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The Middle Ages

Learn about the Norman Conquest of 1066 and its consequences on Anglo-Saxon society, government, language, literature, and feudalism. Explore the emergence of feudalism, the rise of Middle English, the influence of French, the new chivalric code, and the decline of feudalism with royal reforms and Magna Carta. Delve into the Hundred Years' War, social changes, and the end of medieval society, including the Black Death, Lollardy, and the Peasants' Revolt in this concise overview.

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The Middle Ages

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  1. The Middle Ages In a nutshell

  2. THE NORMAN CONQUEST 1O66: WILLIAM OF NORMANDY BATTLE OF HASTINGS: DEATH OF LAST SAXON KING by fdteacher

  3. CONSEQUENCES • SAXON RESISTANCE RUTHLESSLY CRUSHED • DEATH OF ANGLO-SAXON WAY OF LIFE • ANGLO-SAXON LORDS DISPOSSESSED • COUNTRY UNITED UNDER WILLIAM’S RULE by fdteacher

  4. POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES • STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT • NATIONALISTIC SPIRIT • GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE CHURCH by fdteacher

  5. POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES INTRODUCTION OF FEUDALISM “EVERY MAN HAS A LORD EVERY LORD HAS LAND” by fdteacher

  6. CONSEQUENCES: LANGUAGE MIDDLE ENGLISH • INFLUENCE OF FRENCH • LOSS OF GERMANIC INFLECTIONS • INTRODUCTION OF NEW WORDS • GROWING IMPORTANCE OF LONDON DIALECT by fdteacher

  7. WORDS OF FRENCH ORIGIN • FOOD • RELIGION • LAW • GOVERNMENT • MILITARY LIFE by fdteacher

  8. CONSEQUENCES: LITERATURE NEW CHIVALRIC CODE OF CONDUCT NEW METRICAL SYSTEM INTRODUCTION OF ROMANCES by fdteacher

  9. ROMANCES TALES IN VERSE ABOUT • LOVE • RELIGION • CHIVALRY by fdteacher

  10. THE DECLINE OF FEUDALISM HENRY II ROYAL POWER STRENGTHENED BY • Abolition of military service due by knights • Creation of army of mercenary soldiers • Reform of justice by fdteacher

  11. REFORM OF JUSTICE • CONSTITUTIONS OF CLARENDON • THE COMMON LAW • TRIAL BY JURY by fdteacher

  12. THE DECLINE OF FEUDALISM THE MAGNA CHARTA 1215 • no taxationwithoutrepresentation • no imprisonmentwithout a fair trial by fdteacher

  13. PARLIAMENT FORMERLY • A FEUDAL ASSEMBLY OF NOBLES AND HIGH CLERGY FIRST CHANGES SIMON OF MONFORT by fdteacher

  14. PARLIAMENT EDWARD I BARONS HIGH CHURCH + TWO KNIGHTS FOR EVERY SHIRE TWO CITIZENS FOR EVERY CITY by fdteacher

  15. THE WAR AGAINST FRANCE THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR FROM 1337 TO 1453 Main CAUSES: • EDWARD III claiming vacant throne • FLANDERS menaced by FRANCE by fdteacher

  16. THE END OF MEDIEVAL SOCIETY • THE BLACK DEATH • LOLLARDY • THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT • THE WARS OF THE ROSES by fdteacher

  17. SOCIAL CHANGES IN THE 14TH CENTURY • NEW MIDDLE CLASSES • RISING IMPORTANCE OF MERCHANT CLASS • CREATION OF GUILDS by fdteacher

  18. SOCIAL CHANGES IN THE 14TH CENTURY ANTICLERICAL ATTITUDE LOLLARDY & JOHN WYCLIFFE echoed in The Canterbury Tales by fdteacher

  19. SOCIAL CHANGES IN THE 14TH CENTURY The first PRINTING PRESS HELPING THE SPREAD OF NEW IDEAS by fdteacher

  20. THE MEDIEVAL MIND • RELIGIOUS TRANSCENDENTAL • ALLEGORY • PTOLEMY’S CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE by fdteacher

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