Western+Europe




 * Impact of Christianity** (490-600)

-Christian Churches => new info highway, controlling, information, beliefs & attitudes -knowledge is monoplized by a clergy due to Germanic tribes ~focused on own religious doctrine -Dark Ages => Kings aligned with church gain political advantage ~consolidated power when converting to Roman Catholic => church gains land, wealth, and influence -absolute authority Conversion to Christianity (493) [Frankish Kingdom] -Frankish King Clovis converts ~boost Frankish dominance with influence of Roman Celts ~gains support of Catholic Church -consolidating power base by gaining church support -farming was not able to support large population of Scandinavians ~searched the sea ~good weather was a solution -Northern Mainland + coast of Britain => raided => Scandinavians ~slave captures -monastrias threatened -Frankish Empire was under the rule of Charles Martel ~expanded east. ~Charlemagne was his grandson. -771 -Charlemagne becomes king =>protector of Roman Catholic Church -800 - crowned by Pope -814 - died -new effective ways to wield weapons and wear heavy armor -military and lord relation ~lords exchange for military services -Urbanization + Unification decreased ~based on Feudal system -Christianity was popular -barbarians converted to Christianity -Crusades => Asia ~trade and science and enlightenment -1000-1433 Conquered Dutch -1302 Kingdom of Burgundy -1018 Bohemia -1066 Norman conquered England -1215 proposed Magna Carta -Crusades influenced => Asia is more advanced than Europe -Christianity became more popular -Christians became ruthless and violent ~attacked Jews -Ottoman Empire conquered Byzantine -Mongols encountered the plague -plagued weakened them -better conquest
 * (589)*[Visogoth Kingdom & Lombard Kingdom]
 * Reign of Charles Martel & Viking Raids** (600 - 755)
 * The Rise of the Franks** (755-850)
 * Feudalism** (840 - 967)
 * Christianity and the High Middle Ages & Expansion of Holy Roman Empire** (967 - 1060)
 * Effects of the Crusades, Norman conquest of England and Magna Carta** (1060-1240)
 * Why the Golden Horde was able to dominate Europe and the Black Death Plague** (1240 - 1350)

media type="custom" key="7505923"Summary : Manorialism is the relation between the landlord and their peasant/serf. Serfs were like peasants they worked as agricultural workers on the manor. They lived a difficult lifestyle due to the tools they used were not the greatest. Charles Martel the founder of the Carolingians took over the monarchy that was based on northern France, Belgium, and western Germany. Charlemagne a family line from the Carolingians was a substantial empire in France and Germany in the year 800. When Charlemange died the empire was split into three for his grandsons.

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Summary : Feudalism is the relation between military elites and the landlords. There were greater lords and lords that were not as great known as vassals. Vassals owned some kind of military service, goods or payments, and advice to their greater lord. When William the conquerer came, agriculture became to expand and the serfs started to live a better life. Feudalism was the cause of greater advancements compared to manorialism.

Video Notes:

media type="custom" key="7545291" Summary: The Magna Carta was document that confirmed to lower the power of higher classes. This document was forced to sign by King of England due to the defeat of a battle. It proposed a set of laws to make things more fair and reasonable. In example when a man dies and owes a debt his belongings are used to pay off his debt or the debt is put upon the wife and their children. Also the wife then becomes the head chief or she is forced to get a place of her own. This resulted with no power in women at all. The Magna Carta also proposed to decrease the power of churches and religious beliefs on their people

ESPIRT:

· Hundred Years War -France and England -14th and 15th century -Kings now relied on paid armies -ordinary archers learned to unseat armored knights -French was victorious · BLACK DEATH -Plague -1348 -decreased population -conflicts between landlords and peasants
 * __The Decline of the Medieval Synthesis__**

-skillful warfare -skilled tactics -professional armies grew - new weaponry ; cannon and gunpowder -upper class=> polite -religions became weak -art portrayed human features
 * __Signs of Strain__**

· Middle Ages => glories of Rome and the glitter of modern Europe >growing dynamism >900 C.E=> population, trade, cities, interlectual activities grew in European history >gothic style/art · Medieval Period => relationshop between Europe and the regions around it >Europe gained strength >Universities contained Arab origins >crusades revealed aggresive intrest of the world
 * __The Post Classical West and its Heritage__**