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Names for the Middle Ages.
- Medieval times
2. Dark ages
Timeline of the Middle Ages?
5th century to 15th (400’s to 1400’s)
Importance of 476?
End of the western Roman Empire
Importance of 630?
Mohammed established the city of Mecca as the centre of Islam
Importance of 850?
Mayan cities in Central America abandoned for unknown reasons
Importance of 992?
Vikings land in Newfoundland
Importance of 1066?
William the conquerer of Normandy conquers England.
Importance of 1096?
Crusades begin
Importance of 1150?
First university appear in Europe?
Importance of 1215?
The Magna Carta or great charter is signed by John 1 of England.
Importance of 1291?
End of crusades- Muslims defeat Christians and remain in holy lands
Importance of 1337?
Beginning of the hundred yeArs of war between England and France
Importance of 1347?
First waves of the plague (Black Death) spread in Europe
Importance of 1492?
Christopher Columbus reaches the West Indies: believes it is India
The three social categories?
Peasants, clergy and nobility
Who were the nobility?
- those who fight/rule
- the smallest group
- Kings were the most powerful of the nobility
- lived in the castle
Who were the peasants?
- those who work
- the largest group
- worked the land of the nobles and payed rent for the land
- lived in village close to the castle
Who were the clergy?
- those who pray and walk with God
- dominant religion was Christianity
- 1 church in each village
What was the Feudal system?
- all land was owned by the king
- the king gave a portion land to the nobles as rewards
- the nobles would divide the land up between peasants
- peasants and serfs would work for the lord of the manor in exchanged for protection
- any land or property or title would be passed down to the eldest son
- (remember the diagram of land)
Most people in the Middle Ages lived inside the castle (True or False)
False:
Most people were peasants or farmers and only the nobles lived inside the castle.
