THE MIDDLE AGES

AN INTRODUCTIONAN INTRODUCTION

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PERIOD FROM THE DECLINE OF THE WESTERN ROMAN

EMPIRE TO THE RENAISSANCE

PERIOD FROM THE DECLINE OF THE WESTERN ROMAN

EMPIRE TO THE RENAISSANCE

MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS

OF THE MIDDLE AGES

CULTURALCULTURAL

A BLEND OF THREE CULTURES GERMANIC CHRISTIAN GRECO-ROMAN (CLASSICAL)

A BLEND OF THREE CULTURES GERMANIC CHRISTIAN GRECO-ROMAN (CLASSICAL)

RELIGIOUSRELIGIOUS

AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL CHURCH AND PAPACY DOMINATED THE MIDDLE AGES

LATIN WAS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, AND THE CHURCH

MONASTIC ORDERS HELPED TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AND PRESERVE CLASSICAL AND BIBLICAL TEACHING

AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL CHURCH AND PAPACY DOMINATED THE MIDDLE AGES

LATIN WAS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT, AND THE CHURCH

MONASTIC ORDERS HELPED TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AND PRESERVE CLASSICAL AND BIBLICAL TEACHING

SOCIALSOCIAL

THERE WAS A DECLINE IN URBANIZATION ACROSS EUROPE

MOST PEOPLE LIVED IN SMALL VILLAGES AND RURAL SETTLEMENTS

DECLINE IN LITERACY AND LEARNING HIGH INFANT MORTALITY RATE LOW LIFE EXPECTANCY FEUDAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL

STRUCTURE DEVELOPED

THERE WAS A DECLINE IN URBANIZATION ACROSS EUROPE

MOST PEOPLE LIVED IN SMALL VILLAGES AND RURAL SETTLEMENTS

DECLINE IN LITERACY AND LEARNING HIGH INFANT MORTALITY RATE LOW LIFE EXPECTANCY FEUDAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL

STRUCTURE DEVELOPED

MAJOR DIVISIONS OF MEDIEVAL

HISTORY

EARLY MIDDLE AGESEARLY MIDDLE AGES THE RISE OF A POWERFUL ROMAN CATHOLIC

CHURCH AND PAPACY EMERGENCE OF GERMANIC (FRANKISH) RULERS

(KINGS) WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY

CHARLEMAGNE FEW PEOPLE COULD READ OR WRITE

LIMITED ACCESS TO BOOKS AND LITERATURE MOST PEOPLE LIVED IN RURAL VILLAGES DEVELOPMENT OF FEUDALISM AFTER THE

DIVISION OF CHARLEMAGNE’S KINGDOM ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

THE RISE OF A POWERFUL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PAPACY

EMERGENCE OF GERMANIC (FRANKISH) RULERS (KINGS) WHO CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY

CHARLEMAGNE FEW PEOPLE COULD READ OR WRITE

LIMITED ACCESS TO BOOKS AND LITERATURE MOST PEOPLE LIVED IN RURAL VILLAGES DEVELOPMENT OF FEUDALISM AFTER THE

DIVISION OF CHARLEMAGNE’S KINGDOM ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

