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PATTERNS OF MEDIEVAL
LIFE
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SUCCESSOR KINGDOMS TO ROME IN
EUR.
Western half of theRoman empirefractured
Different tribes ruled
in each area Could result in
conflict in even moreconflict King Arthur???
Often a combinationof Germanic, Roman,and Christian
culturesemerged
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GERMANIC CULTURE
Political structures centered around clans Enough united to form
tribes
No strong central government
Barter economy Valuesstrength, agility, bravery, and honor
Beowulf
Collective responsibility
Great deal of feuding in both clans and betweenindividuals
Courts and wergild
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CHARLEMAGNE (R. 768-814)
aggressive, ambitious,determined and veryruthless
Used military to expand histerritory Promoted the Catholic
church
as well
dominated the bulk ofWestern Europe
Pope recognizedreunification of Romanworld through coronationas
Holy Rom. Emp. Question who was more
powerful? Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne
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END OF THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE
Treaty of Verdun (843) split the empire amongCharlemagnes
grandsons Kingdom of Louis the German (Ger)
Kingdom of Charles the Bald (French)
Kingdom of Lothair
in the middle
External invasions mid 9th C on the Frankish kingdomunder
siege
By 1000
move to more feudal society
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MEDIEVAL SOCIETY
3 estates - not definedby wealth or income,but societal
functions
1st estate
clergy 2nd estate
knights/nobles
3rd estate everyone else(peasants, serfs,townspeople, etc.)
Some possibility forsocial mobility
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FEUDALISM
Replaced the state asmain source of govt
many knights realized
benefits of connecting with astronger lord
Kings often couldnt controltheir subordinates (vassals)
Conditional subordination Mutual obligations
Fief for service (investiture)
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CASE OF ENGLAND
Norman Conquest (1066)
William the Conqueror
Bestowed huge chunks of land to his followers Made himself
feudal lord of the country
Consolidation of power continued under hisdescendants John
(1199-1216)
forced to sign the Magna Carta
Led to the eventual establishment of Parliament firstexample of
a representative govt. in the early modern west
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NORMAN CONQUEST
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MEDIEVAL MANORS
Controlled by the locallord Produced own goods Handled their own
justice
Centered around asystem of services andobligations owed Majority
of the land worked
by serfs
Production aimed at directconsumption rather thantrade
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SERFS PAYING DUES
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GROWTH OF VERNACULAR HIGH
CULTURE
In local languagesrather than in Latin
Typically sponsored
by wealthy nobles Troubadourslyric
poets
Courtly love and
chivalry When I behold the
lark (p. 90)
