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Feudalism in Europe. Chapter 13 Section 2. VOCAB. Lord Fief Vassal Knight Serf Manor Tithe . Invaders Attack Europe. Vikings invade from the North: From about 800-1000 C.E. invasions destroyed the Carolingian Empire - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FEUDALISM IN EUROPEChapter 13Section 2
VOCAB Lord Fief Vassal Knight Serf Manor Tithe
Invaders Attack Europe Vikings invade from the North:
From about 800-1000 C.E. invasions destroyed the Carolingian Empire
The Vikings (Northsmen/Norsemen) were a Germanic people from Scandinavia, Northern Europe
The Vikings worshiped warlike gods and took pride in names like Eric the Bloodaxe and Thorfin Skullspliter
Came through Europe pillaging and looting villages all over Europe
Invaders Attack Western Europe
Vikings Invade from the North Vikings are not just invaders Also farmers, traders, and explorers Leif Ericson a Viking explorer reached North
America in 1000 C.E. nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus
Around 1000 C.E. the climate in Scandinavia grew warmer making farming much easier
New generations of Vikings stayed to farm bringing an end to most Viking raids
Invaders Attack Western Europe
MAGYARS - EAST MUSLIMS- SOUTH Nomadic people from
Hungary Reached as far West
as the Rhineland Did not settle
conquered lands; captured people to sell into slavery
800-900 C.E. Muslim goals were to plunder Europe (steal)
Excellent seafarers made it possible to attack European Coast ling from Northern Africa
A New Social Order: Feudalism Feudalism Structures Society:
911 C.E. Charles the Simple; the King of France negotiated a peace settlement with a Viking king Rollo
Charles gave Rollo a large piece of land known as the Northmen’s Land (Normandy) in return for a pledge of loyalty.
Ushering in a new system of governing and land holding called feudalism.
A New Social Order: Feudalism Feudalism Structures Society:
Feudal system based on rights and obligations A lord would give a land grant, or fief, to
vassal in return for military protection and other services
Charles the Simple (lord) gave land (fief) to Rollo (vassal) in exchange for loyalty
A New Social Order: Feudalism
KINGS
Church Officials & Nobles
Peasants (Surfs)
Knights
Manors: The Economic Side of Feudalism
A Self Contained World A Manor is the lord’s estate (land) Serfs were people who legally could not leave the
places they were born Would work the lords land and take care of his
animals In return was given housing and protection from
bandits Rarely did a serf or peasant travel more than 25
miles from their manor A peasant could stand in the middle of the manor
and see his entire world in a snap shot…
POP QUIZ What Vikings Explorer landed in North
America neatly 500 years before Chirs Columbus?
Where did the Muslims invade Europe from?
What is a fief? Where did the Vikings come from? What group of people were at the bottom
of the Feudal Pyramid?