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AP World History: Feudalism

AP World History: Feudalism. Period Three: 600 CE – 1450 CE. Will I survive the Middle Ages?. NY State Standards 2, 4 Common Core RS 1, 6, 9, WS 2, 4. Your teachers sent you back in time to the Middle Ages. Yes, they have a time machine. No, you cannot question this. Oh no!.

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AP World History: Feudalism

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  1. AP World History: Feudalism Period Three: 600 CE – 1450 CE Will I survive the Middle Ages? NY State Standards 2, 4 Common Core RS 1, 6, 9, WS 2, 4

  2. Your teachers sent you back in time to the Middle Ages. Yes, they have a time machine. No, you cannot question this. Oh no! The year is 1099. Your iphone is useless. (Boo!) Justin Bieber does not yet exist. (Yeah!) What type of government will we be living under? What will our lives be like?

  3. Unlike Ancient Rome, we do not have a strong, centralized government. We all live in fear of the barbarians, who are roaming Europe. Whatever will we do?? We need a King or Queen!

  4. King/Queen ______, come to the front of the classroom. You will be presented with M & Ms, which will represent the vast amount of land that you have conquered.

  5. Um, King/Queen? I hear the barbarians coming! What will you do? If you leave for battle, who will protect your land while you are away? And how will you pay them? Due to our poor economy, money is mostly useless! Will you fight me and risk losing all of your land?

  6. King/Queen: “I have the most brilliant idea! I shall choose a lord to serve as my vassal. He shall swear his loyalty to me and protect my land. In exchange, I will give him a piece of my land to live on. I shall call this new system of government… FEUDALISM!” King/Queen says to the Lord: “Kneel! Swear your oath of fidelity [loyalty] to me. In exchange, I will provide you with a portion of my land, which will be symbolized by these shiny and yummy M & Ms.” Maybe I should have given this more thought before I swore my oath of fidelity to my King!

  7. Lord Speaks to the Class: Uh oh! I just received all of this land from my King/Queen, but now I have to leave for months at a time to fulfill my oath of fidelity. Who will protect MY land??? Wait a moment! I shall choose my own vassal! Who among you is worthy enough to be my knight; a brave soldier on horseback? Keep in mind that once you put on your armor, it can be quite difficult to use the restroom.

  8. The Lord Chooses a Knight : “Will you accept a piece of my land in exchange for your undying loyalty and protection? The Knight Speaks to His/Her Lord: “I swear my oath of fidelity to you, in exchange for these yummy M & Ms (um, I mean land!).”

  9. Knight: “I am a gallant knight, protecting my lord on horseback. Wearing shiny armor. Protecting beautiful women. Do I have the time to farm my land? I don’t think so! I need some lowly SERFS!!! Knight to the rest of the class: “All of you need my protection from those scary barbarians. I will allow you to live on my land, in exchange for ‘donating’ some of your crops. Oh, and you’ll need my permission to leave. And my word is law, because there are no written laws!” Serfs: “Do we get any M & Ms?” Knight: “Nah.”

  10. I What was feudalism? • Feudalism was small, localized government based on a system of reciprocity (exchange). A king or lord would allow a vassal to live on his land in exchange for loyalty and protection. The vassal gave an oath of fidelity in order to receive his land. • Feudalism offered people protection during the Middle Ages. Recall that the Holy Roman Empire tried to reestablish a strong, centralized government in Europe. What happened to the empire? A vassal was anyone who owed allegiance to a lord or king.

  11. FEUDALISM PYRAMID KING Land is given Protection is given LORDS KNIGHTS SERFS Serfs were peasants who were given protection by their lord, but were bound to the land.

  12. Oath of Fidelity I: An Anglo Saxon Form of Commendation [from Schmidt: GesetzederAngelsachsen, p. 404] Thus shall one take the oath of fidelity: By… [God] before whom this sanctuary is holy, I will to… [my Lord] be true and faithful, and love all which he loves and shun all which he shuns, according to the laws of God and the order of the world. Nor will I ever… do anything which is unpleasing to him… and that he will perform everything as it was in our agreement when I submitted myself to him and chose his will. According to this oath of fidelity, what is the vassal supposed to do for his lord? What is the lord supposed to do for his vassal?

