Socio-Economic System of the Middle Ages

LIFE in the MIDDLE AGES

Socio-Economic and Cultural System

The Development of Medieval Europe

Life in the Middle Ages

• Socio-political structure FEUDALISM– Determines who has power and authority• NOBLES, CLERGY

• Economic arrangement MANORIALISM– Determines who produces food, other goods• PEASANTS

FEUDALISM

MANORIALISM

Pietracamela, Abruzo, Italy St. Thomas Aquinas

Medieval KingsMedieval Knights

Feudalism• What is it?– A system of land ownership and tenure– Political-economic basis was land

• When did it develop?– 5th-17th century, but only fully developed in Europe

from the 11th-14th century• How did it develop?– Nobles started forming alliances with each other to

help protect themselves and their property• Who are involved?– 2 nobles (a lord and a vassal)

Lord-Vassal Relationship

VASSAL

Land(Fief)

Loyalty(Fealty)

Lord-Vassal Relationship

LORD A

VASSAL XLORD B

LORD C

LORD D

VASSAL W

VASSAL Y

VASSAL Z

Noble K

Manorialism

• What is it?– A system of land

ownership and cultivation, where peasants tend the lands of the lord in return for housing and protection

– Largely self-contained & self-reliant

Manorialism

• What is a manor?– The term manor

refers to the manor-house, farm land and surrounding woods that the lord owns

• Who are involved?– A lord and the

peasants living in the manor

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England

Lord-Serf Relationship

Housing, Farm Land, Protection

Service, Fees, Fines

Education

• UNIVERSITIES– In the 12th-13th

centuries, Cathedral-schools meant to train the clergy grew into universities

– Curriculum focused on philosophy & theology, plus 7 liberal arts

Medieval Classroom

Education

– Early universities were found in Paris, 2 in England, 2 in Italy (Bologna, Salerno)

– In 1231, the Pope signed the Magna Carta of Universities (gave universities the right to govern themselves)

University of Paris Medieval Classroom

Tabula Peutingeriana (1265) Map

Britain, Belgium, France, Algeria Southern Germany, Switzerland, Northern Italy

Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia Parts of Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Tunisia

Education, Art & LiteratureAdvancements in Agriculture

Surplus Production

Division of Labor

Growth of Commerce

Rebirth of Towns

Revival of Focus on Education

Birth of Universities

Growth of Book-Based Industry

Change of Focus of Art

WindmillWaterwheel

Horse CollarHorse-drawn Plow

Horseshoe

Socio-Economic System of the Middle Ages

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