1. CHAPTER 14 Section 1: The Crusades Section 2: The Revival of Trade Section 3: The Growth of Towns Section 4: Life and Culture in the Middle Ages Section 5: Wars and the Growth of Nations Section 6: Challenges to Church Power The High Middle Ages
2. SECTION 1 Question: What causes and effects led to the First Crusade? The Crusades
3. SECTION 1 The Crusades Some 10,000 Europeans take up the cause. Turks gain control of Palestine and threaten Constantinople. Pope Urban asks European lords to free the Holy Lands from the Turks. The emperor asks the pope for help.
4. SECTION 2 Qu e stion: What were some reasons for the revival of trade in Europe? The Revival of Trade
5. SECTION 2 The Revival of Trade Revival of Trade The Crusades stimulated trade. Viking ships brought Asian goods to northern Europe. Flanders became a meeting center of different trade routes. The Hanseatic League set up trading posts. Italian ships brought goods back from Asia.
6. Israel and the Occupied Territories SECTION 3 Question: What factors contributed to the decline of serfdom? The Growth of Towns
7. SECTION 3 The Growth of Towns The Decline of Serfdom Serfs could leave for towns. Serfs could earn money by selling crops to townspeople. Changing agricultural methods pushed them off the land. The Black Death killed many people in Europe so the demand for workers increased.
8. SECTION 4 Question: What are some types of literature that were common in the Middle Ages? Life and Culture in the Middle Ages
9. SECTION 4 Life and Culture in the Middle Ages poems about love and chivalry fictional stories, sometimes of heroes short comic stories written in rhymed verse troubadour songs romances national epic love songs King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table “ Reynard the Fox” Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages fabliaux miracle, morality, and mystery plays long poem about a hero short dramas with religious or Biblical themes The Song of Roland “ Noah’s Flood” Kind of Literature Characteristics Example
10. SECTION 5 Question: What events led to the rise of the Habsburgs? Wars and the Growth of Nations
11. SECTION 5 Wars and the Growth of Nations The Habsburgs became the most powerful family in Europe. A Habsburg was elected emperor in 1273. More well-planned marriages gave the Habsburgs control of much of the empire’s territory. The Habsburgs used their position to arrange marriages with powerful families. Through marriage the Habsburg family gained control of Austria and nearby lands.
12. SECTION 6 Question: In what ways were John Wycliffe and Jan Hus alike and different? Challenges to Church Power
13. SECTION 6 Challenges to Church Power royal court defended him angered clergy teacher promoted English Bible banned, not executed accused of heresy attacked church abuses burned at the stake John Wycliff Jan Hus
14. Chapter Wrap-Up 1. How did the Crusades promote an exchange of ideas and goods? 2. How did the growth of trade and towns bring changes to the feudal and manorial systems? 3. What groups lost power as Europe’s kings established strong nations? CHAPTER 14
