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Medieval Times

Medieval Times. Do Now. Why do you think historians would name an era The Middle Ages? It fell in the middle of ancient times and modern times Ancient Greek and Roman Times Middle Ages Renaissance

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Medieval Times

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  1. Medieval Times

  2. Do Now • Why do you think historians would name an era The Middle Ages? • It fell in the middle of ancient times and modern times Ancient Greek and Roman Times Middle Ages Renaissance BCE ----------------0------------CE----------------------500--------------------------------------------1492--------------------- • The Dark Ages? • No new learning, The Bubonic Plague (Black Death) • What do you think is the meaning behind the word Medieval? -it is from the Latin: medium aevum; meaning middle ages

  3. So, what started it all? The Fall of the Roman Empire • Caused a period of wars throughout Europe • People were forced to create walled towns known as manors or fiefs

  4. The Manor or fief • Self sufficient, walled town • owned by a wealthy lord (land lord) • people who lived there paid him for protection • Townspeople created shops and villages, • peasants farmed the land for the lord

  5. What similarities do you see in these diagrams of a manor?

  6. The Manor or fief Things found there • Lord’s house (castle) • Townspeople’s homes and shops (village) • Peasant’s homes (huts) • Church • Fields/pastures/forest/ • streams

  7. Feudalism • System where people work for and on the lord’s land in exchange for his protection. • The King grants land to nobles (lords) & in exchange they provide soldiers to fight for him. • Peasants, called serfs, work the land for the lord. • Based on a strict hierarchy (ranking system) of social classes.

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