5.1 Lords and vassals

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5.1 Lords and vassals

Lesson goals:

How Charlemagne became a powerful king and emperor of a large empire.

You can explain the feudal system

What do you know
about the Middle Ages?

important terms

Duke: High noble title

Count: high noble title

Vassal: Nobleman who rules a territory by order of a lord.

Lord: Monarch or high nobleman who lets a territory be ruled by a vassal

Feudal system:polity with lords and vassals

polity: the way a country is ruled

The collapse of Rome

800:Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor.

On the next slide you'll see four images of that event.

which of them is contemporary (from Charlemagnes time)?

Compare the four images: what do you learn about the coronation? Write down a few words in your notebook.

Charlemagne, successor of Rome

Europe after the Romans

Less people and trade

Unsafe

Few roads

Charlemagne traveled a lot and lived in multiple cities. (Nijmegen, Aken).

Nobles helped him ruling the empire.

The feudal system/feudalism

All the land is owned by the lord

Lord lends land to vassal.

Vassal rules the land, is judge and must give soldiers

Vassal vows loyalty

In exchange the vassal has income from the land