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Middle Ages
Russia
Vikings came down the Russian Rivers and controlled the peasants that lived there
The Viking nobles were called boyars and they ruled from Kiev
Russia Vladimir, a king of
Kiev, converted to Greek Orthodox and made all his subjects convert
Russia now was linked with Byzantium through trade and religion
Russia Mongols invaded
Russia and destroyed Kiev
To keep the Russians safe, boyars under Alexander Nevsky cooperated with the Mongols and crushed any peasant rebellion
Russia The Mongols united
Russia and Moscow under Ivan I became the most powerful state in Russia
Russia Byzantium fell and
Ivan III married into the last emperor’s family= Russia was the 3rd Rome
He called himself czar (Russian version of Caesar)
He also defeated the Mongols and freed Russia
Germans
After Rome fell 5 changes occurred in Western Europe Disruption of Trade Downfall of Cities Population shifts from the cities to the
countryside Decline of learning Loss of common language
Germans
Social: Germans lived in small communities
under one chief Warriors followed the chief they could
see and not a king they never saw Family very important All land divided equally among sons
Germans Law: Wergeld system: kill or hurt someone
you pay the price for that person= stop blood fueds
Compurgation: 10 men say your innocent= your innocent, but if found guilty all die
Ordeal: fight to see if you are guilty or innocent
Germans
Women: Below men Witch trials: by burning or drowning
Germans The Franks took over Gaul and under the
great chief Clovis they converted to Christianity
He started the Merovingian Dynasty
Germans After Clovis’s death, the major domo
or mayor of the palace was more powerful than the king
Charles Martel was a major domo and beat the Muslims at the Battle of Tours
His son Pepin the Short eventually became king of the Franks and started the Carolingian Dynasty
Charles Martel
Charlemagne
Germans
Charlemagne or Charles the Great took over after Pepin and built the largest kingdom since Rome
He stopped a mob from killing the Pope and in gratitude the Pope crowned him emperor
Germans
Charlemagne revived learning and started schools
Charlemagne died and he divided his kingdom between his 3 sons
The Treaty of Verdun officially divided the empire
Feudalism
Raiders invaded Europe between AD 700 and AD1000
Feudalism
Vikings invaded from Scandinavia They developed great boats that
could sail in the sea and on the rivers
Feudalism A northman or
Viking named Rollo was so bad that a French king gave him land in France to stop his raiding= this land became Normandy
Feudalism
Magyars came from the east on horseback
They did not settle, instead they captured people and sold them into slavery
Feudalism
With all the invasions, people turned to the local lords to protect them
This started Feudalism
Feudalism
Feudalism is a governing system where a lord, or landowner, gives land called a fief to a vassal in exchange for military protection
Feudalism Serfs or peasants
were the bottom of the social order.
Serfs were bound to the land, but they were not slaves
Feudalism Serfs rarely traveled 25 miles from their
birthplace They rarely ate meat. They mainly ate
barley soup There was a serious crime problem
There was an average of 24 corpses on Paris’s front gate to discourage criminals
Bloodletting was the main cure for illnesses Average life expectancy was 30 years old
Feudalism
The economic system of the time was manor system
The manor system is the lord gives land and protection to his vassals in exchange for working the land and giving a portion of their work to the lord
Knights 2 technological advances to make knights
more effective Leather saddle (keep knight on horse) Stirrups (to brace knight during collisions
Knights Lords required a
knight to fight 40 days a year in exchange for fiefs
Knights
To become a knight: At age 7, parents send son to another
lord to serve as page. They learn manners, chess, fight skills, and fighting strategies
At age 14, page becomes a squire. They take care of a knight and his horse and escorts the knight into battle
At age 21, squire becomes a knight
Knights
To stop brutal fighting, knights follow the code of chivalry which is a complex set of ideals that a knight has to follow when fighting for his 3 masters Lord Lady God
Knight
If coward, a knight will have his armor stripped, his shield cracked, spurs cut, sword broken, and knight thrown into a coffin and have a mock funeral service.
Knight
To stop violent urges, lords held tournaments or mock battles Jousting Sword fighting Hawking
Knights
To stop attacks, castles were built
Knights
To destroy castles, new weapons were invented Battering ram Tortoise (to protect soldiers from arrows) Trebuchet (giant slingshot) Mangonel (flinger of rocks) Siege tower Cross bow
Knights
Epic poetry was very popular during this time
The Song of Roland was the most famous epic poem. It was about French knights fight to the death against Muslims
Troubadours were the poet-musicians during this time
Knights
Women are to be protected and their power actually declined in society
They only had power in the home and in a convent
Church The Christian Church also became powerful
during this time.
They opened up monasteries or religious communities with monks and nuns
They became centers of learning
Benedict
Scholastica
Pope Gregory I
Church
Pope Gregory I made the church more secular, or involved in nonreligious things and he believed the Christian Church should be first in all lives
Church
The Church provided sacraments or important religious ceremonies like: Baptism confirmation
Church The Church also had its own laws called
canon laws
One law was everyone had to pay a tithe to the Chuch. The tithe was 10% of your income
If someone disobeyed a canon law, bishops or the pope could excommunicate them (take them out of the Church)
Church
The Church helped a king named Otto to form the Holy Roman Empire to control the many German princes
Church
Many Germans thought that the Church was too powerful and tried to fight back
Emperor Henry IV tried to appoint his own bishops and the fought the pope over it.
Church
The fight between the German princes and the Church had 3 effects Germany was not unified during this time The Church excommunicated many
princes