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High Middle Ages and Feudalism (Feudal system (Origins of feudalism…
High Middle Ages and Feudalism
The church
Organisation
Regular clergy
Types
Religious orders
Military orders
abbots
monqs
nuns
Secular clergy
bishops
priests
Pope
Power of the church
Economic
Monarchs and nobles
gave lands
to th echurch
to win its
favour
or obtain
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Political
Monachs appointed bishops
and bishops
attended
cortes or parlament
Pope could
excommunicate
whoever
even monarchs
Culture
responsible of
spreading religious beliefs
responsible of
education
Feudal system
Feudalism
political, social and economic
system established in
the Christian kingdoms
Origins of feudalism
Division of Carolingian Empire
Monarch divided
the lands
among the nobles
Monarchs didn't have
resources to help
their subjects
Power became heredaty
Absolute power
over the inhabitants
of their lands
Serfs
peasants
live and work
in the fiefdom
Power
of the nobility
increased
Fiefdom
land owner
Vassalage relationships
vassal swore
his loyalty
to someone
more powerful
than him
Feudal monarchy
Court
nobles who advised them
from governamental problems
Host
an army
Royal officials
they served
the monarch
Characteristics of the Fiefdom
Village
Near the
castle
Castle
house of the
feudal lord and
his family
and vassals
and servants
Demesne
Lord´s land
cultived by his serfs
Places of comunal use
like
bridges, mills...
Economy
Livestock
they don´t usually
eat meat
they obtained woodAND LEATHER
from animals
Subsistence economy
Irragation techniques
Three-year crop rotation
Mouldboard
Manure
Agriculture
cereal crops, vegetables
pulses
wine and beer
Society
Monarch
Nobility and clergy
Nobility
Higher
dukes
marquisis
counts
Lower
knights
Clergy
Higher
bishops
abbot
Lower
monqs
priests
Peasants
Serfs
Free peasants
Art Romanesque
Characteristics
Rural
Religious building
Promoted by
nobility
Extended along
pilgrimage routes
Lack of windows
churches looked like
fortresses
Architecture
Thick sotone walls
buttresses
columns and pillars
Features from Roman art
Floor plan
Façades
Painting and sculpture
Decorative purpose
Symbolic character of images
Schematic style
Sculptures
stone
wood
Painting
walls