UNIT 5: EMERGENCE UNIT 5: EMERGENCE OF MODERN EUROPEOF MODERN EUROPE

SSWH7 The student will analyze European medieval society with

regard to culture, politics, society, and economics.

a. Explain the manorial system and feudalism; include the status of peasants and feudal monarchies and the importance of Charlemagne.

b. Describe the political impact of Christianity; include Pope Gregory VII and King Henry IV.

c. Explain the role of the church in medieval society.

d. Describe how increasing trade led to the growth of towns and cities.

REMEMBER THE RELIGIONSREMEMBER THE RELIGIONS REMEMBER THE UNITSREMEMBER THE UNITS REMEMBER SPECIFIC PEOPLEREMEMBER SPECIFIC PEOPLE

ECONOMICS AND POLITICSECONOMICS AND POLITICS

MANORIALISMMANORIALISM FEUDALISMFEUDALISM WHAT DO YOU KNOW?WHAT DO YOU KNOW? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE

EMERGENCE OF MODERN EUROPE?EMERGENCE OF MODERN EUROPE? WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT

EUROPE?EUROPE?

EUROPE, 800EUROPE, 800

EUROPE, 900EUROPE, 900

EUROPE, 1000EUROPE, 1000

ECO AND POLECO AND POL

MANORIALISMMANORIALISM political, economic, political, economic,

and social system and social system by which the by which the peasantspeasants of of medieval medieval EuropeEurope were rendered were rendered dependent on their dependent on their land and on their land and on their lord lord

Its basic unit was the Its basic unit was the manor, a self-sufficient manor, a self-sufficient landed estate, or fieflanded estate, or fief

under the control of a lord under the control of a lord who enjoyed a variety of who enjoyed a variety of rights over it and the rights over it and the peasants attached to it by peasants attached to it by means of means of serfdomserfdom

made made feudalismfeudalism possible possible Peasants worked the land Peasants worked the land

for lords and had few for lords and had few rights rights

FEUDALISMFEUDALISM

FeudalismFeudalism was a set of legal and was a set of legal and military customs ( A KIND OF military customs ( A KIND OF POLITICAL SYSTEM) in POLITICAL SYSTEM) in medieval Europemedieval Europe that flourished that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, between the 9th and 15th centuries, which, broadly defined, was a system which, broadly defined, was a system for structuring society around for structuring society around relationships derived from the relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for holding of land in exchange for service or labour.service or labour.

The Middle AgesThe Middle Ages

The The Middle AgesMiddle Ages periodperiod of of European historyEuropean history

encompassing the 5th to the 15th encompassing the 5th to the 15th centuriescenturies

from the from the collapsecollapse of the of the Western Roman EmpireWestern Roman Empire until the until the beginning of the beginning of the RenaissanceRenaissance and and the the Age of DiscoveryAge of Discovery

ushered in the Modern Era. ushered in the Modern Era.

after AD 1000, the population of Europe increased after AD 1000, the population of Europe increased greatly as technological and agricultural greatly as technological and agricultural innovations allowed trade to flourish and crop innovations allowed trade to flourish and crop yields to increaseyields to increase

Manorialism — the organization of peasants into Manorialism — the organization of peasants into villages that owed rent and labor services to the villages that owed rent and labor services to the noblesnobles

feudalism — the political structure whereby feudalism — the political structure whereby knights and lower-status nobles owed military knights and lower-status nobles owed military service to their overlords, in return for the right to service to their overlords, in return for the right to rent from lands and manorsrent from lands and manors

two of the ways society was organized in the High two of the ways society was organized in the High Middle Ages. Kingdoms became more centralized Middle Ages. Kingdoms became more centralized after CHARLEMANGEafter CHARLEMANGE

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