Standard MWH 2.1 Evaluate the consequences of the changing boundaries of kingdoms in Europe,

Asia, the Americas, and Africa

Unit 3 Chapter 17: The Foundations of Christian

Society in Western Europe

Pre-thinkWhat do you know

about the foundations of Christian society in W. Europe?

How did trade effect Europe’s rise?

How did religion effect Europe’s rise?

How did disease effect Europe’s rise?

POLITICS

Germanic Successors to the Romans24 August 410 Alaric

sacked Rome476 Odoacer took

over470’s Visigoths took

SpainClovis leads the

Franks481-511

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpHMPzk6uI4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

The Frankish EmpireClovis – Merovingian

dynastyMarried to ClotildaWhy was Clovis

called the new Constantine by Gregory

Arian/Latin controversy

Charles “the hammer” MartelBattle of Tours 732Never a king, was a

deputy of the last Frankish King

Grandson was Charlemagne “Charles the Great”

Charlemagne http://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=XGkUNK8kmDw

Reigned 768 – 814 Traveling King 12/25/800 crowned Emperor

by the Pope Consistent support of the

Papacy through spreading Christianity, education, militarism Bloody Verdict of Verdun

Why was Charlemagne so important?

How did his diplomacy make his kingdom different from other Germanic kingdoms?

Viking Invasion

Lindisfarne monastery

Based on your knowledge of Christian monasticism what would make monasteries good targets for Viking raids?Accumulated wealthIsolated locationNon-militaristic cultureChristian missionary promulgation

King Otto 1 of SaxonyProclaimed emperor

in 962 Strong supporter of

the PapacyRuled over a

Kingdom in Germany

Lord-retainer relationshipsDecentralized political order

Serf-manor relationshipsFree and non-free serfs

Manor lifeManufacturing, farming, fighting

Society

Economics of Medieval Europe

Let’s go to the FAIR!!!Local markets/fairs

Itinerant peddlersChristian

missionaries trading with Muslims in Spain

Maritime trade in the Baltic Sea w/Norse Merchant-Mariners

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European Population 200-1000 CE

Based on your knowledge of European history, how do you explain the data in this population chart? Write a 1 paragraph analysis of the data

and prepare to share with the class.

Religion – ChristianityThe Papacy

What happened in 1054 between the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople?

Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great)

Papal primacy Penance Missionaries to England

St. Benedict of NursiaBenedict’s rule : Read & analyze primary

source documents

St. Scholastica

Monasticism’s contributions to SocietyLibraries, scriptoriaOrphanages, inns, hospitalseducation

Monasticism