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Restoration of Order

Restoration of Order. Feudalism and the Manor. The Turn of the Millennium. Before the year 1000 Christians were expecting the world to end

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Restoration of Order

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  1. Restoration of Order Feudalism and the Manor

  2. The Turn of the Millennium • Before the year 1000 Christians were expecting the world to end • This fear, along with reformed monasticism in the 10th century allowed the papacy to consolidate power into the power that is recognized as the Roman Catholic Church today • Surpluses of grain revitalized urban population and bolstered trade • The Feudal system that began under the Carolingians began to solidify into a form of government as it dictated the culture, society, and economics of the 10th and 11th centuries

  3. Economic and Social Changes • Manorialism- the economic ordering of agricultural production and the organization of the lives of the peasants involved with that production • Feudalism- describes the relationship between a lord and his vassals and to the society itself • In the middle ages 90% of the population was peasants while 10% was nobility, clergy, and merchants

  4. Manorialism • Medieval Europe had a mix of agricultural methods • Some areas were farmed by free peasants who owned land and mixed cultivation with fishing or herding • Most of the grain came from large manors with serfs who were unfree peasants that worked the land • The manor was a community of peasants organized under the authority of a lord • Was a unit of economic, judicial, and social organization • Characteristic of southeast England, northern France, western Germany, and the Rhone and Po river valleys

  5. Drawing of a Manor

  6. Medieval Manor

  7. The Lord’s Control • Serfs and their children could not leave the manor without the lord’s permission • The Lord ran a manorial court which could levy fines • The lord charged serfs to use his mill or winepress • The lord provided the local police and court system • Men had to work at least 3 days a week on the lord’s land and had to provide special services at certain times of the year • Peasant paid rent in money and goods • Peasants had to give mandatory gifts at holidays • If a man chose to marry off his daughter he paid the lord • If a serf moved from the manor he paid a yearly fine until he returned

  8. Housing and Food • Lived in villages surrounded by fields • Peasants built stone houses and extended families lived together • Where stone was scarce, they built A-frame houses with woven branches and clay • They slept on a straw pallet and usually displayed a crucifix in the room • They ate mostly grain with the addition of eggs, cheese, beans, oats, peas, and a bit of meat (mutton) • They drank either beer or wine depending on where they lived

  9. Feudalism • Describes the personal bonds among the elite society • Refers to a patron/client relationship between two freemen • Vassal- a person who put himself under the protection of a lord in exchange foe military aid • Lord and vassal both came from the upper classes of society • The vassal had to come to the aid of the lord and the lord owed the same to the vassal • Fief- the land that is given to the vassal from the lord • A vassal could receive fiefs from different lords but could only have one liege

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