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Early Medieval Europe 600-1000
• A time of insecurity– Politically fragmented kingdoms
(Excluding Charlemagne)– Viking Invasions– William the Conqueror (Battle of
Hastings)1066• A Self Sufficient Economy
– No Rome = Regional Elites– Medieval Diet = Beer, lard, butter, bread
(North) wheat, wine, olive oil (South) – Manorialism = Small landowners (serfs)
sell land to lords, provide services in exchange for protection
• Early Medieval Society– Feudalism = Political, economic, social
system where military service & land ownership ruled
– Vassals = People who are given a fief (land) in exchange for military service
– Knights = Honor code of chivalry is a 2 sided contract
Politics and the Church
• Holy Roman Empire = loose confederation of German princes
• Struggle for Power– Investiture Controversy =
Secular rulers vs. popes on who should choose bishops
– Ex: Pope Gregory VII vs. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
• Monasticism = Devotion to religious life– Celibacy, devotion to prayer,
isolation from society– Centers of literacy, learning,
refuge, inns, orphanages = all self-sufficient
– Hard for Catholic Church to control
Western European Revival 1000-1200
• Population & Agricultural Production Increases– Resurgence of trade– Kings strengthen control– Technology = Heavy
moldboard plow, the horse collar
• Self-Governing Cities– Relied on manufacturing &
trade for income (Ex: Venice = Maritime Power)
• Use of Gold & Sliver Coins linked with increase of trade
The Crusades 1095-1204
• Crusades = Series of Christian Military campaigns against Muslims– Causes = Religious zeal, vassal
participation in church-sanctioned warfare, desire for land, trade
– Four Total (Jerusalem captured in the first, lost in the third)
• Holy Land = Focus of the Crusades– Tradition of Pilgrimages, Muslim
control of Christian religious sites– Pope Urban II initiated 1st Crusade
1095
• Impact of the Crusades– Ended Europe’s intllectual isolation– Exposed to larger urban areas– Trade between the East & West
Increased (East not as eager)