Global 9 - Unit? - Medival AGES

What was the heirarchy (Fuedalism)

"Feudalism" (17th–19th Century)

• The term "feudalism" was coined in the 17th century by historians and political theorists to describe the medieval system of land tenure and vassalage.
  
  

• It became widely used in the 19th century to characterize the economic and social hierarchy of medieval Europe.

Describe the four groups of fuedalism

Feudalism
The Feudal Order
The Feudal System

Social and political system that was used during the Middle Ages.

Clergy Heirarchy

(from top: Pope, Cardinal, Bishop, Priest)

Manorialism Manor System

• Economic system that was used during the Middle Ages.

• Has deep connections to feudalism but it is a distinct regime.

• Lord exercises legal and economic control over the peasants. 

• Trade declined after the Fall of Rome, so manors filled an economic need.

  SELF SUFFICENT

why are manors described as self-sufficient? 

It was a small space that people farmed on and rarley left, farming supplief food and money to the community

How is Manor life characterized?

How/why did fuedalism come to be and why was it sucsessful (mention the fall of Rome)

Catholic curch (overview)

Were the church and state connected?

Who had more power, the pope or the king? (Mention what kinds of power the pope had and why)

Medival Period (what is it also known as, what is it in between, what time)

Also known as: “Middle Ages” “Dark Ages”

• In the middle of the Fall of (West) Rome —> Circa 470 AD and modern times

About 1,000 years

About what percent of medival peoples were serfs?

Around 97%, thus, 3% were nobility

What was the Feudal order

What was the clerical order

How was land distributed during the medival age and how does this connect the feudal order to the clergy? (How can the clergy cause problems to the feudal system, think “social”)

Clergy has control over the PEOPLE and thus can cause problems for the Feudal order, even though the Feudal order has control over the LAND.

Interconnection between the state and religion!

How much of the world did most serfs see? What financial limitations did they face? What was the hygine like in manor life?

Serfs only saw their manor —> did not leave or travel

• no need to trade or for movment becuase manors were SELF-SUFFICENT!!

Limitations —> Taxes imposed by Vasals or Lords on Grain

• also dues for curch

BAD HYGINE!

• Pigs used for warmth

• Really small manors —> lots of people and not many rooms

• Slept on straw filled/infested with bugs/insects