Medieval Life

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Medieval Life
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• To understand life on a manor during the middle
  ages, the next several slides will be pictures
  taken from the Book of Hours.
• Examine them carefully to observe how the
  peasants spend their time during various months
  of the year. The Book of Hours had one
  illustration for each month of the year.

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Church scholars in the late Medieval Period

• Among the few who could read and write
• Worked in Monasteries
• Translated Greek and Arab classic works into
  Latin
• Laid the foundation for the rise of universities
  in Europe
• Developed new knowledge in philosophy, medicine,
  and science which became available throughout
  Europe

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Medieval Culture

• Thomas Aquinas the ability to reason was Gods
  gift that could provide answers to philosophical
  questions

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• Dante wrote The Divine Comedy a poem
  describing the journey from Hades to Heaven

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• Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, narrative
  poem about a group of pilgrims amusing themselves
  on a journey to Thamas Bekets shrine in
  Canterbury.

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Economic Cultural Revival

• Guilds medieval business association of
  merchants or craftsmen
• Masters skilled artisans who owned a shop
  employed other craftsmen
• Apprentices person who works for a master to
  learn a trade or business
• Journeyman craft worker who has finished an
  apprenticeship works for pay

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• Charters formal documents granting the right of
  self-rule
• Scholasticism medieval school of thought that
  tried to bring together Aristotles philosophy
  the teachings of the Church
• Troubadour poet musician who traveled fro
  court to court
• Vernacular the language of everyday speech, not
  of scholars

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• Burgs medieval towns which helped create a
  middle class
• Burghers Germany
• Bourgeoisie France
• Burgesses - England

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The Plague disease spread by fleas on rats

• Known as the Black Death or Bubonic Plague
• Began in 1347 and spread to Spain and England
• 1 in 3 people died.
• Unsanitary conditions aided its spread
• Symptoms swelling, black bruises, heavy sweats,
  convulsive coughing, spitting blood, unpleasant
  odor
• Agonizing death

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Impact of the Black Death

• Population declined
• Trade Slows
• Labor force decreases (becomes less available)
• Church becomes less influential
• Feudalism will come to an end

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• Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks
  in 1453 ending the Byzantine Empire.
• Constantinople became Istanbul, the capital of
  the Ottoman Empire.

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Architecture

• Romanesque thick walls, close columns, heavy
  curved arches, small windows

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• Gothic stained glass windows, spires, lofty
  ceilings, flying buttresses,

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• Shield of Edward the Black Prince
  http//www.geocities.com/scalaska1/bigshield2.html
  
• Tunic http//www.mwart.com/xq/ASP.productlg/pid.2
  066/qx/crusader-tunic-with-rope-belt.htm
• Map of First Crusade http//alpha.montclair.edu/
  lebelp/Millennium.html
• Land Walls of Constantinople, recently restored
  to appear as they would have in 1204 A.D.
  http//www.geocities.com/egfrothos/FourthCrusade.h
  tml
• troubadour http//www.der-troubadour.de/minnesaen
  ger.htm
• Thomas Aquinas http//www.der-troubadour.de/minne
  saenger.htm
• Dantes Inferno, Gluttons http//www.vampyra.com/
  demons/glutton.htm
• Canterbury Tales http//www.germanistik.fu-berlin
  .de/lehrangebote/anglistik_ps_ue.html
• Black Plague http//webs.wichita.edu/mschneegurt/
  biol103/lecture14/lecture14.html
• Romanesque http//art-of-paris.ca/history3.html
• Reconquesta http//www.dartmouth.edu/izapa/Recon
  quest.html
• Joan of Arc http//www.hcdb.k12.hi.us/Studentwork
  /Joan.html
• gothic cathedral http//www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas
  /fnart/arch/gothic_arch.html

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• Saladin http//myweb.tiscali.co.uk/sherwoodtimes/
  page5.htm
• Black Pepper from Salt-n-Peppers Plus.com
• Ottoman Empire http//www.dartmouth.edu/gov46/
• men of the city http//herba.msu.ru/shipunov/e-al
  bum/lms.htm
• craftsmen http//homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor.bar
  ker/farisles/guilds/armour/mail.htm
• Battle of Hastings as depicted on the Bayeux
  Tapestry, the photo is from
• http//www.imh.org/imh/kyhpl2a.html
• Ferdinand and Isabella http//www.ignatiushistory
  .info/00133.html
• Feudal Society http//www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/B
  ayeuxAfter.htm