Middle ages test

Today we took our last test ever in Mr. Schick's western civ class YYYAAAASSSSSSSS :) We only had like a 20 minute class because of senior awards so all we did was take the test and then he graded them but I didn't want to know what I got because I don't think I did very well but serves you right because who gives a test 2 school days before exams????????? You cray.

Middle ages review

• 476-1453 AD Middle Ages
• They followed their heritage after Rome and their costumes after Germanic tribes
• 5th century Germans invade the western half of the Roman empire causing a disruption of trade, the downfall of cities, and population shifts to rural areas
• decline in learning
• warriors were loyal to their lord
• Clovis rules the Franks 
• 496- battle field conversion- 3,000 of his warriors became Christian
• 511- Franks are united under one kingdom with Clovis and the church working as partners 
• 520- Benedict writes rules for monks 
• vows of poverty 
• chastity
• obedience 
• Scholastica wrote rules for nuns
• Bede wrote the history of England
• Government based around the church- theocracy 
• Europe is made up of smaller kingdoms 
• Charles Martels son- Pepin the Short 
• son #2- Charles known as Charlemagne or Charles the Great 
• 6 foot 4 
• most powerful king in western EUROPE 
• kept a close watch on the huge estates 
• Louis the Pious' 3 sons- Lothair, Charles the Bald, and Louis the German split up the kingdom into 3 sections at the treaty of Verdun in 843 AD  

Middle Ages notesssssssssssssssss

Middle Ages- 476-1453 AD
476- when Romulus Augustus was told to step down as emperor
This new society has roots in:
- classical heritage of Rome
- beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
- customs of various Germanic tribes

5th century Germanic invaders overrun the western half of the Roman Empire causing:
- disruption of trade
- downfall of cities
- population shifts to rural areas

Charles the Hammer
- defeats a Muslim raiding party from Spain at the Battle of Tours in 732
- if he hadn't won, western Europe could have become a part of the Muslim Empire

Charlemagne
- 6 foot 4
- fought Germanic tribes
- spread Christianity
- encouraged learning
- gave power to lower class

Treaty of Verdun (843 AD)- Louis the Pious has three sons who couldn't agree on who was next in line for the throne. They solved their disagreement by splitting the kingdom three ways.

Middle Ages again and stories

Today we talked about Christianity in the Middle ages and then Mr. Schick got all distracted and told us stories about his child hood. Well anyway here's some notes

EXAM Q:
Describe how Christianity evolved from a cult into the worlds largest religion.

•  A European Empire Evolves
• Franks control the largest European kingdom 
• Te Roman province formerly known as Gaul
• Ruled by Clovis- the Merovinian Dynasty 
• Mayor domo - mayor of the palace- ruled the kingdom
• Charles Martel- Charles the Hammer
• Extended the Franks reign to the north, south, and east

There was more on this slide but I didn't have time to write it downnnnnn

Middle Ages

Germanic Kingdoms Unite under Charlemange
-Charlemange spread Chirstian civilization throughout northern Europe
Middle ages- medieval period (500-1500 AC)

• Invasions trigger change in western Europe
• Invasions and constant war sparks new trend 
• disruption of trade
• Europe's cities are no longer economic 
• Money is scarce
• Downfall of cities
• Cities are no longer centers of administration 
• Population shifts
• Nobles retreat to the rural areas
• Cities don't have strong leadership 
• Decline in learning 
• Germanic invaders are illiterate but they communicate through oral tradition 
• Only church officials could read and write 
• Knowledge of Greek, literature, science and philosophy are almost lost 
• Loss of a common language 
• Dialects develope in different regions 
• By the 800's, French, Spanish, and other Roman-based languages are evolving from Latin 
• Germanic kingdoms emerge 
• The concept of government changes 
• Roman society: loyal to the public government 
• Germanic society: loyal to family
• Germanic cheif led warriors 
• During peace, he provided food, weapons, treasure, and a place to live (lord's hall)
• During wartime, warrioirs fought for the lord (not the king)
• ""The king? Who's that? You want to collect taxes from me?" 
• Franks lived in the Roman providence of Gaul- their leader was Clovis
• The Franks under Clovis 
• Another battlefield conversion 
• Clovis and 300 of his warriors are baptised by the bishops 
• The church in Rome approve of this alliance 
• Clovis and the church work together 
• Germanic people adopt Christianity 
• 511 AD- Clovis unites the Franks into one kingdom 
• 600 AD- Church + Frankish rulers convert many 
• Fear of Muslims in southern Europe spur many to become Christian 
• Monasteries and convents
• 520 AD- Benedict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries 
• Poverty, chastity, obedience and study 
• His sister Scholastica did the same for nuns in convents
• 731 AD- the Venerable Bede wrote the history of England 
• Monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books
• (Pop) Gregory I expands papal power 
• Papacy= pope's office
• Secular power= worldly power 
• The church can use its money to raise armies, repair roads, help the poor
• Gregory the Great began to act as Mayor of Rome and as head of an earthly kingdom (Christendom) 

Rome's Decline

Diocletian

• Ruled from 284-303
• It was cool to persecute Christians
• Rome needs a big army (400,000)
• Rome needs a big government (20,000 officials)

Constantine

• Rules from 306-337
• It was cool to be a Xian
• Conversion to Christianity b/c he saw a cross in the sky
• 313- His Edict of Milan proclaims freedom of worship
• Built a new capital in the East
• Byzantium- soon to be known as Constantinople  

Life in 4th Century

• Country dwellers are bankrupt due to taxes
• Farming system: peasants work for elite landlords on large farms
• Peasant can avoid paying taxes, but are getting hit just as hard by the landlords
• Paying off debts by working for a patrician in exchange for endless back-breaking work
• Landowners were counts and bishops having more power than the faraway empire
• Foreshadowing feudalism 

Yet another test on Rome

YAYYAYAAYAYYAYAY SO WE ARE FINALLLYYYYYYYYYY DONE WITH ROME <3333333
We took out last test on it today, until exams anyway, and we are starting the Middle Ages. Even though it's probably going to be super boring, I'll take anything over Rome. So anyway, here's some notes from pg. 151

Chronology
Fifth century: Angles and Saxons invade Britain
486: Clovis leads Frankish confederacy against Romans and rival Germanic invaders in Gaul
527-565: Reign of Emperor Justinian in the eastern Empire
542: plague hits Egypt, then spreads throughout the Mediterranean area and much of western Europe
568: Lombard conquer most of northern Italy
570-632- Life of Muhammad
595- Missionaries sent by the pope begin to convert the pagans of England
711- Muslim invasion of Spain
800- Slavs occupy almost all of Eastern Europe