The document provides an overview of topics covered in a Social Science III class, including the Middle Ages, Feudalism, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Intellectual Revolution. It discusses the emergence of feudalism and institutions like the church in medieval Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. Key events mentioned include the rise of Frankish king Charlemagne and the division of his empire through the Treaty of Verdun.

1. SOCIAL SCIENCE III

2.  MIDDLE AGES
 FEUDALISM
 CHIVALRY
 THE CHURCH as a powerful institution
▪ REFORMS AND CRUSADES
 THE RENAISSANCE
 THE REFORMATION
 INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTION *

3.  CAF SEGREGATION PROJECT, as usual.
 A surprise project which will be formally
introduced in class after the long break.

6.  Middle Ages  Vassal
 Franks  Knight
 Monastery  Serf
 Secular  Manor
 Carolingian Dynasty  Tithe
 Charlemage  Chivalry
 Lord  Tournament
 Fief  troubadour

7.  This period of history in Europe succeeded the
fall of the great Roman Empire.
 Medieval Europe – new institutions emerged
to replace those of the fallen Roman Empire.
 They were fragmented unlike the civilizations in
China and Southwest Asia.

9. ROMAN
EMPIRE

10. BROUGHT WITH THEM
 DISRUPTION OF TRADE  DECLINE OF LEARNING
 Business collapsed as a result  Germanic invaders: NO
of recurring invasions. READ, NO WRITE.
 DOWNFALL OF CITIES
 Romans abandoned cities as  LOSS OF A COMMON
centers of administration. LANGUAGE
 POPULATION SHIFTS  Latin began to be fragmented
 From city to countryside ▪ FRENCH
(URBAN to RURAL) ▪ SPANISH
▪ Other Roman based
languages

11.  Germanic kingdoms
replaced Roman provinces.
 Church is the only
institution which survived
the fall of the Roman
Empire.
 The Church provided order
and security.
 Important part in the
Medieval History of Europe.

12. ROMAN SOCIETY GERMANIC SOCIETY
 Loyalty to the public  Family ties and personal
government loyalty
 Written law  Unwritten rules and
traditions

13.  FRANKS are a Germanic people who held
power in the Roman province of Gaul.
 Their first king was named Clovis who was said to
have brought Christianity to this region.

14.  The Church in Rome welcomed Clovis’s
conversion and supported his military
campaigns against other Germanic peoples.
 This marked the beginning of an alliance between
two powerful forces/ institutions, the Kingdom
and the Church.

15.  POLITICS
 Church and King converted many Germanic
people.
 MISSIONARIES – borders of the Roman
Empire
 FEAR OF COASTAL ATTACKS BY MUSLIMS

16. BENEDICT SCHOLASTICA
 Wrote a book on practical  Adapted the same rules for
set of rules for women.
monasteries.
 MONASTERY- religious
communities that the
Church built to adapt to
rural conditions.

18.  SECULAR means
worldly, power
involved in politics.
 Gregory the Great
broadened the
authority of the
papacy.
 CENTRAL THEME:
Churchly kingdoms
ruled by a Pope

19. A
SECULARIZED
POPE
 POPE’S PALACE- center of the
Roman government.
CHANGES IN
 Church revenues for raising
THE POWER armies, repairing roads, helping
the poor.
OF THE POPE
 Negotiating peace treaties with
invaders (ex. Lombards)
 Pope being the Mayor of Rome

20.  Roman Empire was  Major Domo= mayors
divided. of the palace.
 England = seven tiny  Became the most
kingdoms. powerful person in the
 Franks = controlled kingdom.
Gaul, the largest and  In charge of the royal
strongest of Europe’s households and estates
kingdoms. (official responsibility)
 Clovis- first king of Gaul.  Commanded armies and
▪ Started and strengthened made policies.
the Merovingian Dynasty.

21. CHARLES MARTEL PEPIN THE SHORT
 Extended Franks’ reign to  Succeeded Charles Martel.
the North, South, and East
of Gaul.  Supported the Church in
their fight against the
 Also defeated a Muslim Lombards (invading
raiding party from Spain at Central Italy).
the Battle of Tours.
 “King by the Grace of God.”
 Started the Carolingian
Dynasty.

22.  Pepin the Short left two successors, Carloman
and Charles.
 CHARLES- would eventually be known as
Charlemagne.
 A tall, bold man who stood 6’4”
 Einhard says he was “the most potent prince with the
greatest skill and success in different countries during
the forty-seven years of his reign.”
 Doubled the area of his father’s reign
 His conquests helped spread Christianity
 Is the first German “Roman Emperor”.
 WHY WAS IT HISTORIC?

23.  Limited the authority  Encouraged learning
of the nobles  English, German, Italian
, and Spanish scholars
 Regularly visited every  Opened a palace school
part of his kingdom. for the children at the
court.
 Judged cases, settled  Monasteries opened
disputes, rewarded schools that trained
monks and priests
followers.

24.  Louis the Pious – devoutly a religious man
 Lothair
 Charles the Bald
 Louis the German
 TREATY OF VERDUN- divided Charlemagne’s
empire into 3 kingdoms.

25.  FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE MAP OF
CHARLEMAGNE’S EMPIRE.

26.  WHAT IS FEUDALISM? WHERE DOES
FEUDALISM BASE ITS POWER? DESCRIBE THE
SOCIAL STRUCTURE PRESENT IN THIS
PERIOD.
 COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE FEUDALISM
THAT EXISTED IN JAPAN AND CHINA WITH THE
ONE THAT EXISTED IN EUROPE.
 DRAW THE TYPICAL MANOR THAT EXISTED
DURING THIS ERA.