Medieval History Introduction and Anthropology Overview on Europe

Medieval History Introduction, and Anthropology Overview on Europe, Kinship Systems

�Family Trees �Power. Point Slides �Kinship System Problems �Discussion �Exit Slip Overview of the Class

�Who has heard the term “Family Tree” before? �What is in a family tree? �How do we make family trees? �Talk to your partner and come up with some answers Family Trees

�Medieval history is often romanticized �Knights, chivalry, castles, tournaments, all that fun stuff in the movies �However, only about 10% of the population lived like this �Majority lived in poverty, living lives of servitude to their lords. Introduction

�Religious schisms! With all new heresies! �The Black Death! �Peasant Revolts! Brutally Suppressed! �Hundred Years of War! Time and resources wasted over constructed views of manliness and chivalry! TERRIBLE THINGS WILL HAPPEN!

�Increased trade and cultural exchanges between Europe and Middle East �Europe develops geographically into what we could recognize today �New agriculture gets people fed, universities educate more people, and architecture helps make some pretty sweet buildings �By the end of this unit, even feudalism will have ended! Don't worry though! Good things happen as well

�Kinship is the system that helps determine family, clan, group, and relationship patterns in all cultures and civilizations ◦ Generally it consists of married people and their children �In kinship diagrams, the use of shapes helps explain genders ◦ Triangle = Male ◦ Circle = Female Anthropology Time! Kinship Systems

Here is an example of a kinship diagram

�Two main systems of descent we will need to know ◦ Unilineal Descent (one sided descent) has two categories �Patrilineal - descent from father's side �Matrilineal - descent from mother's side ◦ Societies and cultures that use matrilineal descent have different social relationships because the father of children is not part of the mother's lineage, the uncle is more important. ◦ Bilateral Descent - (two sided descent) �This is our system, where both sides of the family are tracked Types of Lineage Systems

�The Haida Gwaii in northern BC follow the matrilineal kinship system of descent ◦ What this means, is that family groups are formed through their mother’s heritage �Two Main Descents ◦ The Eagle ◦ The Raven Indigenous Kinship: The Haida Gwaii

�Lineage is traced through the mothers line ◦ Females within the system are the ones who pass on the clan heritage, and stops inter-clan marriages ◦ Your mothers siblings are closer to you than your father or his siblings. �Here is what that would look like How it works

�Two guys wanted to be king, but only one could be �France supported a cousin of the dead king, whereas England supported Edward III who was the nephew to the dead king �These men believed their inheritance to the throne came from their fathers. ◦ What is the name for that kind of inheritance system? So what does kinship have to do with the 100 Years War?

�On the handout are several kinship system questions �Please circle the answer you think is right �After everyone has finished we will discuss the answers as a group Let's do some Kinship Problem Solving

�What are the important relationships between family groups? �What is the difference between the indigenous kinship system, and the European kinship system? �What is unique about our kinship system? Discussion

�On a spare piece of paper, write down your answer to the following question: �What are patrilineal and matrilineal kinship systems, and how do they work? Exit Slip