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The High Middle Ages and Feudalism (Commendation ceremony (4:vassal:…
The High Middle Ages and
Feudalism
The feudal system
Feudalism
Christian kingdoms
Political, social ,economic system
High Middle
Ages.
Monarchs: loss power
Fiefdoms
Origins of Feudalism
Didn´t have enought resources for his subjects
divided lands among nobles
Power become hereditary
Absolute power in inhabitants
Division : Carolingian Empire
Serfs
peasants: work in the fiefdom
Power
of nobility increase
No miliraty aid
Armies-feudal wars
Insecurity
They built casttles
Fiefdom
land owned by Feudal lord
Vassal
promised loyalty to Feudal Lord
Feudal Lord protect him
Commendation ceremony
1:Vassal knelt before his lord
2:They put their hands together
4:vassal: swore his loyalty
and give miliraty aid and advise
3 Lord: kiss vassal´s hand
5:Lord promisse to protect him and gave provide
Feudal Monarchy
Royal officials
Served the Monarch
Chancery
write decissions of Monarch
The court
Nobles that advised Feudal Lord
Host
private army of the monarch
Characteristics of the fiefdom
Demesne
The lord´s land
Village
Where Farmers and peasants lived
Castle
Lord and his family lived there
Places of comunal use
Bridges,mills,forge and furnace
Economy
Agriculture
Cereal crops,vegetables ,pulses etc
Livestock
Whool and leather
Substence Economy
Agriculture techniques
Irrigation techniques
Three-year crop rotation
Mouldboard
Manure
Society
Nobility (bellatores)
Peasants
Clergy (oratores)
The church
Secular clergy
Bishops and priests.
Regular clergy
Abbots, monks and
nuns.
Religious orders
Military orders
Pope
was the leader of the Christians
Church became the
main land owner
They benefited from an exclusive tax:
the tithe
Art: Romanesque
Religious buildings:
Chapels,
monasteries, cathedrals.
Rural
countryside -small
villages.
Thick walls
In the churches
Lack of windows
Appropriate for worship.
Romanesque
ARCHITECTURE
Features from Roman art
Floor plan
Stone walls ,buttresses
,columns and pillars.
Façades:
Romanesque
PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
Schematic style,
inexpressive
faces.
Symbolic character of images
Decorative and educational
purpose
could learn about the Bible.
Sculptures:
stone-wood
Paintings:
walls-minatures
