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Life after Charlemagne

Life after Charlemagne. Feudalism and Manorialism. The fall of the Carolingian Empire. Louis the Pious (814-840) Charlemagne’s son Character The Arrangement of the Empire 817 causes a civil war between his 4 sons The Treaty of Verdun (843) Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothar

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Life after Charlemagne

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  1. Life after Charlemagne Feudalism and Manorialism

  2. The fall of the Carolingian Empire • Louis the Pious (814-840) • Charlemagne’s son Character • The Arrangement of the Empire 817 causes a civil war between his 4 sons • The Treaty of Verdun (843) • Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothar • They were all too weak to keep local lords in check (used land to gain favors)

  3. The Treaty of Verdun

  4. Feudalism • Accelerated by the invasions of the 9th Century • Vikings • Magyars (Hungary) • Muslims • New social order needed because Kings and Emperors could no longer protect people

  5. Feudalism:The new political order • The basis is the fief which was granted by a lord to a vassal • Vassals swore an oath of Fealty and promised military service • Other duties • Vassals could become lords • Result: Political power became property for great counts and lords

  6. Mutual Obligations • Feudal contract • Lord granted his vassal a fief (estate / land) • Peasants to work the land were included as part of the fief

  7. Manorialism:The new economic order • The role of the Serf (Servile) • Obligations • 3 days a work days a week, maintain the manor, they belong to manor • Must pay to use services, a tax to both the lord and the Church (Tithe) • Subject to the lords justice, not really free • They received a small plot for themselves (Approx. 1 acre) • The Manor…self sufficient…no real trade • Barter System

  8. Knights,Chivalry and Castles • Knights • Chivalry • Began as a squire • Attempt to win land (how) • Castles • From wood to stone • Attack • Defense

  9. Knights • Knights – Mounted warriors • Age of 7 • Boy was slated to be a Knight • Difficult training as a Squire • Structured discipline • Chivalry

  10. Chapter 7 section 3 The Medieval Church

  11. The Expanded Role of the Clergy • Early Caesaropapism: Popes of this time were forced to assume both temporal and spiritual authority • Doctrine of Papal supremacy • Pope Gregory the Great (590-614) (Chant) • exercised independent Temporal power (ex: helped the poor) • The importance of the Church • Center of town life (all important events happen there) • Rise of cathedrals

  12. Romanesque v. Gothic Architecture • Romanesque Architecture: 11th and 12th Centuries • Fortress like appearance, rounded arch, heavy ceilings to support massive thick walls, small windows very little light or color • Gothic Architecture (Began in the late 1100’s) • Between 1180 and 1270 80 Gothic Cathedrals were built in France • Pointed arches (flying buttresses) high ceilings, thin walls, stained glass windows, light, color

  13. Church Influence • Canon Law – based on religious teachings, governed many aspects of life, including wills, marriages, and morals • Disobey? • Excommunication • Interdict • Excluding an entire town/region/kingdom from receiving sacraments

  14. Monastic life • St. Benedict (Monte Cassino 529): The rules for monastic life • The Role of Monks and Nuns • Manuscript illumination • Missionary work (St. Boniface) • Hospitals, education of farmers

  15. Corruption and Reform • As power grew discipline weakened • Wealth and positions of power began to corrupt the intentions of the Church • Lay Investiture • Simony • Marriage, etc.

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