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Global Regions,
​c. 1200-1450

Europe

c. 1200-1450

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Notre Dame de Paris, built 1160-1260 CE, is one of the best-known Gothic cathedrals.
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Europe, c. 1200-1450
  • Objectives
  • Judeo-Christian Traditions
  • Feudalism
  • Manors & Burghers

Objectives

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  • ​Explain how the beliefs and practices of the predominant religions in Europe affected European society.

  • ​Explain the causes and consequences of political decentralization in Europe from c. 1200 to c. 1450.
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​Judeo-Christian Traditions

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Ashkenazic Jews resettled in Eastern Europe after their forced expulsion from Western European states during the Middle Ages.
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Judaism in the world today
​Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and the core beliefs and practices of these religions continued to shape societies in Europe.
audio pronunciation guide:
Judaism
  • Abraham
  • Moses
  • Exodus
  • Covenant
  • Ten Commandments
  • Torah
  • Jerusalem
  • Destruction of the Second Temple
  • Jewish Diaspora
  • Ashkenazic Jews
  • Yiddish
  • Sephardic Jews
  • Conversos
  • pogroms
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Jan Hus is considered the first Church reformer. He was burned at the stake for heresy against the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Christianity in the world today
audio pronunciation guide:
Christianity
  • ​​Judeo-Christian Tradition
  • messiah
  • Jesus of Nazareth
  • Concerns of Jewish and Roman leaders which led to Jesus’ execution
  • Bible
  • Great Schism of 1054
  • Eastern Orthodoxy
  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Latin Christendom
  • Nestorianism
  • Catharism
  • Albigensian Crusade
  • clergy
  • pope
  • patriarch
  • Avignon Papacy
  • bishop
  • priest
  • lay investiture
  • heresy
  • infidel 
  • Inquisition
  • secular​
  • interdict
  • vernacular
  • Latin evolved into what languages?
  • Gothic cathedrals 
  • missionary
  • monasticism/monastery
  • monk
  • nun
  • ​Dominicans
  • Franciscans
  • relic
  • sacrament​
  • rise of universities
Article: Here are the 8 Creepiest Churches Made of Bones
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Judeo-Christian Traditions Quizlet

Feudalism

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A 13th century French representation of the tripartite social order of the middle ages – Oratores: "those who pray", Bellatores: "those who fight", and Laboratores: "those who work".
Article: Medieval and modern concepts of rights: how do they differ?
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Article: Why do Russians call Moscow the Third Rome?
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Article: Myths of Russian History: Does the word 'Slav' derive from 'slave'?
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Europe was politically fragmented and characterized by decentralized monarchies, feudalism, and the manorial system.
audio pronunciation guide:
  • ​Great Chain of Being
  • Three Estates
  • feudalism
  • vassal
  • What did a lord offer his vassal?
  • What did a lord receive from his vassal?
  • fief
  • knights
  • chivalry
  • ​tournament
  • troubadours
  • common law
  • Magna Carta
  • English Parliament
  • French Estates-General
  • Holy Roman Empire
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Constantinople
  • Battle of Manzikert
  • Kievan Rus
  • ​crusade
  • What were the economic, social, and political goals of the Crusades?
  • What the main result of the First Crusade? … the Third Crusade? … the Fourth Crusade?
  • reconquista
  • Hundred Years’ War​
Article: Women and Power in the Middle Ages: Political Aspects of Medieval Queenship
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Article: The Impact of the Fourth Crusade: The First Fall of Byzantium
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Though the Holy Roman Empire included much of Central and Western Europe, it was loose affiliation of politically fragmented micro-states.
Medieval Europe and the Judeo-Christian Tradition from Dave Phillips

Feudal Europe Quizlet

​Manors & Burghers

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Serfs preparing fields for winter from the The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry, c. 1410
Article: The Black Death: How Rats, Fleas and Germs Almost Wiped Out Europe
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​Europe was largely an agricultural society dependent on free and coerced labor, including serfdom.
audio pronunciation guide:
  • manorialism
  • estate
  • ​serfs
  • What did a lord offer his serfs?
  • What did a lord receive from his serfs?
  • moldboard
  • three-field system
  • Socio-economic impact of Black Death (1346–1353)
  • German Peasants’ Revolt (1524–1525)
  • ​Serfdom in Prussia, Austria, Hungary, Poland-Lithuania, and Russia 
  • Hanseatic League
  • burgher/bourgeoisie
  • guilds
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Article: Hanseatic League: The first European Union? 
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​Manors & Burghers Quizlet

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  • America
    • Introduction
      • Course Overview
      • Policies
      • Essential Documents
    • 1492-1754
      • Colonization
    • 1754-1848
      • Revolution
      • Constitution
      • Expansion
    • 1848-1898
      • The Civil War
      • The Gilded Age
    • 1898-1945
      • The American Empire
      • The Great Depression
      • The Second World War
    • 1945-1991
      • The Early Cold War
      • The Great Society
      • The Late Cold War
    • 1991-Today
      • The Culture Wars
      • The War on Terror
  • Europe
    • Introduction
    • 1200-1450
    • 1450-1648
      • Renaissance
      • Reformation
      • Exploration
      • Links
      • Assignments
      • Videos
        • John Green Videos
        • Tom Richey Videos
        • Rick Steves Videos
        • Assorted Videos
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    • 1815-1914
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