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Medieval History Term 3 Year 8 (7 Historical Concepts (Evidience (Primary…
Medieval History Term 3 Year 8
7 Historical Concepts
Continuity and change
What has changed?
What has stayed the same/continued?
What has changed but is similar?
Evidience
Information
Primary source
Objects created or written at the time of the event or very soon after
Secondary source
Written, imagery or another form of information made after the event which usually refers to primary sources
Using information from the past historians can make and educated hypothesis
Cause and effect
Links and chains
Long term/short term
Why something happened
What was the consequence of the event
Empathy
To put your self in someone else shoes
To be aware of someones past feelings, thoughts and experiences
Help historians understand the impact of past events
Significance
Relates to importance
Includes people, events, developments, discoveries, movements and historical sites
Instead of studying everything to do with history historians focus on the most important things
Questions historians may ask to determine whether something is significant
How important was this to the people who lived at that time?
How many people were affected?
To what degree were people's lives affected?
How widespread and long lasting were the effects?
Can the effects still be felt today?
Someone's age, gender, nationality, religious beliefs and family background
Contestability
A form of contest
A debate on what happened
Historians often end up with different conclusions
Even if studying the same artifacts
Perspective
Feudalism
Hierarchy
Cant move positions in a hierarchy
King->Nobel's and Church officials->Knights->Peasants and Surfs
Everyone had obligations and rights
Form of government
Social system
Way of organizing people
Separation of ancient Rome
Tribes
Huns
Skilled in archery and horse riding
Were brutal on the battle field
Ended Gupta Empire, India in 550
Weakened Roman Empire
Ostrogoths
From north of the black sea
Moved to Italy after the fall of the western roman empire
Their kingdom was the Gothic kingdom of Italy
Ruled by Theodoric the Great
Vandals
Germanic / from eastern parts of Europe
Attacked and raided Roman Empire in 455
Had kingdom in North Africa 429-534
Angles and Saxons
From northern Germany
Invaded and then settled in Britain in 5 century
Recruited by the Romans to help defend Britain and a Roman colony against local tribe attacks
Vikings
Tribes who traveled by sea
From a region in north Europe (Scandinavia)
Traded, explored raided and settled across Europe and Asia
Franks
Germic
Invaded Roman Empire in 5th
Dominated modern-day Belgium, France and West Germany
Visigoths
Germanic
Came from the Ostrogoth tribe
Separated in 4th century
Had many kingdoms in Gaul (France) and Spain
Arab Tribes
Tribes that originated in the Middle East (Arabia)
Conquered many cities across Egypt and regions of northern Africa and spread the religion of Islam in 642
Black Death
Europe, Asia and parts of Africa were effected
Bubonic was most common amongst the forms of the plague
Spread by infected fleas
Flea's would bite a person therefore transferring the disease
Pneumonic plague
Spread through air
Infected body fluids like blood and mucus
More contagious than bubonic plague
An estimated (at least) 75 million people died
Mass burials of the plagues victims
Large pits were used
Decline in population meant shortages in farm laborers and skilled tradesmen
In the fear of catching the disease some priests refused to bury plague victims
From 1330's to 1350's
Was given the name 'Black Death' because of the black lumps, also known as buboes, that appeared on a ill person's skin
Septicemic Plague
Rarest
Deadliest
Spread by infected fleas
Battle of Hastings
Occurred in 1066
Bayeux Tapestry
Medieval Times
Approximately 5th to 15th centenary
Crusades
By the endings of the crusades the holy land was not fully regained by Christians
Only the first crusade was victorious for the Christians
The other crusades were to protect the gains from the first crusade
Amount of crusades is argued between historians
Many historians agree that there was about eight
Was to gain control over Jerusalem and the rest of the holy land
Series of religous wars between the Christians and Muslums in 1096 and 1270
Many people died through out the duration of the crusades
Although many people were killed some died of disease or injuries
People who did return from the first crusade brought new foreign goods
Foods
Spices
Perfumes
Pearls and other gemstones