Medieval Times Dark Ages Middle Ages Ü 410 AD to 1066 AD Ü 1066 AD to 1485 AD Ü AKA the early middle ages Ü Marked by the Crusades, Ü Rise of barbarians Ü Between 400 and 700 AD, Monasteries became centers of education Ü Romanesque Architecture Style Feudalism and the Plague Ü Lasting Politiical Ideals – the Magna Carta and Parliament Ü Gothic Architecture Style
Expanding Influence of the Church The Christian Church became an important political, economic, spiritual and cultural force in Europe. Ü Leading officials were Pope and Patriarch Ü Heresy is banned Ü Conversion by force Ü Great Schism occurs in 1054
Carolingians Ü Rise of Charles Mantel Ü Mantel began church reforms Ü Pepin the Short continued reforms and established the Carolingian Dynasty CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY: created to protect the papacy and establish that the pope and bishops make kings
Charlemagne and The Holy Roman Empire Ü Named Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in 768 Ü First ruler of the HRE Ü Imposed order throughout the Church and the state Ü Ordered the standardization throughout the empire
Charlemagne’s Empire
Life in the Middle Ages Ü Feudalism – relationship between those ranked in a chain of association Ü Feudalism = Manorialism Ü Path to Knighthood Ü Knighthood and Chivalry