1. Medieval
Europe
Charlemagne, Chivalry,
and Feudalism
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GS-2.5 Summarize the functions of feudalism and
manorialism in medieval Europe, including the
creation of nation-states as feudal institutions
helped monarchies to centralize power and the
evolution of the relationship between the secular
states and Roman Catholic Church. (P, H)
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
1. How did European institutions of religion and
government maintain stability after the collapse of
Charlemagne’s empire?

3. HIS 101
FALL 2009
RISE OF THE CAROLINGIANS

4. Terms List
1. Franks
2. Merovingians
3. Carolingians
4. Charles Martel
5. Pepin the Short
6. Charlemagne
7. Holy Roman Empire

5. The Franks
Clovis (466-511)
First King of the Franks
Battlefield Conversion
to Christianity

6. The Carolingians
Charles Martel
Pepin the Short
Charlemagne

7. Charles “The Hammer” Martel
 Mayor of the Palace
 732 - Battle of Tours
 Muslim expansion halted
Steuben, Bataille de Poitiers, 1837

9. Pepin “The Short”
 Charles Martel’s Son
 Overthrew the Merovingian
ruler, claiming kingship of
Franks with the Pope’s
blessing
 Carolingian Dynasty
(Reigned 751-768)

10. Charlemagne
 Latin: Karolus Magnus
 “Charles the Great”
 Conquered N. Italy
 Saved Pope

11. Charlemagne Helps the Pope

12. Charlemagne
 Christmas Day, 800
 Imperator Augustus
 “Roman Emperor”
Byzantines

13. irene
(r. 797-802)
 Byzantine
Empress, 797-802
 Imperial throne
vacant?

16. Division of Charlemagne’s Empire
To his three sons and the Church

18. HIS 101
FALL 2009

19. TERMS LIST
Three Orders
2. Nobility
3. Feudalism
4. Fief
5. Lord
6. Vassal
7. Manor
1.
8.
Agricultural
Revolution
9.
Three-Field Rotation
Serf
11. Chivalry
10.

20. The “Three Orders”

21. Feudalism

The political system of the Middle Ages
VASSAL
Land
(fief)

Loyalty
Weak Central Authority
LORD

22. Feudalism

NOTE: No one used the
term, feudalism, during the Middle Ages.
Historians invented this term in the
seventeenth century and it grew into
common usage during the Enlightenment
(18th c.).

23. Feudal Hierarchy
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/politicalsystems/feudalism.cfm

24. A typical medieval
manor…
http://www.wolfhavenproductions.net/FeudalEurope/home.html

25. Three-Field Crop Rotation
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi26.htm

26. Agricultural Revolution
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi26.htm
A Better Plow

27. Agricultural Revolution

As the food supply increases, what will
happen to population in the late Middle
Ages?

28. Serfdom

Peasants on a manor
were known as serfs
 Tied to the land
 Owed a share of the crops
to the lord

29. Chivalry

30. Chivalry

Cheval – medieval French for “horse”

Combination of barbarian warrior culture
and Christian morality

31. Modern Chivalry?

32. Chivalry

As time passes, the “good manners”
aspect of chivalry takes precedence.

33. Sir Bors’ Dilemma