Transcript THE DEVELOPMENT OF FEUDALISM IN WESTERN EUROPE

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 TURN TO A NEIGHBOR AND SHARE
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SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH ILLUSTRATED
VOCABULARY TERM
 AFTER YOU HAVE SHARED, TAKE OUT A
SHEET OF PAPER TO SET UP FOR
CORNELL NOTES
• TITLE : DEVELOPMENT OF FEUDALISM
• STANDARD: 7.6.3
 FIRST WE WILL WATCH A SHORT
VIDEO THAT WILL REFRESH OUR
MEMORY ABOUT WHY ROME FELL.
IT WILL ALSO GIVE US A BETTER
IDEA ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF
EUROPE AFTER THE GREAT
EMPIRE FELL TO THE GERMANS.
• The Great Courses DVD - Lecture 7
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FEUDALISM IN WESTERN
EUROPE
STANDARD 7.6.3
THINK ABOUT THIS!
 AFTER THE FALL OF ROME LIFE
WAS DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT
IN EUROPE: INVADERS, POVERTY
 Who were the invaders?
 Why were the people of Europe in
poverty?
 What were the needs of the people of
Europe after the fall of Rome?
CHAPTER 2
Standard 7.6.3
 Understand the development of feudalism, its
role in the medieval European economy, the
way in which it was influenced by physical
geography (the role of the manor and the
growth of towns), and how feudal relationships
provided the foundation of political order.
 YOU WILL START TAKING NOTES ON THE
NEXT SLIDE, QUESTIONS GO ON THE
LEFT, BULLET POINTS ON THE RIGHT!
HOW DID FEUDALISM FILL THE
NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF
EUROPE?
 FEUDALISM PROVIDED A STRICT
SOCIAL ORDER (HIERARCHY)
BASED ON RANK DETERMINED AT
BIRTH. IT ALSO PROVIDED
PROTECTION AND WAS
SUPPORTED BY THE MANORIAL
ECONOMIC SYSTEM.
FEUDALISM WAS BASED ON
LOYALTY, WHAT IS THAT?
 TURN TO PAGE 11 OF YOUR WORKBOOK
AND DEFINE THE TERM “LOYALTY” BY
DESCRIBING A SITUATION IN WHICH IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR SOMEONE TO BE
LOYAL.
 AFTER 5 MINUTES YOU WILL SHARE
WITH A PARTNER, AND 5 PEOPLE WILL
HAVE THE CHANCE TO SHARE WITH THE
WHOLE CLASS
WHAT DOES FEUDALISM LOOK
LIKE?
TOP TO BOTTOM=MORE PEOPLE
BOTTOM TO TOP = MORE RESPECT
ENTIRE SYSTEM IS BASED ON LOYALTY
AND RESPONSIBILITY.
LOYALTY
HOW DID FEUDALISM BEGIN?
 WARRING GROUPS (KINGDOMS)
COMPETED FOR THE LANDS THAT USED
TO BE ROME
 POWER = LAND AND STRONG ARMIES
• THE FRANKS (FRANCE) HAD ARMIES OF
HEAVILY ARMED KNIGHTS FIGHTING ON
HORSEBACK
• THESE KNIGHTS HELPED TO PROTECT
AGAINST OTHER BARABARIAN GROUPS AND
CONQUER (GAIN) LAND.
HOW DID FEUDALISM BEGIN?
 CHARLEMAGNE (CHARLES THE GREAT)
• USED A SYSTEM OF REWARDS- LAND FOR
SERVICE
• UNITED ALL CHRISTIAN LANDS AND WAS
NAMED HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR BY POPE
LEO III IN 800 CE
 HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR WAS LEADER OF ALL ROMAN
CATHOLIC LANDS (ONLY THE POPE COULD APPOINT
HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR)
 ***This is a time that the monarchy and the papacy
cooperated….this was not always how their relationship was
HOW DID FEUDALISM
ESTABLISH ORDER IN EUROPE?
 PEOPLE WERE BOUND TO ONE ANOTHER BY
PROMISES OF LOYALTY AND
RESPONSIBILITY (1000 C.E.)
• WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR BROUGHT
FEUDALISM TO ENGLAND IN 1066
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MONARCH- RULER OF ALL LANDS
LORD - NOBLES BY BIRTH
KNIGHT- ARMORED SOLDIERS
PEASANTS - POOR FARMERS PAID RENT TO
A LORD
• SERFS- UNFREE PEASANTS THAT WERE “TIED”
TO LAND, COULDN’T LEAVE. NO CHOICE BUT TO
WORK LAND FOR SMALL PLOT
WHAT WAS A MANOR AND WHY
WAS IT IMPORTANT?
 THE MANOR WAS THE HEART OF
FEUDALISM
 MANORS WERE SELF-SUFFICIENT :
THEY GREW AND BUILT
EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED
THEMSELVES
 ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON THE
MANOR HAD A ROLE WITH
DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
FEUDAL MANOR
READING NOTES 2.4-2.7
 YOU WILL NOW ORGANIZE YOUR DESKS
INTO GROUPS OF FOUR.
 YOU WILL READ PAGES 23-29 OF YOUR
TEXTBOOK AND DISCOVER THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH LEVEL OF
THE FEUDAL STRUCTURE BY
ANSWERING THE READING NOTES
QUESTIONS ON PAGES 12-13 OF YOUR
WORKBOOK.
• ***STOP HERE
2.4 MONARCHS DURING
FEUDAL TIMES
 MANY MONARCHS RELIED ON THEIR
LORDS (VASSALS) TO PROVIDE
KNIGHTS AND SOLDIERS AND MAINTAIN
CONTROL OF KINGDOM
 MOSTLY SYMBOLIC RULERS WITH
LITTLE REAL POWER, BUT BELIEVED
GOD GAVE THEM POWER TO RULE
• DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR BROUGHT
FEUDALISM TO EUROPE
2.5 LORDS AND LADIES
 NOBLES; MOST LIVED ON MANORS
IN MANOR HOUSES OR CASTLES
 PROVIDED PROTECTION AND
WERE STATUS SYMBOLS
 LORDS: MANAGE AND PROTECT
FIEF, SERVED AS JUDGES
 LADIES: CARED FOR CHILDREN
AND OVERSAW HOUSEHOLDS
2.6 KNIGHTS, NOT NIGHTS
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VASSALS OF MORE POWERFUL LORDS
EXCHANGED PROTECTION FOR LAND
LOYAL TO CHURCH AND LORD
PAGE--> SQUIRE--> KNIGHT
CODE OF CHIVALRY
SET OF RULES OF BEHAVIOR, RESPECT, AND
HONOR
2.7 PEASANTS
 FREE PEASANTS RENTED LAND TO
FARM AND OWED ONLY THEIR
RENT TO THE LORD.
 UNFREE PEASANTS “SERFS”
FARMED THE LORDS FIELDS AND
COULD NOT LEAVE THE LAND
• RECEIVED A SMALL PLOT OF LAND TO
FARM FOR THEIR OWN
• LORDS COULD DEMAND TALLAGE,
MERCHET, AND “HEAD MONEY”