Feudalism

LordsTop Rank

Responsibilityprovide land toNobles and Peasants

Nobles/Vassals2nd Rank

ResponsibilityProvided land

for the peasants(Serfs)

Worked for theLord as a Knightin return for land

SerfsBottom Class

ResponsibilityFarmed theland for theNobles

Owed MilitaryService to the Nobles for allowingthem to use theland

Owed part ofthe crop to Nobles and the Lord.

Could not leavethe estate without permission of the nobles

Were not allowed to marry withoutpermission.

Lived by the Code of Chivalry:A Guide for good behavior

British Kings and Their AccomplishmentsAlfred the Great King John Henry II Edward I

Drove the Vikingsfrom England

Signed the Magna Cartainto law.

This outlinedthe power ofthe King

Established theJury Systemin England

Helped to developThe English Parliament

GeographyEnglish Channel Physical Features That

Separate Cultures Medieval Cities Disease

Black Death wasa plague in Europethat killed millions

It decreased trade and increased wages for those that survived.

Dirty-SmellyPolluted

Mountains-Rivers-Oceans

The Alps separatedItaly from the rest ofEurope.

The English Channel separates England from the rest of Europe.

Doomsday BookFirst English CensusWilliam the Conquerorasked for the census.

ChurchHoly Roman

EmpireScience Art Missionaries

EmperorCharlemagne

Believed educationwas importantfor all

Concordat of Worms

Limited thepower of theEmperors

InquisitionChurch Courttried people

who disagreed with the churchabout science.

Thomas AquinasCombined churchteachings with the viewsof Aristotle.

Stained GlassWindows in Cathedrals.

Hildegard of BingenConvent in Germanyfamous for religiousmusic.

Started by PopeGregory the Great

Francis of Assisifamous friar thathelped the poor.

Crusades Started by the Catholics because they wanted to take the holy landback from the Muslims.

1st CrusadeDrove Muslimsfrom the Holy Land

2nd CrusadeMuslims driveChristians from the Holy Land

3rd CrusadeEnded in a draw

Effects of the Crusades

More trade betweenEurope and the Middle East.

Collected more taxesin Europe.

Feudalism broke downNobles were forced tosell their land.

Franks(France)

1st Frankish King

King Clovis

Became a Catholicas King

Fought the 100 years warvs. the British

Joan of ArcFamous Frankishteenage girl wholed French troopsinto battle vs. the British

The Franks developone of Europe’s firstparliaments

Their parliament was called the Estates General

Ancestry of Great Britain

Anglo - Saxons Celts

Pushed into Ireland, Whales, and Scotland.

Invaded England after the Romans left.

Vikings

From Scandinavia

Robbed villages in Europe

Driven from England by Alfred the Great.