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THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES AND THE FEUDALISM (THE FEUDAL SYSTEM (VASSALAGE…
THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES AND THE FEUDALISM
What is the Feudalism?
Established
High Middle Ages
System
Economic
Political
Social
Origins of feudalism
Division
Carolingian Empire
Monarchs
Needed help
From nobles
Monarch
Divided the lands
Among nobles
Power
Hereditary
Absolute power
Of the inhabitants
Of the lands
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
Fiefdom
Lands
Owned
By the Feudal Lord
Peasants
lived and worked
in Fiefdom
Power of the nobility
Increased
Deny military aid
Feudal wars
Insecurity
VASSALAGE RELATIONSHIPS
Vassal
Person
Promised his loyalty
to someone
more powerful
than himself
Commendation ceremony
official act
where the vassal
swore his loyalty
THE FEUDAL MONARCHY
Monarchs governed
with the aid of
The court
Noble who
advised monarchs
in governamental matters
Royal officials
served the monarchs
Host
Private army of the monarch
and the nobility
to go war
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FIEFDOM
Consisted on
Castle
next to a river
house of the lord
his family
vassals
servants
Demense
lord´s land
cultivate
by his serfs
Village
near to the castle
main building
the Church
Places of comunal use
bridges
mills
forge
furnace
ECONOMY
Agriculture
Cereal crops
vegetables
pulses
Products of animals
milk
eggs
cheese
honey
Livestock
Meat
Rarely consumed
Privileged
Importance of animals
wool
leather
transport
war
SOCIETY
Nobility
Defending the society
knights
dukes
marquisis
counts
Clergy
Upper
bishops
abbots
Lower
priests
monks
Peasants
worked
for the rest of the society
Serfs
Free peasants
craftsmen
traders
THE CHURCH
Organisation
Pope
Leader of Christians
Two types of clergy
Secular clergy
Regular clergy
Religious orders
Military orders
Political power of the Church
Were very close
Pope
Could excommunicate
Remove from the Church
even Monarchs
Economic power of the Church
Monarchs
gave lands
to the Church
Church
became the main
land owner
Benefited
from a tax
Tithe
10%
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Culture and the Church
Responsible
Spreading culture
Copyng ancient
texts (monsk)
Responsible
Education
Spreading religious beliefs
Fear of hell
Fear of
The end of the world
Hope
for the mediation
Saints
Virgin Mary (pilgrimages)
ART (ROMANESQUE 11-13)
Characteristics
Promoded
Nobility
Church
Religious buildings
Chapels
Monasteries
Cathedrals
Extended
Along
Pilgrimage routes
Churches
Looked like fortresses
served as refuges
Rular
Countryside
small villages
Lack of windows
Dark
aproppiate for worship
Architecture
Thick
stone wall
Buttresses
columns
pillars
Features
from Roman Art
semi-circular arches
barrel
vaults
groin vaults
domes
Floor pain
Latin cross
Farçades
contained
portals (decorated)
towers
Painting and sculpture
Decorative
educational purpose
symbolic
character
of images
Inexpressive faces
size depend on
its importance
Sculptures
Stone
wood
Paintings
walls
miniatures
