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Western Europe in Western Europe in the the

Middle AgesMiddle Ages

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European Middle European Middle AgesAges• Early / Post-ClassicalEarly / Post-Classical

–“the Dark Ages” disorder, disunity, despair

• HighHigh Middle AgesMiddle Ages

–Rise of crown, commerce & cities

• LateLate Middle AgesMiddle Ages

–3 disasters: church scandal, 100 years war & BLACK DEATHBLACK DEATH

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Post-Classical/ Early Post-Classical/ Early Middle AgesMiddle Ages

• 550 – 900 CE – fragmented & chaotic

• Catholic church only source of intellectual development & literacy

• Church power

• Manorialism

• Feudalism

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The FranksThe Franks• tribes unified (by Clovis)

• Converted to Christianity (by Clovis)

• Muslims/Moors halted at Tours (732; Charles Martel)

• Aided the Pope

• Charlemagne - strong but brief Empire

• Crowned Holy Roman Emperor

• Split / Viking invasions/ disunity

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The Angles The Angles && SaxonsSaxons• Invaded Britain (which was

defended by “King Arthur”?)

• Small kingdoms

• Adopted Christianity 7th century

• 9th century – Alfred the Great

• Danes / Vikings

• Became known as England (land of the Angles)

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TransitionTransition• Europeans were newer to

“civilization” than the Middle East

• Decline of Islamic and Mongol influence

• Important changes in West…

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High Middle High Middle AgesAges

The Rise of a Medieval Urban Culture

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Feudal Monarchies and Feudal Monarchies and Political AdvancesPolitical Advances

• primogeniture

• Holy Roman Emperor

• Capetian kings

• Norman conquest

• More stability

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Limited GovernmentLimited Government

• Church main authority

• Aristocrats vs. monarchical power /Magna Carta

• 1st English parliament

• Three key estates

• Conflicts church &

Kings

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The West’s Expansionist The West’s Expansionist ImpulseImpulse• Reasons

–Pop growth

–Memory of Rome

–Religious zeal

• Reconquest of Spain

• Vikings

• Crusadescultural diffusion & trade

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Trends…Trends… warming in Europe food production population strong monarchies travel trade towns… urban culture

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Rise of Rise of Trade, Trade,

Towns, & Towns, & CitiesCities

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Role of Role of ItalyItaly• Italian towns had not decayed to

same degree as rest of W. Europe

• Italy’s location – trade cities

• Crusades resulted in trade of goods – luxury items from the east & middle east

• Connection between Mediterranean trade system & rest of Europe

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FlandersFlanders

• Belgium and N. France

• Textile capital of Europe;

• woolen industry

• Center of trade in European Northern Coast: across France, down Rhine River and across English Channel

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Hanseatic League• Trading towns along

Baltic Coast

• 70 member cities

• Established permanent trading routes

• Traded in fur, timber, fish, grain

• Violators punished by boycott or war

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•Medieval FairsMedieval Fairs• Champagne (France) had the

best known fairs

lasted 4-6 weeks and were held several times per year

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• Development of Money Economy

• led to decline of feudal system & emergence of market economy

• Capital: wealth earned, accumulated and invested

• Coinage – silver, then gold

• Banking - Italian “banca” = money changers table

• European traders less wealthy than Islamic counterparts

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Growth of Cities and Growth of Cities and TownsTowns

• Resulted from:

• the revival of trade

• serfs leaving manor for opportunities

• strong monarchies • Developed Where?

Near well-traveled roads, transfer points or waterways

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• Conditions in Conditions in Towns:Towns:

• Crowded (epidemics spread quickly)

• filthy (sewage/stench of animals)

• violent, noisy (don’t go out after dark!) But provided opportunities...

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GuildsGuilds: Business : Business Organization of Merchants Organization of Merchants

and Artisansand Artisans–set quality standard

–loans to members

–ill / disabled members

–Protected businesses

–set prices /conditions

–prohibited competition

–supervised training…

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Apprentice System Apprentice System of Craft Guildof Craft Guild

• Apprentice: worked for master without pay to learn skills

• Journeyman: worked for daily pay; submitted work to guild for approval to become master; could work in other towns

• Master: artisans who owned their own shops & tools & employed less-skilled workers as helpers

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UniversitiesUniversities Develop

• Begin as learning guilds (an association of people organized for the purpose of learning and teaching)

• Limited to specific subjects (ex: theology, law, medicine)

• Academic degrees develop (B.A., M.A. PhD)

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ScholasticismScholasticism

• Intellectual movement that attempted to reconcile faith & reason

–Faith = Church teachings

–Reason = Aristotle’s logic

–Scholastic philosphers:

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Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas• 13th century Italian priest• Wrote Summa Theologica • reason was God’s gift • church doctrine could be supported

through logic • Proposed 5 logic proofs of the

existence of God...

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Proof #1: Argument of Motion

Everything is in motion and what is in motion must be moved by some mover. Thomas concluded that reason demands that there must have been a “first mover” or “unmoved mover” and this is God.

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Vernacular LiteratureVernacular Literature• Vernacular: language of everyday

speech

–people spoke the language that had developed in their own countries from Latin or German roots (Eng, Fr, Ger, Ital, Span)

–each kingdom a distinct identity

–literature more accessible

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Vernacular WritersVernacular Writers• Dante Alighieri: The Divine

Comedy, epic poem in Italian that describes an imaginary journey through hell, purgatory and heaven

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• Geoffrey Chaucer:

Canterbury Tales–English narrative poems that described a group

of pilgrims who tell stories to amuse one another on their way to Thomas Beckett’s shrine

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Gothic Architecture• Characteristics: walls high & thin,

flying buttresses supported weight of roof, large stained-glass windows, pointed arches

• Symbolism:

–ground plan in shape of a cross

–with high walls and pointed arches, everything appeared to be “reaching towards heaven”

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Cruciform plan

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Flying Buttresses

Clerestory Windows

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ChartresChartres the nave

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Illuminated

Page

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Global Connections: Medieval Europe and the World

• Europe seemed threatened by outsiders, yet adopted many of their ideas and trade

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Decline of the Old Order

• Byzantium and Abbasid fall (rise of Ottoman Turks and Mongols)

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Rise of the West

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Sources of Dynamism: Medieval Vitality

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Imitation and International Problems

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Secular Directions in the Italian Renaissance

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Human Values and Renaissance Culture

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Iberian Spirit of Religious Mission

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Western Expansion: The Experimental Phase

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Early Explorations

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Colonial Patterns

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Outside the World Network

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Political Issues in the Americas

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Expansion, Migration and Conquest in Polynesia

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The Problem of Ethnocentrism

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Isolated Achievements by the Maoris

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Adding Up the Changes

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Problems for Europe

• Black Death (1348)

• Avignon Papacy / Great Schism

• Hundred Years War

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Global Connections: 1450 and the World

• Changes and continuities were present

• Muslims still active

• Mongols offer new contacts

• Decline Mongols returns attention to Indian Ocean trade

• Southeast Asia drawn into trade

• African merchants connected to Middle East

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