Medieval Times

Medieval Times

The ancient world collapsed due to the fall of rome
1. In 476ce the ancient world collapsed
2. The medieval times ended in 1453ce
3. Christianity and Islam emerged
4. Law and order of the Roman empire crumbled into chaos
5. Cities shrank and trade decreased
6. The fall of rome began when ancient civilalisations were attacked
Feudalism
1. The system which organised how land was usedand for and for controlling people
2. Monarch
  1. Bishops
    1. Lesser Clergy
      1. Lesser clergy and knights: fought wars for the king and guarded and protected people and property of bishops and lords.
    2. Bishops and lord:provided knights to serve for 40 days in the kings army.Provided money advice and prayers for the monarch
  2. Lords
    1. Knights
      1. Peasants
        worked on the knight and lord's land and gave crops as taxes
3. The poorer had more land
4. give land to the poorer people for something in return
Medieval towns
1. land
  1. strips of land
  2. Shared a block of land behind a group of houses
  3. Greatly valued
  4. manor
  5. farming
    1. 3 fields for different season
2. church in the centre
  1. considered the most important thing
3. lords land/castle
4. peasants lived in little huts made out of clay or wood
5. toft
6. animals often shared huts with owners
The crusades
1. series of military campaign during the time of Medieval England against the muslims
2. Crusader view
  1. Jerusalem was the holiest place, it was where Jesus was born
3. Muslim view
  1. In Jerusalem there is a sacred rock where Mahummed, the founder of the Muslim faith, ascended into heaven with the angel Gabriel and received the islamic prayers
4. Reasons to join the crusades
  1. pilgramage
  2. no taxes
  3. treasure
  4. church protection
  5. pope urban ii
5. Eight crusades in total and together lasted nearly 22 year
6. Pope urban's speech was effective
  1. appeal to religion
  2. Their sins will be pardonned
  3. related it like a family
7. Christians weren't happy
8. Muslims had control over jerusalem
9. thousands joined
10. eventually they successfully capture jerusalem
11. Ran out of supplies
  1. Had to have urine, blood, sewage water
    1. stole supplies from innocent people
12. The leader of the muslims- Saladin
  1. famous for signing a treaty
13. Legacies
  1. culture
  2. food
    1. spices
    2. fruit
    3. sugar
  3. the feudal system was weakened
Religion and churches
1. believed that god caused illness
2. They believed that the only way to get to heaven was if the church allowed them
3. Collected tithes(taxes) in the form of goods or money from peasants for the church
4. The religions influenced kings and rulers
5. Main religions in Medieval Europe
  1. Christianity
  2. Islam
Crime and punishment
1. Crimes
  1. Witchcraft
  2. Heresy
  3. Treason
  4. High treason
2. policing
  1. organised into tithing of 10 where everyone patrolled everone
  2. Guilt was then decided on by the use of oath swearing,combat or odeal
3. Punishments
  1. chopping off limb
  2. hanging
  3. burning
  4. fines
  5. extra labor
  6. waterbaording
  7. public humiliation
  8. stretching
  9. dunking
  10. starve
  11. execution
  12. combat
  13. cage fighting
  14. rack
  15. quatering
  16. wedging wood in nails
  17. knuckle braker
Medieval Rural Life
1. Every village had a strict social structure
2. Women farmed the family land
3. Most families had a few animals
  1. most animals were brought into the farm at night
4. Most people suffered from malnutrition
5. Peasants wore simple garmets and only had one or two sets of clothing
6. Marriage at the age of 12 was normal
7. Didn't have much furniture
8. Girls were considered their fathers property until they were married
9. Had to pay to gather firewood
10. Farmers only earn 1/5 of what people do today
11. Baliff and reeve worked for the lords on his manor-collecting peasant taxes three days a week
12. Food: pottage,bread,fish and occasionly meat
13. Main crops were barley and wheat
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