Middle+Ages

Ten Facts about middle ages

1. Leprohacy is the second most common disease 2. clothes were made of clothes and jewels were worn 3.Superstition was a very strong force 4. The black death is also called bubonic plague 5.They collect leeches by using their own body as bait 6.higher class people wore clothes made of velvet or silk 7.wealthy people wore woolen and colorful clothing 8.Kings and Queens are the only people who can wear purple 9.Regular bows were light and easy to carry around so it can shoot rapidly 10.peasants don't work on sundays and holy days

PPT 1

1. Outside Attacks and desease caused the fall of Rome 2. Nobody is above the law but it must be written down and respected 3.Manoralism 4.They make serf work and they protect them 5.1066 6.wars between Christians and Muslims 7.500 B.C. - 600 A.D. 8.1215 9.They spent years transcribing the Bible since the printing press wasn’t used in Europe yet. PPT 2

Dark Ages - S cholars named this as a time when the forces of darkness (barbarians) overwhelmed the forces of light (Romans) Barbarian - a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person Heresy - Roman Catholic Church. The willful and persistent rejection of any article of faith by a baptized member of the church. Monks - were people who gave up worldly possessions and devote themselves to a religious life. Justinian Code - or “Body of Civil Law” that defined civil law in the Middle Ages and the modern world. Salic Law - assigned a specific financial value to everyone and everything; concept of trial options (trial by oath and trial by ordeal) Primogeniture - system where eldest son inherited everything (instead of dividing land / property / wealth). Fief - land given by a lord in return for a vassal’s military service and oath of loyalty. Tithe- tax that serfs paid (tax or rent) Serf - aka villains or common peasants who worked the lords land. Corvee - condition of unpaid labor by serfs (maintaining roads or ditches on a manor).

St. Augustine – was a person who wrote “confessions” which talked about the ideas of ethic, self knowledge, and the role of the free will which shaped monastic influence and the influence of the church. Justinian the Great – was the Byzantine Emperor his goal to reunite the Roman world as a Christian Empire and suppressed all paganism Clovis I – was a man who united Frankish Tribes and expanded territory. Charlemagne – was a military general who restored Pope Leo III who had been exiled. William the Conqueror – was the King of England from Christmas, 1066 until his death. He was also William II, Duke of Normandy, from 3 July 1035 until his death. Barbarians were a person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized person. They were known as the forces of darkness during the Dark Ages. Due to the Rise of influence of barbarians as Roman Emperors they had granted barbarian mercenaries land with the Roman Empire in return for military service and it was these barbarians who eventually became the new rulers Church was granted favors by Roman Emperors / Kings and in return the Church would endorse kings to help secure their rule and Kings looked to Church to supply educated administrators to help run kingdoms and in return kings would enforce laws that prohibited other religions Monasticism is the religious practice in which someone renounces worldly pursuits to fully devote their life to spiritual work. Feudalism worked because of the notion of mutual obligation, or voluntary co-operation from serf to noble. The plague was a deadly disease that killed about a third of Europe’s population, an estimated 34 million people. The effects of the disease were it caused massive depopulation and change in social structure, weakened influence of Church, originated in Asia but was blamed on Jews and lepers think the most important was invention, because it was the solution and thought of what was created and it is what made a big impact in society PPT 3 1. Feudalism was a social, political, and economic system that dominated all aspects of medieval life 2. The economic portion of feudalism was centered on the lord's estates or manor, and is called manorialism. 3. The church had economic power and political power. The Church was the largest landholder, gained wealth through tithing and had its own laws and courts which frequently clashed with King’s authority. 4. The reasons for the crusades was the The Pope wanted to increase his power, Christians believed it was their duty to recover the Holy Land, nobles wanted to gain wealth, adventurers sought travel and excitement, Serfs hoped to escape feudal oppression. 5. The impact of trade fairs was that it fundamentally altered the way people lived in Europe, and marked the beginning of the end of feudalism as serfs began to pay their feudal obligations with cash instead of service. An economy based on money, not barter emerged 6. Renaissance means “rebirth”. It was a golden age in the arts, literature and sciences. It started in Italy because Italy had great Urban Centers, Wealthy Merchant Class and Classical Heritage. 7. Enjoyment of Worldly Pleasures - Middle Ages – piety -Humanists- can enjoy life without insulting God -eople were still devout Catholics but… concerns were secular (worldly and here/now) 8.Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. 9.books became more available and literacy increased 10.Te lss of religious and political unity in Western Europe. 11. the religion or religious system of any of the Churches of Western Christendom that are separated from the Roman Catholic Church and adhere substantially to principles established by Luther, Calvin, etc, in the Reformation 12.a reform movement that took place in the Catholic Church