Chapter 12
The Making of Europe
Chapter Outline
I. The Emergence of Europe in the Early Middle Ages
A. The New Germanic Kingdoms
1. The Kingdom of the Franks
2. The Society of the Germanic Peoples
B. The Role of the Christian Church
1. The Organization of the Church
2. The Monks and Their Missions
C. Charlemagne and the Carolingians
1. The Significance of Charlemagne
D. The World of Lords and Vassals
1. Invasions of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
2. The Development of Fief‑Holding
3. The Practice of Fief-Holding
4. The Manorial System
II. Europe in the High Middle Ages
A. Land and People
1. The New Agriculture
2. Daily Life of the Peasantry
3. The Nobility of the Middle Ages
B. The New World of Trade and Cities
1. The Revival of Trade
2. Trade Outside Europe
3. The Growth of Cities
4. Daily Life in the Medieval City
C. Evolution of the European Kingdoms
1. England in the High Middle Ages
2. Growth of the French Kingdom
3. Christian Reconquest: The Iberian Kingdoms
4. The Lands of the Holy Roman Empire
5. The Slavic Peoples of Central and Eastern Europe
6. The Development of Russia: Impact of the Mongols
D. Christianity and Medieval Civilization
1. Reform of the Papacy
2. The Church Supreme: The Papal Monarchy
3. New Religious Orders and New Spiritual Ideals
4. Popular Religion in the High Middle Ages
E. The Culture of the High Middle Ages
1. The Rise of Universities
2. The Development of Scholasticism
3. Romanesque Architecture
4. The Gothic Cathedral
III. Medieval Europe and the World
A. The First Crusades
B. The Later Crusades
C. What Were the Effects of the Crusades?
Chapter 12 Study Help:
1. Vocab
2. What Einhard had to say about Charlemagne
3. Monasticism in medieval Europe
4. What revolutionized modern warfare
5. Religious figure that was martyred.
6. English Parliament at end of 13th cent.
7. early Capetian kings of France role
8. Philip II Augustus of France accomplishments
9. Who Alexander Nevsky defeated
10. Missionary brothers who converted the Slavic peoples
11. Agriculture in the High Middle Ages
12. Manorialism and the medieval manor relationship
13. Power of the church during medieval Christianity
14. Religious orders and their differences
15. Author of Summa Theologica
16. Romanesque architecture characteristics
17. first Gothic church
18. Leader of peasants' crusade
Vocab:
wergeld
diocese
monk
monasticism
abbot
nuns
abbesses
vassal
fief
subinfeudation
manor
serfs
demesne
aristocracy
chivalry
commercial capitalism
commune
guilds
common law
lay investiture
interdict
sacraments
heresy
liberal arts
scholasticism
Romanesque
Gothic