Europe in the Middle Ages
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Europe in the Middle AgesChapter 10
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Europe in the Middle Ages can be
categorized by 3 trends:the spread of civilization to all of Europe
the spread of Christianitygrowing contact with other civilizations in Asia, Africa & the Middle East
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Politics
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The Manorial SystemManorial system in place from the fall of Rome to the 10th century“Manorialism was the system of economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers.”Landlords own self-sufficient estate or manor, run on agriculture.Three-field & iron moldboard system made life easier—produced more food
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Three-field System
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Serfs on a ManorSerfs worked on the manors
Received protection and small amount of landWorked on lord’s fields, paid taxes to lordCould not leave the lord’s land
Serfs had to pay a portion of their own crops to landlord to:
graze their livestock in his fieldsmill their grain in his millAlso had to work on lord’s castle a certain number of days a year
Serfs not slavesCouldn’t be bought or soldOwned their house & landCould pass on their items to their children
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The ChurchSome Church leaders sought secular power.Pope Gregory VII and reform
priests to be unmarriedHoly Roman Emperor Henry IV and investiture
Some secular leaders sought power over the Church.The Inquisition
Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV with Antipope Clement III
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Feudal MonarchiesGrowing territory under one feudal lordFeudalism as a replacement for bureaucracyPrevention of a strong emperor / central governmentFeudal alliances in France for the Capetian familyRulers gradually developed a bureaucracy, hiring business people to staff it. Coronation of the Capetian king
Philip II in France
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Limited GovernmentLack of central authority in Germany and Italy (Holy Roman Empire)Church role in limited governmentFeudal lords challenge growing power of monarchies
Magna Carta in EnglandCreation of parliamentsParliaments represent the 3 estates
No concept of citizenship or democracyMonarchs growing power and the idea of a nation
Hundred Years’ War King John signs the Magna Carta, surrounded by Feudal
lords
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Economics
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Economic Development & The Rise of Cities
New agricultural techniques & technology
iron moldboard plowthree-field systemhorse collar
End of Viking raidsPopulation growth forces people to find new ways to make moneyLoosening of serfdomForeign foodEducation in cities
a medieval university in Paris
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Strains in Rural LifeImprovements to agriculture means improvements to the lives of serfs and peasants.Nobles kept working in the military and in agriculture—but wanted to make more money like the merchants.Lords taxed serfs and peasants more, causing them to be angry and revolt.More complex society = more social strainsOn the whole: serfs & peasants had greater freedom.
a peasant revolt in England in the 14th century
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Growth of Trade & BankingCities allowed for
specialized manufacturing and commercial activities, which then promoted more trade.Rise of banking & increased money useTrade with other parts of the worldDevelopment of commercial alliances
Hanseatic League in northern Germany and Scandanavia
Investment in international trade
medieval banking
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GuildsGuilds are a group of people in the same business or trade in a single city.
Artisan guildsMerchant guilds
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Religion
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Religious ReformPope Gregory VII St. Clare of AssisiGreat Schism
Avignon vs. Rome
Jan (John) Hus
Jan Hus
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Faith & Reason in TheologyPreserving ancient
knowledgeSt. AugustineAristotleHow to combine these two traditions?
Advances in theology and philosophy
logic to prove God’s existence
Opposition to rationalist thought
Bernard of Clairvaux and the mystical union with God
New knowledge imported from other culturesThomas Aquinasscholasticism
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Popular ReligionMost people illiterate—relied on rituals and religious artPopular religious devotion
Devotion to MaryVeneration of the saints
Leftover Pagan beliefs sometimes mixed with Christian beliefs
a medieval Madonna painting
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Religion in Art & Literature
Art reflects popular view of religionArt & architecture intended to serve the glory of GodRomanesque to Gothic designLiterature in Latin and vernacular
BeowulfCanterbury Tales
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Rogier van der Weyden Bladelin Triptych
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Society
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The Rise of the Middle Class
Cities allow for a new class to emerge: not peasants but not noblesMiddle-class makes its money by buying & selling goods (merchants)Middle-class able to become more educated in cities
medieval merchants
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The Role of Womenspiritual equality of men and women under Christianitywomen’s impact on theologyUrban women worked with their merchant husbandsCraft guilds forbade women
The Moneylender and His Wife by Quentin
Matsys
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Information
Stearns, Peter N. et al. “A New Civilization Emerges in Western Europe.” World Civilizations: The Global Experience. Pearson Education, New York: 2006. Print. p. 213-236.