Unit 3, SSWh 7A

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Unit 3, SSWh 7A

• Charlemagne, Feudalism, Knights

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What was everyday life like in Medieval Europe?
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SSWH 7 a

• Explain the manorial system and feudalism
  include the status of peasants and feudal
  monarchies and the importance of Charlemagne.

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CHARLEMAGNE

• United western Europe
• under one king
• Built an empire greater
• than any since Rome
• Spread Christianity through conquests
• Crowned emperor by Pope
• Leo III, joining the church
• govt. p.215-216

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Continued

• Limited the authority of the nobles, used royal
  agents
• Empire divides upon his retirement
• (3 grandsons fight over it) Treaty of Verdun
  splits up the empire

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Feudalism Emerged 850 950 AD

• A system of governing landholding
• Feudalism depended on the control of land
• Lords (landowners) granted land (a fief) in
  exchange for protection by knight (a vassal)
• Feudalism shaped as a pyramid
• king at the top, mostly wealthy/powerful vassals
  (nobles or bishops),
• then knights, at the bottom peasants/serfs
  p.219 -224

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• Continued
• Feudalism estab 3 social classes
• Those who fought (nobles knights), those who
  prayed (men women of the church), those who
  worked (peasants)
• Knights trained for 14 yrs. served 3 things
  landlord, Lord, and lady

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Manorial System Lords Estate (economic
arrangement)

• Based on obligations rights between a lord
  peasant/serf
• Lords provided housing, farmland, protection
• Serf worked the lords land, cared for animals,
  maintained the manor (they were not allowed to
  leave the manor)

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Continued

• Self-sufficient community house, church,
  workshop, mill
• Most lived to 35 most didnt travel more than
  25 miles
• Peasants/serfs accepted lives because of the
  church teachings

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The Count

• 3 Name the 3 feudal classes
• 2 Name 2 characteristics of the manorial
  system
• 1 What is one major accomplishment of
  Charlemagne?
• Jot Down Prepare to Share