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Chapter 13: The Middle Ages 500-1500

The Middle Ages: 500-1500. Chapter 13: The Middle Ages 500-1500. 1. Disruption of trade: Invasions and unstable governments made trade impossible. Businesses failed 2. Downfall of cities: Cities were abandoned. Why? 3. Population Shifts: Europe became a predominantly rural society.

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Chapter 13: The Middle Ages 500-1500

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  1. The Middle Ages: 500-1500 Chapter 13: The Middle Ages 500-1500

  2. 1. Disruption of trade: Invasions and unstable governments made trade impossible. Businesses failed • 2. Downfall of cities: Cities were abandoned. Why? • 3. Population Shifts: Europe became a predominantly rural society. During this time a new society emerges influenced by 3 Sources:

  3. DECLINE OF LEARNING • LOSS OF A COMMON LANGUAGE • How would cities contribute to this? 2 key changes during the MIDDLe Ages

  4. Germanic boundaries shifted but the presence of the church was consistent. Germanic Kingdoms Emerge In Roman Society: Citizenship and loyalty to the state were key In Germanic Society: Family ties and personal loyalty held society together.

  5. Chiefs supported warriors but held no loyalty to far off kings. Kingdoms were hard to hold together because they relied on personal relationships. Germanic Kingdoms Emerge

  6. Clovis king of the Franks466-511

  7. Clovis king of the Franks466-511 • Leader of the Franks (in Gaul) • Converted to Christianity- • Gained the support of the church. (Continuing Relation ship) • Led to increased conversions among Germanic peoples. • Missionaries traveled among them trying to convert them.

  8. Monasteries

  9. Benedict created rules to govern monastic life • Monastaries • Monks • Convents • Nuns • Gave up their possesions • Manuscripts . • Monastaries became Europe’s best educated communities. • Preserved some of Rome’s intellectual heritage. Monasteries

  10. Makes the church a secular (non religious) power Built roads Raised armies Helped the poor Gregory the Great 590-604

  11. Serves as “Mayor of the Palace” (major domo) • Merovingian kings had become “do nothing kings” • Stops Muslim advance • Battle of Tours Charles Martel (The Hammer)

  12. Mayor of the Palace after Charles Martel He supports the pope who makes him “King by the Grace of God”. Beginning of the Carolingian Dynasty. When Pepin died power passed to Carloman and then Charlemagne (Charles the Great) came to power. Pepin the Short Mayor of the Palace -741, King of the Franks from 751 to 768

  13. Charlemagne- • Built an empire that by 800, was larger than the Byzantine Empire. • Pope Crowned him Roman Emperor. • Uniting Germanic power, Church and the legacy of Rome. • Demanded that nobles governed justly. • Encouraged Learning. • When he died he split his empire between three sons. See map page 356. King of the Franks 768-814 Charlemagne Music video

  14. The vikings Vikings Music video

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