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What was it like to live in the Middle Ages?

What was it like to live in the Middle Ages?. The 3 languages in the Middle Ages. Clergy Latin chiefly spoken, those who pray Nobles French chiefly spoken, those who fight Commoners English spoken, those who work. feudalism.

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What was it like to live in the Middle Ages?

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  1. What was it like to live in the Middle Ages?

  2. The 3 languages in the Middle Ages • Clergy • Latin chiefly spoken, those who pray • Nobles • French chiefly spoken, those who fight • Commoners • English spoken, those who work

  3. feudalism • Feudalism created ties of obedience and a sense of loyalty between the vassals and their lord. • Commoners (peasants) lived on a feudal manor. The lord of the manor gave his vassals (the peasants) land to farm. • In return, the vassals received protection. Yet they were taxed and had to give a portion of their crops to the lord. A tenant (vassal) renews his oath of fealty to his lord

  4. Chivalry • A product of feudalism, chivalry was an idealized system of manners and morals • Restricted to nobility • The Medieval knight was bound to the chivalric code to be loyal to… • God • his lord • his lady • Chivalric ideals include... • benevolence • brotherly love • politeness • Sir Gawain is an example

  5. 1095 First Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem from the infidels Open trade routes Peasants (the vassals) are liberated from their lords to fight, and die, in the Holy Lands Cities spring up along the crusade routes Feudalism dies out the transition to the Renaissance begins Sadly, with the Crusades, the Church becomes incredibly corrupt. Popes fight for political power Greed is rampant selling of indulgences Crusades for $ The crusades

  6. With the Crusades comes The Black Death spreads along trade routes kills much of the population the plague outbreaks occur through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance • Paradoxically, the Plague provides for continued growth in cities • Afterwards, hundreds of new jobs available • Many debts “died off” with creditors • also contributed to society’s culture

  7. The rise of the merchants Usury Towards the bourgeoisie: The guilds The printing press: William Caxton:Spread of education beyond the monasteries and the church Important Middle Ages technologies Late Middle Ages Gunpowder Water Wheel Mechanical Clock Eyeglasses

  8. Literature During the Medieval Period

  9. Characteristics of Medieval Literature • Prose(French influence): Romance • Le morte d’Arthur • A narrative in prose that tells of the adventures and heroic exploits of chivalric heroes at the court of king Arthur • often a supernatural element involved • Poetry: A new literature in English: The Canterbury tales verse tales (Chaucer); the ballad • Drama(Christian influence): mistery, miracle & morality plays

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