Middle Ages Review

Mr. Mizell: Humanities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EAMqKUimr8

Unit 2 Page Title: Renaissance and

Reformation AOI: Environments, Human

Ingenuity Unit EQ: How did cultures, ideas,

and power change during this time?

Directions

Place your “Create Your Own Country” Sheet on the front table along with the directions/rubric if you have it.

What do you remember about the Middle Ages?

Essential Question: What were the defining aspects of the Middle

Ages?

Review of the Middle Ages

Time period: 5th century – 15th century

Renaissance will begin in the 14th century and last until the 17th century

Political

Cities are starting to grow Most areas are controlled by

Monarchies Church has the supreme power

Economic

Most people worked on a manor for a lord and harvested the crops

Peasants were taxed heavily Most people farm; however, trade is

growing

Religious Catholic Church is all

powerful and only church in Europe

Often helped control the government/laws

Crusades – Christians vs. Muslims vs. Jews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-JGjIZYpI

Social

Feudalism – society is divided based on land/wealth Lords, Knights, Peasants

Entertainment – revolved around the Church (singing, dinners, etc…)

MEDIEVAL LIFECooperation and

Mutual Obligations

KING

LORDS (VASSALS TO KING)

KNIGHTS (VASSALS TO LORDS)

Fief and Peasants

Military Aid

Food Protection Shelter

Food Protection Shelter

PEASANTS (SERFS)Pay Rent

Fief and Peasants

Food Protection Shelter

Farm the Land

Homage Military Service

Loyalty

FEUDALISM: POLITICAL SYSTEM

Decentralized, local government

Dependent upon the relationship between members of the nobility

Lord and his vassals administered justice and were the highest authority in their land

MANORIALISM: ECONOMIC SYSTEM

Agriculture the basis for wealth

Lands divided up into self-sufficient manors

Peasants (serfs) worked the land and paid rent In exchange for protection

Barter the usual form of exchange

Ideas/Arts

Arts – again, revolved around the Church/Bible

Education – nobility and priests tended to be educated, while most were people were not

Bloodletting

Medicine was often a risky business. Bloodletting was a popular method of restoring a patient's health and "humors." Early surgery was without anesthesia.

Medical Treatment Medical treatment was

available mainly to the wealthy, and those living in villages rarely had the help of doctors, who practiced mostly in the cities and courts. Remedies were often herbal in nature, but also included ground earthworms, urine, and animal excrement.

Area/Geography Resources – used trade to get goods

from Asia This was slow and expensive

Silk Road – major trade road Trade moves through Italy

Directions

Work silently on the readings/questions on the other side of the graphic organizer

Work or read silently when finished