3.1 The Dark Ages - TEACH -

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   Age 3 : The Time of Monks and Knights

3.1 The Dark Ages

What do you know
about the Middle Ages?

The symbol / icon of this Age is a:

1. Roman helmet
2. Viking helmet
3. Christian helmet
4. Muslim helmet

AGE 3: the Time of Monks and Knights

500 - 1000 AD

AGE 3: the Time of Monks and Knights

500 - 1000 AD

Typical Aspects:

1. the spread of Christianity in Europe
2. the rise and spread of Islam
3. the Manorial system and serfs
4. the Feudal system

AGE 3: the Time of Monks and Knights

500 - 1000 AD

Typical Aspects:

1. the spread of Christianity in Europe
2. the rise and spread of Islam
3. the Manorial system and serfs
4. the Feudal system

Early Middle Ages / Dark Ages

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Europe at the beginning of the Time of Monks and Knights

What is?

continuity and discontinuity (in history lessons)?

Continuity: this means that somethings continues, or "keeps going on" . 

For example: After the fall of the western Roman empire Christianity continued as an important religion.

What is?

continuity and discontinuity (in history lessons)?

Continuity: this means that somethings continues, or "keeps going on" . 

For example: After the fall of the western Roman empire Christianity continued as an important religion.

Discontinuity: this means that something ends and is replaced by something different (it does NOT continue)

For example: When the Roman monarchy ended and Rome became a Republic.

A system of government was replaced by a very different system. So this is "discontinuity".

Study this overview. Can you tell in your own words what it shows?

In the next question you must drag & drop texts to the correct category: discontinuity of continuity.

500 AD

500 AD

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Christianity

International trade

Latin language

use of money

Roman roads

living in cities

Rome: the center of Christianity

literacy and education

Europe at the beginning of the Time of Monks and Knights

What is?

centralisation and decentralisation ?

Centralisation: this means that a country / empire is ruled from 1 place (the centre) and by one ruler (king / emperor)

For example: The whole Roman empire was ruled from 1 place (Rome). Everywhere within the empire there were the same laws, rules, money, taxes. Everything was decided from Rome (the centre)

Decentralisation: this means that a country does not have one central point from where all the laws are made, but the country is divided into many different regions, each with its own ruler, laws, money, taxes, etc.

For example: Ancient Greece was a decentralised country because every city state had its own laws, rulers, money etc.

DECENTRALISED

CENTRALISED

First make a note in your notebook.

Lesson 3.1

• The monarch (king or emperor) = HOLY

• In 800 AD Charlemagne was crowned emperor by the pope.
• Pope and monarch  made each other more powerful:
•           King:      he became "holy", chosen by God.
•           Pope:     he got to decide who becomes king / emperor.

• It meant that a monarch was given the right to rule by God alone. His authority could not be questioned because he ruled in God's name.
• We call this: the divine right of kings. It lasted until the French Revolution (1789)

500 AD

Charlemagne

Which elements from the Roman empire did Charlemagne bring back to his empire?

Christianity

International trade

Latin language

use of money

Roman roads

living in cities

Rome: the center of Christianity

literacy and education

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