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Feudalism

Feudalism . GPS Standards . SSWH7 The student will analyze European medieval society with regard to culture, politics, society, and economics. a. Explain the manorial system and feudalism: include the status of peasants and feudal monarchies and the importance of Charlemagne.

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Feudalism

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  1. Feudalism

  2. GPS Standards • SSWH7 The student will analyze European medieval society with regard to culture, politics, society, and economics. • a. Explain the manorial system and feudalism: include the status of peasants and feudal monarchies and the importance of Charlemagne

  3. Essential Question • How does feudalism work? • Why did feudalism play a huge role in the western European society?

  4. Charlemagne unites Germanic Kingdoms • German Kingdoms Emerge • Replace Roman Provinces • Church provided order and security • Franks: Germanic people who held power • Germans Adopt Christianity • Monasteries: church built religious communities • Secular: worldly • An Empire Emerges • Pepin the Short: Carolingian Dynasty=family that would rule the Franks.

  5. Charlemagne becomes Emperor • Extended Frankish Rule: • Charlemagne spread Christianity through his conquests. • Became the most powerful king in western Europe. • Pope crowned him Emperor: Joining of Germanic power, the Church and the Heritage of the Roman Empire.

  6. Charlemagne Leads a Revival • Limited the power of the nobles. • Encouraged learning • Ordered monasteries to open schools to train future monks and priests.

  7. Feudalism • What is Feudalism? • A political system in which nobles were granted the use of land that legally belonged to the king. In return, the nobles agreed to give their loyalty and military services to the king. • Social Feudalism Vs. Economic Side of Feudalism

  8. Feudal system • Based on rights and obligations. • In exchange for military protection, a lord granted land. • Depended on the control of the land. • Like a pyramid. • Determined a persons prestige and power.

  9. Feudal Pyramid • 1. King • Landowners • Granted land for exchange for military protection and other services. • Head of the Kingdom. (i.e. Charlemagne).

  10. Feudal Pyramid • 2. Nobles/Vassals • Person receiving land granted by the lord or noble • Wealthy

  11. Feudal Pyramid • 2. Church Officials • importance of Christianity in the Holy Roman Empire. • Studying at monastaries.

  12. Feudal System • 3. Knights • Mounted horsemen who pledged to defend their lords’ lands in exchange for fiefs. • Fiefs: Granted land by lords

  13. Feudal Pyramid • 4. Peasants/Serfs • Majority of the population • Serfs: people who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born. • Bound to the land.

  14. Manor: economic side • Lord’s estate. • Basic economic arrangement. • Lord provided serfs with housing, farmland, and protection. In return, serfs tended the lord’s lands, cared for his animals, and performed other tasks to maintain the estate. • History in Depth page 362. The medieval Manor

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