Medieval EuropeMedieval EuropeDecline or Difference?Decline or Difference?

AP World HistoryAP World History

Richard SmartRichard Smart

Oakland Mills High SchoolOakland Mills High School

Warm upWarm up

What do you think of when you hear the following What do you think of when you hear the following words?words?

KnightsKnights ChivalryChivalry CastlesCastles

Draw a typical medieval scene involving at least Draw a typical medieval scene involving at least two out of these three.two out of these three.

Why do you think we have so many Why do you think we have so many misconceptions about the Middle Ages in Europe?misconceptions about the Middle Ages in Europe?

Context and Connections…Context and Connections…

EuropeEurope The WorldThe World

14CE – 14CE – 476CE476CE

Roman EmpireRoman Empire

400 – 400 – 700s700s

Germanic Germanic KingdomsKingdoms

700 – 700 – 10001000

Viking InvasionsViking Invasions

700 – 700 – 14501450

Feudal KingdomsFeudal Kingdoms

1337 – 1337 – 14501450

Hundred Years Hundred Years WarWar

300 – 300 – 900900

MayansMayans

600 – 600 – 900900

Tang DynastyTang Dynasty

750 – 750 – 12501250

Abbasid EmpireAbbasid Empire

960 – 960 – 12791279

Song DynastySong Dynasty

1200 – 1200 – 14001400

Mongol EmpireMongol Empire

Society and EconomicsSociety and Economics

FeudalismFeudalism ChivalryChivalry ManorialismManorialism

UrbanizationUrbanization TradeTrade

Government and StatesGovernment and States

DecentralizationDecentralization

Germanic KingdomsGermanic Kingdoms Carolingians the Holy Roman EmpireCarolingians the Holy Roman Empire Viking InvasionsViking Invasions

Centralized KingdomsCentralized Kingdoms

ReligionReligion

Papacy and ContinuityPapacy and Continuity MonasticismMonasticism

– St. BenedictSt. Benedict– MendicantsMendicants

CrusadesCrusades– Holy LandHoly Land– ReconquistaReconquista– Northern CrusadesNorthern Crusades

Papacy and MonarchyPapacy and Monarchy– Investiture ControversyInvestiture Controversy– Philip the FairPhilip the Fair– Thomas BecketThomas Becket

Technology and ProgressTechnology and Progress

IsolationIsolation Crusades and Crusades and

ConnectionsConnections

PlowsPlows StirrupsStirrups Gothic ArchitectureGothic Architecture

Population GrowthPopulation Growth UrbanizationUrbanization