Transcript File - Ms. Piñol`s World History Class

2010-2011
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Thought Questions:
1. Why do you think the Pope is crowning
Charlemagne?
2. What does this picture tell you about
Charlemagne’s Empire?
 Franks-
Germanic ppl
living in Gaul select Clovis
 Clovis converts to
Christianity- makes friends
w/ Pope and Roman
Christians living in Gaul
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768 Charles the Great, AKA
Charlemagne 2 goals
 unite
Europe through conquests
 convert everyone to Christianity
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Successful- double size of Kingdom,
more powerful than anyone since
Roman Empire
 Charlemagne
asked to
Rome to crush a rebellion.
 Crowned by Pope Leo III.
 “Emperor
of the Romans”
 Angers Byzantine
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Ppl taught to obey him in church
Empire divided into self-sufficient manors
Use counts to watch empire
Counts jobs:
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3.
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Maintain small army loyal to emperor
Collect taxes
Settle disputes
Minstrels sang song glorifying emperor
(control of media!)
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Opened school to train kids of royal officials
 Grammar, logic and mathematics
Died in 813, empire divided into weak thirds(eventual Epic Fail) but known for:
 extending Christianity to northern Europe
 blending German, Roman & Christian
traditions
 strong & efficient gov’t
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Thought Questions:
3. What do you see in this picture?
4. Who are the men on shore?
5. Where have they come from?
6. Why do you think they have landed here?
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Who were the Vikings?
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Where did they raid and why?
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Traders & explorers from Scandinavia who became pirates
Education unimportant, culture centered on war, pagan
polytheistic ppl
England & Frankish manors & monasteries to obtain money
and goods
Explored east coast of N.A- Vinland aka New Foundland
What was their impact on Europe?
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After Charlemagne died Vikings divided & weakened
empire
Europeans gave up land rather than fight, stayed on manors
for protection
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Read abt development of Feudalism
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Answer the Look For and the Reading Check questions
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Thought Questions:
7. What are some of the differences
between the 2 castles?
8. What are some similarities?
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Motte- (sounds like caught) castle built on mound of
dirt to elevate for protection
Keep- stronghold built on top of motte
Bailey- enclosure containing kitchen, stables,
workshops, residences for peasants & chapel
Drawbridge- connects motte & bailey, raised to
prevent attack.
Ditch- water around
motte and bailey
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Changes to motte & bailey castles
 Stone walls
 Ventilation slits no windows
 Sanitation shaft- waste goes down, “fresh” water
comes up
 Keep- residence and fortress, usually form of
towers w/ several stories
 1st story- servants, pages, squires
 2nd & 3rd- Lord’s residence, great hall for meals,
 Parapet- low wall, had arrow slits
 Portcullises- iron gate across entrances
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Thought Questions:
9. Why do you think some ppl are working & some
are not?
10. Who do you think lives in the castle? Who lives in
the cottages?
11. What does this tell you about life on a manor?
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Feudalism- system of life, services
exchanged for land. Justified by idea that
God intended some ppl to be superior to
others.
Monarch- shared top w/ Clergy. Weaker
after Charlemagne yet still top.
Lords & Nobles- ruled own land. Hunted,
battled, supervised.
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Wives had babies & kept house.
Divided land into fiefs to give in return for
service.
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Knights or Vassals- began training at 7, Chivalryobey lord, respect noblewomen, aid those in trouble,
fight fair & honest.
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Vassal enters agreement w/ lord- land (fief) for loyalty
Peasants- base of feudal society
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Majority serfs- bound to the land, can’t marry w/o
permission, can’t own land
 Can’t get evicted or forced to serve in military
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Freemen- paid for use of land, able to leave