Early Middle Ages - week 20

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo
• Leerjaar 1

Today's planning

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4.1; What do you know?

4.2; Info

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(4.1 1 t/m 4, 6, 9)

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4.1

What was the Germanic warrior culture?

Why were the Franks succesful in maintaining a large kingdom?

Why were the Franks succesful in maintaining a large kingdom?

Unwritten rules

Loyalty between the leader (lord) and his followers (vassals). 

Why were the Franks succesful in maintaining a large kingdom?

No big empire because of; 1. warrior culture 2. devided territory

Kingdoms became hereditary (erfelijk)

Kings devide their land between their sons; making it smaller

Why were the Franks succesful in maintaining a large kingdom?

The Franks were more succesful. 

1. Clovis becomes a Christian. 

2. Support from the Catholic Church

The Franks also defeated the Frisians and ruled there after 800

4.2 Manorial system and feudalism

How did people live in the Middle Ages?

What was feudalism?

What is the difference between feudalis and the manorial system?

Manorial system (hofstelsel)

Economic system for protection

Farmers asked a powerful lord for protection. 

Farmers lived on a manor; piece of land devided in two halfs

In return for his protection the farmers paid rent to the lord, not money, but goods or a portion of their harvest. 

Manorial system (hofstelsel)

The farmers became serfs;

- They could not move without permission

- approval to marry someone outside the manor

- pay taxes to use the lords mill

Manors were self-sufficient.

Feudalism

This is a political system. 

The Frankisch king gave a fief (piece of land) to the nobles.

They needed to rule when the king wasn't there. 

pledge loyalty 

What to do now?

4.1
1 t/m 4, 6, 9

4.2  

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10