Europe in the Middle Ages--Chivalry

Day 15 Skinny 29-30Day 16 Skinny 31-32

Duties of Lords and Vassals

Primary Source Reading

“The Duties of Lords and Vassals”—Letter from Bishop Fulbert

In the year 1020, Bishop Fulbert of Chartres wrote this letter to William, Duke of Aquitaine, in southern France. This is the earliest surviving document explaining the bond between lords and vassals.

Read, thinking about what “fealty” means in today's language. Answer Discussion Questions 1 & 2 on note paper.– #table of contents

Oath of Fealty

Thus shall one take the oath of fidelity:

By the Lord before whom this sanctuary is holy, I will to N. be true and faithful, and love all which he loves and shun all which he shuns, according to the laws of God and the order of the world. Nor will I ever with will or action, through word or deed, do anything which is unpleasing to him, on condition that he will hold to me as I shall deserve it, and that he will perform everything as it was in our agreement when I submitted myself to him and chose his will.

An Anglo Saxon Form of Commendation [from Schmidt: Gesetze der Angelsachsen, p. 404]

Oath of Citizenship

I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance

and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen;

that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic;

that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required

by law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of

the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian

direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation

or purpose of evasion; so help me God.

Name ___________________ Period ___

CATEGORY(IES) to which it belongs Properties/Characteristics—Describe it

VOCABULARY WORD

feudalism

EXPLAIN WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY

Computers

See laptop etiquette

Gaggle e-mail

Full name plus last two of student id

@highlands.gaggle.net

Interactive Map

From page 359 in softcover text

What do you remember about…?

Teams—Use your softcover text or notes if you need it.

How does the economic system of the manor work?

In what region of Europe did the Franks settle?

What religion did the Franks become?

What kind of government did the Franks have?

What did monasteries do for society?

Who did the military fighting during the Middle Ages?

Knights

Age 7, sons of nobles are sent to another lord's castle

Page—served the noble and learned fighting skills

Around age 14 Squire—served a knight

Around age 21 Knight—exchanges military service for a

fief from the lord's estate

Which is he?

Knights

Work 40 days a year fighting other nobles in their lord's private army

After that they work as vassals taking care of the fief their lord granted them

Practiced for battle by hunting, wrestling, swordplay

Warriors on Horseback

Saddles with stirrups (an Asian invention from about 200B.C)

Stirrups provide stability to use weapons

Tournaments

Young knights traveled to tournaments

Jousting and other war games between opposing knights

Chivalry

Knights loyalty to three masters

--Feudal lord

--Heavenly Lord

--Chosen lady

Chivalry

http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=tIfDhHIy-Wo

The knight was to be

Brave, loyal and courteous

And always defend the weak and poor

Castle siege

See p. 366 (softcover text) for siege technology

When they weren't battling...

Epic poetry idealized castle life

Love poems and songs were popular • (Ex. of chivalry--knight's devotion to his

beautiful and pure lady)

Troubadours—poet/musicians who toured the castles of Europe

• So who is a modern day troubadour?

Epic Poetry—“The Song of Roland”

Epic Poetry

The Song of Roland, one of the earliest medieval epic

poems, was written in France in about 1100. The poem is

based on an incident during Charlemagne’s wars against

Muslims in Spain.

Read on p. 367 from the poem? How does this show

chivalry?

Listen to this and imagine what the knight Roland looked

like.

It is the end of day, and full of light,armsarms and armorarmor are ablaze in the sun,and fire flashes from hauberkshauberks and helmetshelmets,and from those shields, painted fair with flowersshields, painted fair with flowers,and from those lanceslances, those gold-dressed gonfalonsgold-dressed gonfalons.

It is the end of day, and full of light,armsarms and armorarmor are ablaze in the sun,and fire flashes from hauberkshauberks and helmetshelmets,and from those shields, painted fair with flowersshields, painted fair with flowers,and from those lanceslances, those gold-dressed gold-dressed

gonfalonsgonfalons.

hauberk

arms (sword), helmet and armor

It is the end of day, and full of light,armsarms and armorarmor are ablaze in the sun,and fire flashes from hauberkshauberks and helmetshelmets,and from those shields, painted fair with flowersshields, painted fair with flowers,and from those lanceslances, those gold-dressed gold-dressed

gonfalonsgonfalons.

gonfalon

shieldKnights in tournament using lances

Planner pages--#table of contents

Read about the lives of noblewomen and peasant women in “Analyzing Primary Sources” on p. 368 and the paragraphs on p. 369.

Write a planner page for each. Each page should have a schedule of what the woman would do on a typical day.