CharlemagneCharlemagne

THE TREATY OF VERDUNCHARLEMAGNE’S KINGDOM IS

DIVIDED

THE TREATY OF VERDUNCHARLEMAGNE’S KINGDOM IS

DIVIDED

FEUDALISMEARLY AND HIGH MIDDLE AGES

FEUDALISMEARLY AND HIGH MIDDLE AGES

HIGH MIDDLE AGESHIGH MIDDLE AGES

CITIES AND TOWNS (BURGS) BEGAN TO GROW (URBANIZATION) GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE EMERGED

LITERACY AND LEARNING EXPANDED UNIVERSITIES DEVELOPED

OXFORD CAMBRIDGE

LITERATURE BEGAN TO BE WRITTEN IN THE COMMON LANGUAGES , NOT JUST LATIN CANTURBURY TALES THE DIVINE COMEDY

BUSINESS PRACTICES DEVELOPED AND TRADE EXPANDED BANKING

MIDDLE CLASS BEGAN TO EMERGE BURGHERS

CITIES AND TOWNS (BURGS) BEGAN TO GROW (URBANIZATION) GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE EMERGED

LITERACY AND LEARNING EXPANDED UNIVERSITIES DEVELOPED

OXFORD CAMBRIDGE

LITERATURE BEGAN TO BE WRITTEN IN THE COMMON LANGUAGES , NOT JUST LATIN CANTURBURY TALES THE DIVINE COMEDY

BUSINESS PRACTICES DEVELOPED AND TRADE EXPANDED BANKING

MIDDLE CLASS BEGAN TO EMERGE BURGHERS

LATE MIDDLE AGESLATE MIDDLE AGES THE POWER AND PRESTIGE OF THE CHURCH AND PAPACY

BEGAN TO DECLINE IMPACT OF THE CRUSADES THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY GREAT SCHISM

PERIODS OF CROP FAILURE AND FAMINE THE BLACK DEATH KILLED NEARLY HALF OF EUROPE’S

POPULATION FEUDAL SOCIAL STRUCTURE WAS CHALLENGED AS NEW

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AROSE (MIDDLE CLASS) NATION-STATES BEGAN TO EMERGE WITH POWERFUL

MONARCHS ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN

THE POWER AND PRESTIGE OF THE CHURCH AND PAPACY BEGAN TO DECLINE IMPACT OF THE CRUSADES THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY GREAT SCHISM

PERIODS OF CROP FAILURE AND FAMINE THE BLACK DEATH KILLED NEARLY HALF OF EUROPE’S

POPULATION FEUDAL SOCIAL STRUCTURE WAS CHALLENGED AS NEW

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AROSE (MIDDLE CLASS) NATION-STATES BEGAN TO EMERGE WITH POWERFUL

MONARCHS ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN

MEDIEVAL MONASTICISM

“THE MONASTIC ORDERS CIVILIZED EUROPE WITH

CROSS, BOOK, AND PLOUGH.”

“THE MONASTIC ORDERS CIVILIZED EUROPE WITH

CROSS, BOOK, AND PLOUGH.”

THE MONASTIC ORDERS OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

THE MONASTIC ORDERS OF THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD

ST. BENEDICT ITALIAN MONK STARTED A NEW CHRISTIAN

RELIGIOUS ORDER FOCUSED ON

WORK PRAYER SCRIPTURE HOSPITALITY

ST. BENEDICT ITALIAN MONK STARTED A NEW CHRISTIAN

RELIGIOUS ORDER FOCUSED ON

WORK PRAYER SCRIPTURE HOSPITALITY

ST BENEDICTST BENEDICT

THE MONKS CIVILIZED MEDIEVAL EUROPE

WITH

CROSSCROSS

EARLY MISSIONARIES SPREAD THE GOSPEL STARTED CHURCHES

EARLY MISSIONARIES SPREAD THE GOSPEL STARTED CHURCHES

BOOK BOOK

STARTED SCHOOLS COPIED THE ANCIENT (CLASSICAL

LITERATURE) MANUSCRIPTS AND THE BIBLE

STARTED SCHOOLS COPIED THE ANCIENT (CLASSICAL

LITERATURE) MANUSCRIPTS AND THE BIBLE

PLOUGHPLOUGH

MONASTARIES OFTEN WERE LARGE FARMS

MONKS WORKED TO DEVELOP NEW FARMING TECHNIQUES

IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

MONASTARIES OFTEN WERE LARGE FARMS

MONKS WORKED TO DEVELOP NEW FARMING TECHNIQUES

IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE

MIDDLE AGES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF

WESTERN CIVILIZAITON

URBANIZATION RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION BUSINESS PRACTICES VERNACULAR LITERATURE CONCEPT OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT

(MAGNA CARTA 1215)

URBANIZATION RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION BUSINESS PRACTICES VERNACULAR LITERATURE CONCEPT OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT

(MAGNA CARTA 1215)