- When the middle ages were - 476 - 1453
- the new society has roots in
- classical heritage of Rome
- beliefs of the church
- customs of Germanic tribes
- the overrun of the western half of the roman empire
- disruption of trade
- downfall of cities
- popular shifts to rural
- effects of invasion
- downfall of learning
- romance languages - french, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian
- few besides priests were literate
- Germanic warriors loyalty was to the lord of the manner
- Clovis rules the franks which is where France comes from
- in 496 AD he and 3000 of his men become Christians
- in 520, Benedict writes to the monks
- vows of poverty
- chastity
- obedience
- his sister, Scholastic writes similar rules for nuns
- they operate schools, maintain libraries and copy books
- church revenues are used to help the poor, build roads and raise armies
- this is a theocracy
- Gregory spiritual kingdom is (Christendom)
- Clovis' decedents include Charles Martel a.k.a. Charles the Hammer
- hammer defeats a Muslim raiding party from Spain at the Battle of tours 732
- Charles Martel's son is Pepin the short
- Charlemagne (Charles the great) was Charles Martel's second son
Charlemagne
- 6 foot 4
- Built the greatest empire since Rome
- Fought muslin in Spain
- Fights Germanic tribes
- Spreads Christianity
- Reunited western Europe
- Became most powerful king in western Europe
- Pope Leo II crowned him emperor
Charlemagne's gov
- Visited every part of his kingdom
- Limited authority of nobles
- Kept close eye on estates
- Encouraged learning
- Had schools open to others
- Man of the people
- Son Louis the pious was ineffective
- His 3 sons split up the kingdom of the treaty of Verdun
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