
What is significant about the 3 fields?
MANOR
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
What were the 3 NEW groups of invaders?
What Viking most likely discovered N America?
What was the result of the constant invasions?
What were the 3 social classifications?
What is Feudalism?
ENTRY 2:
MIDDLE AGES JOURNAL
 Imagine your living in the middle ages so, your life is
greatly effected by feudalism? Identify yourself as the
person you were in the activity and write a song or rap
about your life!
 Who are you/what is your job?
 Do you own any land/what do you live in?
 Do you believe that life during this time period is
fair/right? (How do you feel about Feudalism)
Don’t worry no one will read this but me
UNLESS you want to share 
REMEMBER TO DATE YOUR ENTRY!
WARM UP
1. What is Feudalism? Why does it work?
2. What is a Manor?
3. What were the 3 social classifications within the feudal
system?
4. Constructed Response Question! The practice of feudalism
developed in the Middle Ages.
Draw & label the feudal pyramid. Explain the terms: lord, vassal. Fief
(be sure to describe what each person provided for the other
THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
 Education of a Knight
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Sons of Nobles
Age 7 sent off to another lord
Page- Waited on host and practice fighting skills
Squire- Servant to a Knight
Age 21 Squire becomes a full knight
 The Code of Chivalry:
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Display Courage in Battle
Devoted to Feudal lord, Heavenly lord, Lady
Protect the weak and poor
Many failed to meet these high standards
THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
 Knight’s Weapons & Equipment
• Leather Saddles
• Stirrups
• Mounted Knights became the most important
part of battle
 Castle Life
• Thick castle walls
• Trebuchet
• Mangonel
• Defense: Boiling water, hot oil, expert arches
AGE OF CHIVALRY
 War Games
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Gained experience fighting local wars
Tournaments
Combination of recreation and combat training
Fierce and bloody
 Romanic Love
• Literature Down played the brutality
• Glorified Knighthood (tournaments and real battles)
• Undying love for a lady
• Epics
• Troubadours- Traveling poet-musicians at the castles
and courts of Europe
JOURNAL ENTRY 3
 Act as if your boyfriend or girlfriend gave you these list of
rules when you first start dating! Write him a letter back
describing your reaction to the rules and which you find most
ridiculous.
• Must Include 4 Rules from the Rules of Courtly Love
• Be Creative!!!
THE ART OF
COURTLY LOVE!
JOURNAL ENTRY 3
 Act as if your boyfriend or girlfriend gave you these list of
rules when you first start dating! Write him a letter back
describing your reaction to the rules and which you find most
ridiculous.
• Must Include 4 Rules from the Rules of Courtly Love
CATHEDRALS
Take the time to research some different Medieval
Cathedrals
Find Three Different Cathedrals and right a short
summary about its architecture
What makes them so unique for this time period?
CATHEDRALS
 Think about the stain glass windows you have seen in
the past. Why do you think these windows were so
important to medieval cathedrals?
 What made the cathedrals seem even higher than they
already were?
 How did the architecture of gothic cathedrals inspire
reverence for god?
14.1 RESEARCH
Goals of the Crusades
The First and Second Crusades
The Third Crusade
The Children's Crusade
The Spanish Crusade
POSTER!
 When did it happen?
 Summary
 Bullet points of relevant information
 Cause and Effect
 Key Historical Figures Involved
 More, More, More… research ! Use the book as the
backbone for your poster.
 Create or Find a symbol representing your topic!
STAY OR STRAY
1.
Each group will be responsible for researching a topic.
2.
Each group will have a teacher who will STAY!
3.
Other members will move groups to learn about another
topic.
4.
We will all come back together Everyone will Teach the
“teacher”.
5. Present Your Research to the Class!