Standard MWH 2.1 Evaluate the consequences of the
changing boundaries of kingdoms in Europe, Asia, the
Americas, and Africa
 What do you know about
the foundations of
Christian society in W.
Europe?
 How did trade effect
Europe’s rise?
 How did religion effect
Europe’s rise?
 How did disease effect
Europe’s rise?
 24 August 410 Alaric
sacked Rome
 476 Odoacer took over
 470’s Visigoths took
Spain
 Clovis leads the Franks
 481-511
 http://www.youtube.com
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 Clovis – Merovingian
dynasty
 Married to Clotilda
 Why was Clovis called
the new Constantine by
Gregory
 Arian/Latin controversy
 Battle of Tours 732
 Never a king, was a
deputy of the last
Frankish King
 Grandson was
Charlemagne “Charles
the Great”
 http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=XGkUNK8kmDw
 Reigned 768 – 814
 Traveling King
 12/25/800 crowned Emperor by
the Pope
 Consistent support of the Papacy
through spreading Christianity,
education, militarism
 Bloody Verdict of Verdun
 Why was Charlemagne so
important?
 How did his diplomacy make his
kingdom different from other
Germanic kingdoms?
Lindisfarne monastery
 Based on your knowledge of Christian
monasticism what would make monasteries
good targets for Viking raids?
 Accumulated wealth
 Isolated location
 Non-militaristic culture
 Christian missionary promulgation
 Proclaimed emperor in
962
 Strong supporter of the
Papacy
 Ruled over a Kingdom in
Germany
 Lord-retainer relationships
 Decentralized political order
 Serf-manor relationships
 Free and non-free serfs
 Manor life
 Manufacturing, farming, fighting
 Local markets/fairs
 http://sitemaker.umich.e
 Itinerant peddlers
du/garmentsinthecanter
burytales/home
 Christian missionaries
trading with Muslims in
Spain
 Maritime trade in the
Baltic Sea w/Norse
Merchant-Mariners
European Population 200-1000 CE
36000000
36000000
32000000
31000000
29000000
26000000
200
400
600
800
900
1000
Based on your knowledge of European history, how do you explain the data in this
population chart? Write a 1 paragraph analysis of the data and prepare to share with
the class.
 The Papacy
 What happened in 1054 between the Pope and the
Patriarch of Constantinople?
 Pope Gregory I
 (Gregory the Great)
 Papal primacy
 Penance
 Missionaries to England
 St. Benedict of Nursia
 Benedict’s rule : Read & analyze primary source
documents
 St. Scholastica
 Monasticism’s contributions to Society
 Libraries, scriptoria
 Orphanages, inns, hospitals
 education