  13. II Feudal Justice • Most kings & lords did not follow a law code. • Justice was carried out in the lord’s manor house. This often included trials by ordeal: TRIALS BY ORDEAL: 1. The accused had to carry a burning hot iron rod. If you developed blisters you were guilty. 2. The accused plunged their hand into boiling water. If you developed blisters you were guilty. 3. The accused was thrown into water. If you floated you were guilty. 4. The accused would battle his accuser. The loser was found guilty. *It was believed that God would prove innocence and guilt through these “trials”.

  14. 1. Trials by Water and Fire Which was worse?? Were either of these justice?

  15. Trial by Ordeal and Trial by Battle

  16. III Medieval Knights • Medieval knights were mounted soldiers, and were vassals to their feudal superiors (a lord or king). • Medieval knights went through extensive training. 1. At the age of 7 a boy could become a page. He left his family for his lord’s castle to begin his training. - Combat and weapons skills - How to ride a horse in battle This is a medieval battle axe. It was curved to enable the user to knock a knight off of his horse, and it was sharp enough to chop off limbs. Medieval weapons were made by blacksmiths.

  17. Medieval Knights Continued… 2. At the age of 15 a page could become a squire. You were assigned to a knight to continue training. 3. Once you proved yourself in battle you became a knight in an elaborate ceremony.

  18. In the early Middle Ages, knights wore chain armor made of 1000s of interlocking metal rings. By the High Middle Ages, new weapons were invented (such as the longbow), and chain armor became replaced by plate armor. Plate armor was more difficult to penetrate, but it was much heavier. If a knight fell off his horse, it was very difficult to get back up. Also, plate armor was not very effective against gunpowder.

  19. Medieval Knights Continued… C) When not in battle, knights would joust in tournaments (mock battles). *Injuries and death were not unusual!

  20. IV Chivalry in the Middle Ages A) By the High Middle Ages, knights were following a code of chivalry. 1. Bravery in battle 2. Loyalty to your lord 3. Defend the church and the helpless 4. Protect women and treat them with courtesy Chivalry became the basis of modern Western manners. How can a man be chivalrous to a woman on a date?

  21. Chivalry in the Middle Ages Continued… In the Middle Ages marriage was often arranged, and was not usually based on love. This led to the idea of courtly love; the love a knight held for a lady whom he was forbidden to be with. (Either because he was below her social status, or she was already married to his lord!) Such love was unrequited (unobtainable) in this life.

  22. Heloise and Abelard Both Abelard and Heloise were prominent intellectuals of 12th century France. Abelard, of noble birth and 18 years the senior of Heloise, was a prominent lecturer in philosophy. Heloise was a strong-willed and gifted woman who was fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and came from a lower social standing than Abelard. At age 19, and living under her uncle‘s roof, Heloise fell in love with Abelard, who she was studying under. Not only did they have an affair, but they had a child out of wedlock. Discovered by her uncle, Abelard was assaulted by a hired thug, and Heloise was forced to enter a convent. Abelard was exiled to Brittany, where he lived as monk. They only saw each other in person once more, but they wrote letters of longing for many years. “…We may write to each other; so innocent a pleasure is not denied us. Let us not lose through negligence the only happiness which is left us, and the only one perhaps which the malice of our enemies can never ravish from us. I shall read that you are my husband and you shall see me sign myself your wife... I shall read your most sacred thoughts; I shall carry them always about with me, I shall kiss them every moment…”

  23. V Life in a Castle • In the early Middle Ages, Lords lived in a simple manor house made of wood. • By the High Middle Ages, Lords lived in stone castles that served as a home and a fortress.

  24. Keep Outer Gate Gatehouse Moat Inner Gate

  25. Ross Castle, Killarney, Ireland

  26. Chaumont Castle, France

  27. Castle Of Counts, Ghent, Belgium

  28. Bottle Dungeon, Saint Andrew’s Castle, Great Britain

  29. Family CrestUsed to identify knights and nobility. Notice the lack of writing!

  30. Key Vocabulary • Feudalism • Reciprocity • Lord • Vassal • Knight • Serf • Page • Squire • Joust • Tournament • Chivalry • Unrequited love • Courtly love • Castle • Chain Armor • Plate Armor • Blacksmith • Feudal Justice • Trial by Ordeal • Oath of Fidelity

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