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Western Europe
Central government broke down and trade was disrupted
Cities were abandoned and population centers shifted to rural areas.
Christianity remained a major unifying force throughout most of Western Europe. Christianity spread to the Germanic tribes.
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Feudalism in Medieval Europe
Causes: Invasions and attacks disrupted
agriculture and trade, as well as manufacturing.
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Outside Invasions
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FEUDALISM in Medieval Europe
Causes: Without a central government,
there was no protection from invasion or attack and trade was disrupted.
Those with land (wealth) built fortified homes (castle) and hired their own militia as people fled cities.
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FEUDALISM in Medieval Europe
Large landowners gave land to their warriors as payment for loyalty and service.
The person who received the land was called a vassal and the piece of land was called a fief or feud the person giving the land was the lord.
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FEUDALISM in Medieval Europe
Over time, landowners and their warriors (knights) became the nobility –inherited position.
Nobleman=Warrior. The RC Church’s position
strengthened and clergy became its own class.
90% or more of the population were urban or rural workers.
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FEUDALISM in Medieval Europe
Social Class System- –Nobility (those who fought)–Clergy (those who were
supported by the Church)–Peasants (those who worked)
–Serfs, Merchants, Craftsmen
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King
Nobles
Knights
Peasants
Grants land to
Grants land to
Grants land to
Provide food and services
Provide protection and
military service
Provide money and
knights
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FEUDALISM in Medieval Europe
Results: W. Europe was divided into local
political territories without a strong central government and each territory was broken into self-sufficient manors (or estates).
One’s social class was basically inherited.
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FEUDALISM in Medieval Europe
Feudalism was the political system
and
Manorialism was the economic system
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Manorialism
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By the 1000s ce, the Byzantine Empire was losing territory to the Islamic Turks & weak states in Western Europe were forming.
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CRUSADES
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