5/27- 28/2014

A.D. 478 - A.D. 1454 Middle Ages

Classical heritage of Rome
Beliefs of Roman Catholic church
Customs of various Germanic tribes

Overrun the western half of the Roman Empire caused:

disruption of trade
downfall of cities
population shifts to rural areas

Decline of learning
new vernaculars
only priests were literate

Germanic loyalty is to lord of the manor

Clovis rules the franks
franks < France

Clovis in 496 has battlefield conversion


Church + Franks = rise of Christianity

in 520 Benedict creates the rules monks follow

Scholastica (Benedict's sister) makes the rules for nuns

operate schools, maintain libraries, ...

Pope Gregory has church use its money to do things like fix roads (Theocracy)

Charles Martel (A.K.A. Charles The Hammer)
Battle of tours (732) defeats Muslims

Son is Pepin the Short

Short leaves Charlemagne

Spreads Christianity
Becomes most powerful king in all of England

his son Luis did terrible

Luis's sons split the kingdom in to three parts

5/27/2014

             Today in class we went over what will be on our test tomorrow. After that we went over what will be on our exam. I'm feeling pretty confident about both of them. Hope I didn't jinks that. I am ready for this year to be over.

5/23/2014

decline of learning

new vernaculars

5/20/2014

511 AD - Clovis unite Franks into one kingdome

600 AD - Chuch + Franks rulers convert many

Fear of muslims in southern Europe spur many to become Christians

520 AD - Benadict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries

His sister Scholastica did the same for nuns in convents

731 AD - the Venerable Bede wrote a killer history of England

Monks opened schools, maintained libraries and copied books (Bible, Greek, texts)

Major domo - Mayor of the palace

Charles Martel - the hammer - defeated Muslim army  in 732

Son is Pepin the short (King by the grace of God)

He had two sons Charles and Carolman

Carolman died and Charles takes thrown as Charlemagne

Charlemagne
 6' 4"
built best empire since Rome
Faught Muslims in Spain
Pope leo III Crowned him in 800 AD
Regularly visited all of his kingdom

5/19/2014

Medieval = Middle ages

invasions are constant
disrupts trade
downfall of cities
Population shifts

Decline in learning
illiterate invaders
only the priests and church officials could read and write (Latin)

Loss of vernacular

By 800s French, Spanish, and Roman based languages evolved from Latin (Romantic Languages)

instead of one massive Government it becomes local governments

Franks lived on Roman province of Gaul - Their leader is Clovis

Clovis has a christian god epiphany and he converts to Christianity

Clovis (GOV) + Church(MONEY/RELIGION) = BIG ALLIANCE

Pope Gregory - Papal power
becomes like a mayor
 
PaPal Power (Power of the PoPe) is Political Power Presented from the PoPe's Palace

5/16/2014

Middle Ages

Feudalism
a political, military, and economic based land holding and protective alliance

King
Vassals
Nobles / Bishops
Knights (received fiefs for defending their lords land)
Peasants (mostly surfs)


Manor - The lords estate
-The Lords manor house
-a church
-Some work shops
-15-30 families
-all on a few square miles

Good news- it is self sufficient
Bad news its harsh if you're a peasant

Peasants are poor and pay high taxes
-tax on grains
-tax on marriage
-church tax (Tithe - 10% of income to go to church)
Lived in crowded cottages
Lived with animals and insects
Eat VERY simple
-don't worry the church says its your lot in life
-God determined your place in society

5/13/2014 Today we quickly recapped the fall of Rome. After that we basically had a free mod.