3.1 The Dark Ages

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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?

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

Early Middle Ages / Dark Ages

The symbol / icon of this Age is a:

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

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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.

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

6. 

Christianity

International trade

Latin language

use of money

Roman roads

living in cities

Rome: the center of Christianity

literacy and education

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)

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