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PeopleKing
Peasants and servants
Lords and ladies
Knights
Lords BishopsMonksPriests
THE KING
Kings: They made the rules for their land, or kingdom. They were expected to follow the rules of the church.
Knights and NoblesKnights: Their job was to fight to protect the King and the kingdom. They went to knight school at a very young age.
Nobles: Nobles owned their own land in exchange for protecting the kingdom during war or battles.
PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH High Church Order:
The rulers of the church Popes: Head of the
church Priests: Controlled
individual churches Monks: Dedicated
their lives to the church
Nuns: Dedicated their lives to the church
LOWER SOCIETY
Skilled Workers: People who could perform difficult jobs like cooking, sewing, carpentry, or ironwork.
Farmers: People who had no education or skills and worked on the farm.
Buildings
Castles Houses
Churches and
Cathedrals
Monasteries
Walls
CASTLES
Walls: to protect the people
Servant living quarters: Rooms for servants
Well: to get waterKitchenBedroomsChurchGreat hall: For parties
or meetingsWatch towers: To look
for dangerHorse Stable: A home
for the horses.
ArtRoman, German and Islamic arts mixed together in the Early Middle Ages.
Two styles were important in this period:Romanesque
Gothic
Around 1100 turns into …
ROLE OF CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES
The church had respect and power.
The Church was led by popes. They were more powerful than kings!
MONKS Monks dedicated
their lives to God. Monks spent years
writing the bible by hand.
They preformed chores such as cooking, cleaning and farming.
They lived in Monasteries where they were teachers and cared for people.
NUNS
Nuns dedicated their lives to God.
They performed simple tasks like cooking, sewing or reading.
Some could also write and taught others.
CRUSADES
The Crusades were a series of battles between Christians and Muslims in the Middle East.
Christian knights wanted to take the Holy Land and give it back to Christians.
CRUSADES
Thousands of knights and “barbarian” soldiers united under Christianity attacked Muslims and Jews in Turkey and Jerusalem to gain the land for Christians.
IMPACT OF THE CRUSADES
Killing and persecution of Jews and Muslims
Economic development through trade
Kings and popes gained power