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1066-14851066-1485
Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth FieldBosworth Field
Feudalism was a hierarchy
based on the least powerful swearing allegiance and loyalty to the person in power above him. It began with the serfs and ended with the king and the Pope
Medieval Period was based on feudalism
The Norman Conquest of England
created a powerful Anglo-Norman entity and brought England into the mainstream of European civilization
Characteristics of the Middle Ages (cont)
The feudal system centralized
military, political, and economic power in the Crown
Characteristics of the Middle Ages (cont)
The Roman Church
transcended national boundaries and fostered cultural unity among Europeans
Characteristics of the Middle Ages (cont)
The ideals of chivalry
improved attitudes toward but not the rights of women
Characteristics of the Middle Ages (cont)
The bubonic plague created a
labor shortage that contributed to the end of feudalism and to the passing of the Middle Ages
Characteristics of the Middle Ages (cont)
William led the Normans against
the Anglo Saxons at the Battle of Hastings (1066 CE)
He won and brought a new language and methods of organization to England
William the Conquerer
Most influential and powerful institution in
Europe Dictated even the most insignificant details of
individuals’ lives Participated in Inquisitions Controlled intellectual thought until the
Renaissance Place of power and education
Catholic Church
Called the Black Death– estimates say that 10
to fifty percent of Europeans died of the black death.
So many people died that there was a shortage of labor which eventually helped to bring about the middle class.
Bubonic Plague strikes England 1348
Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered
by the knights of Henry II. Canterbury Cathedral honors this English
martyr. He also was the martyr celebrated in the
Canterbury Tales
Thomas a Beckett
Chivalry was a code of conduct based
on the process of becoming a knight. Adherence to oaths of allegiance and
rules governing fighting were basic to its precepts
Chivalry
Orginally dervied from a French word which
meant dancing song, ballads were composed with music in mind with their rhythm and meter. Ballads are poetry of the people and their topics are ones of everyday life– lost love, death, betrayal, the supernatural and relationships
Ballads
A tale about Arthur’s knights and the Round
Table, Sir Gawain accepts the Green Knights challenge to exchange blows. The story might really be about redemption and sin.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Canterbury Tales was written in Middle English
by Geoffrey Chaucer who is often called the father of English poetry. He is credited with making English respectable. Until Chaucer most literature and documents of importance were done in Latin
Canterbury Tales (written 1387)
A morality play to teach a lesson to its
viewers. It’s about a character named Everyman who confronts Death and has to find which of his friends will go with him.
Everyman