Transcript The Middle Ages (300 * mid 1400*s CE)

9/11: A Time to Reflect
How did the event of 9/11 affect
worldviews?
-Of the United States
-Of Canada
-Of the Middle East
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Write your
answer on a lined
piece of paper in
your binder
Bell Work: The Feudal System
What do you think
this editorial
cartoon is saying?
Who would the
workers be in the
feudal system?
Who would the
men looking down
be?
Bell Work: Quiz Yourself
Try your best to answer the following questions. Use
your notes if you are having difficulties
1) What three factors shape worldview (hint: diagram)
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2) Name three events that set the stage for the
Renaissance. Explain why each event was important and
how it created change.
3) What is worldview? How did the trade and travel
happening on the “Silk Road” affect the people of the
Middle Age’s worldview
Review Review Review
1) a. Geography: Where people live
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b. Contact with other groups: Learning and opening our minds through
interactions with other people
c. Ideas and knowledge: Sharing information with one another, allows us to
see new perspectives.
2) Silk Road: Helped with the trade of goods and information.
Crusades: A series of wars (200 years) between the most powerful religions at
the time: Christians and Muslims. They were fighting over the Holy Land. Helped
with trade, the exchange of knowledge (scholastics, science, math, astronomy, and
medicine) and the beginning of universities.
Growth of Cities and Towns: People moving in hopes of finding wealth (jobs).
The result of these cities and towns was the loss of the feudal system, and the
people (peasants and serfs) feeling empowered.
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3) Worldview: A collection of values and beliefs about life and the universe that is
common to a group of people.
The Silk Road allowed for people to travel, trade and interact with other people.
They were encouraged to learn about other religions, and learn about new
cultures.
The Middle Ages
(300 – mid 1400’s CE)
What was the Middle Age?
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A historical period in Europe stretching
from the fall of the Roman Empire in the
4th century to the beginning of the
Renaissance in the 14th century
◦ Medieval period
◦ Dark ages
Why do you think that this time period has been
referred to as the “Dark Ages”?
Medieval Thoughts/Worldviews
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Most Christian Europeans shared a religious worldview that God
was the center of human existence
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The beliefs of the poor presented a worldview in which they
accepted a harsh, short life on earth believing they would be
rewarded after death by going to heaven.
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Wealthier people donated money and did work for the church in
hopes that God would reward them in the afterlife
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The Church influenced art and architecture because most artists
worked for the Church.
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Rarely did anyone question the ideas and teachings of the Church.
No one questioned the importance of religion.
Watch this clip and then answer this
question:
 How would a person's worldview in the
middle ages be affected if they were never
able to travel beyond the borders of their
village or town?
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What were the Middle ages like?
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Feudal system
◦ A political-economic-social system of
landholding. Class structure very rigid
Watch the clip:The Annoying Peasant
Explain this illustration in
your own words
The Middle Ages:
A Feudal Life
Website
If you could choose,
where would you want
to be?
What were the Middle Ages Like?
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The basic chain of feudalism was as
follows:
1. God
2. Kings
3. Nobles (Barons, Bishops, etc.)
4. Knights- who did not own land
5. Serfs or peasants- who did not own
land
What were the Middle Ages Like?
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Rise of the Catholic Church
◦ Most of Europe converted to Catholicism
◦ Pope of grand importance. Had great power
in all aspects of life
◦ Influence on art, litterature, achitecture
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Three estates (Social Classes)
◦ Aristocracy
◦ Clergy
◦ Commons
What were the Middle Ages Like?
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Knighthood
◦ Duty of male above a commoner was in the
military
◦ Dubbed once intense training ended
◦ Fierce warriors loyal to the state
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Women in the Middle Ages
◦ No political rights
◦ Subservient to men
◦ Husband or father determined her position
What were the key events of the
Middle Ages that set the stage for
the Renaissance?
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Growth of cities and towns
◦ Eventually, the increasing population in cities
and towns made the feudal system close to
obsolete.
◦ New classes emerged (upper, middle, lower)
What were the key events of the Middle
Ages that set the stage for the Renaissance?
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The Silk Road
◦ A trade route that passed from the eastern
borders of Europe terminating in the desert
regions of western China
◦ Traded items such as silk, glassware, spices, paper
etc
◦ Other things passed along
 Understanding of religion, science, technology,
philosophy, music and math.
◦ Made people want to become traders and travel
◦ Not all things passed in the Silk Road were good
 Spread disease (black death)
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Europeans goods and inventions made
their way to China and Japan as well
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Ideas and knowledge were also spread
through the traders who were always
making new connections in new societies
in order to meet the demands of the
European consumers
Trading On the Silk Road
Discussion!!!
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How are ideas changed as they pass
through different people?
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How are ideas spread in our society
today?
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Why was the spreading of ideas so
important to the changes that were about
to occur in European society?
What were the key events of the
Middle Ages that set the stage for
the Renaissance?
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The Crusades
◦ The Crusades (1095-1270), a series of wars
waged by European Christians against Muslims,
were waged during the period.
◦ Results of the crusades
 Scholasticism (discovery and study of ancient Greek
writtings)
 Increase in trade (food and clothing materials)
 National taxes
 Advances in art, science and technology
 Universities
What were the key events of the
Middle Ages that set the stage for the
Renaissance?
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The Magna Carta
◦ The Magna Carta was signed by King John in 1215.
◦ The Magna Carta was a document that limited the
Church’s power.
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The Hundred Years War
◦ The English and French entered into the Hundred
Years’ War (1337-1453)
◦ This war showed that England was no longer
represented by the knight but by the commoner.
Common people were taking up the fight for
their country.
The Peasants Revolt!!!
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Because of high rents and taxes, peasants in both England and
France revolted in a war that came to be known as "The
Hundred Years War".
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The peasants' concerns were not resolved during this conflict.
This lead to an increasing challenge to the feudal system which
opened the door to new thoughts about European society.
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Increasing wealth and the rise in the creation and population of
towns also lead to a less rigid social structure.
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People began to focus on money rather than land as a source of
wealth.
What were the key events of the
Middle Ages that set the stage for
the Renaissance?
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The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
◦ The Black Death, or bubonic plague, struck England in
1348-1349.
◦ The Black Death was highly contagious and
killed approximately one third of the
population.
◦ The Black Death caused the end of feudalism.
The Black Plague Documentary
The Islamic Empire
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The center of the Islamic world was at the crossroads
of the Silk Road. All trade between the Middle East and
Europe was controlled by Muslims.
This made the Muslim Empire the center for learning
during the Middle Ages
-Scholarship
-Science
-Math, astronomy, and medicine
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A New Age…
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Society was changing. The emergence of busy towns
and increasing wealth in the middle class meant that
society was less rigidly organized.
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A period of great creativity in the arts and sciences
was about to begin.
The Result?
A NEED FOR
REBIRTH!!!!
Bell Work: Study Guide
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1)
Things you may want to look over before tomorrows quiz!
Write these down!!!
Know your definitions!
Worldview
Beliefs
Values
Middle Ages
Feudal System
2) Know the three factors that shape worldview and be able to explain!
3) Understand the different levels of the feudal system
4) Study the different events that led to the Renaissance (The Silk Road is a big one!!!)
Try not to memorize! I challenge you to understand!!!
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You will all do amazing!!!!