Middle+Ages

Middle Ages 1000 - 1500 AD (JJ Sandoval & Ashley Bixby) media type="custom" key="12053243"

Terms:
 * **__Popes:__** bishops of Rome viewed as successors of Peter, Latin for "papa". It is a position that makes him a worldwide leader of the Catholic Church.
 * **__Anglo-Saxons:__** when Britain was abandoned and later the Angles and Saxons moved in and settled there. They formed together and are now called the Anglo-Saxons.
 * **__Wergild:__** amount of money paid by a wrong-doer to the family that he/she injured or killed, because everybody and everything has a value.
 * __**Abbot:**__ "father" of a monastery who had complete authority over monks. Sometimes he ruled over only one community, or sometimes over several.
 * __**Vassal:**__ a man who is entered into a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch. The obligations often included military support and mutual protection.

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 * 1) __**Charlemagne (Charles the Great):**__ was the first to unite Europe, was known as the Holy Barbarian. He also conquered Italy and was part of the Carolingian Renaissance.
 * 2) __**Charles Martel:**__ started feudalism in Europe, and defeated the invading Muslims. Without that victory most of us would be Muslim right now.
 * 3) __**Joan of Arc:**__ known as "The Maid", inspired French to victory over England during 100 Years War, was claimed a witch and was burned at the stake.
 * 4) __**William Marshall:**__ the greatest knight of all time to some, but no one really knows if he was. He served for four different Kings throughout his life.
 * 5) __**Clovis:**__ the first Barbarian king to become Christian, after promising to Jesus that he would be baptized if they won a battle. He won the Battle of Alamane to control most of old Western Roman Empire.

Links:
 * 1) [|Middle Ages]- This link provides several pieces of information about the Middle Ages. It talks about events that hapened, people and gives ancient facts from this period.
 * 2) [|Feudal Life]- This site is about feudal life in the Middle Ages and explains to systems people had to follow and how they lived their daily lives.
 * 3) [|The Middle Ages]- This website includes topics about people in the middle ages along with how they lived and some of the supplies they had in battle such as armour.
 * 4) [|Midieval Life]- This link mainly focuses on life in the Middle ages including activities people had to entertain themselves and how people cooked and got food.
 * 5) [|Times in the Middle Ages]- This website displays many of the ideas and inventions that were made and brought up during the middle ages.

The Middle Ages took place between the ancient times and the modern period. It occured during 500AD-1500AD. The population in Europe during this time was smaller, but it started to increase, because the number of people went to about double of what it was. There were a few factors that caused this major increase in population. One reason was, because it was a more peaceful place after the invasion had come to a halt . Another major reason was the dramatic increase in food production and other supplies. Increasing food and other supplies drew in so many people, because they knew they would have all the items they would need to live a healthy life. Also, the increase in technology served as a major help in population growth simply, because it lowered the amount of labor it would take to get a certain product. Some of these new devices such as axes, hoes, saws, hammers, nails and wheel plows served as a major help on farms. These items made work much easier and less time consuming which brought up the production of crops. The daily life of people in the middle ages was much harder than times today. In order to get something they wanted many people followed the barter system. This system was solely based off of trade, if you wanted something you needed to propose a fair trade for that product with someone who owns it. One product that was high in demand was wool. Someone who wanted to become a craftsman would have to know how to get the products they would need. A person who wanted to learn to trade first was called an apprentice. An apprentice was usually someone young who wanted to enter this profession early. After being an apprentice, this person would become a journeyman and work for wages with other masters. These journeymen would then have to create a final masterpiece and show their craft. If their craft was approved they would then become a member of the guild. In the late Middle Ages, times became tough for people due to some natural disasters. One disaster that stood out among the rest was known as the black death. If one of your family members had this disease they would be left by there family because nobody wanted to catch this horrible disease. It would give you big sores that grew usually on your neck and groin and they would get bigger and bigger and become extremely painful. This plague was commonly given to people by rats and infested fleas carrying this disease. It spread everywhere wiping out towns and large numbers of the populations. This disease cost many social and especially economical set backs. Overall, this disease spread very widely and was one of the most traumatic times of the Middle Ages.

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