Sections Europe

Below is a table that refers to the Sections of Medieval Europe.

Big Ideas
The Early Middle Ages Feudalism Kingdoms and Crusades The Church and Society The Late Middle Ages
 * Geography influenced where medieval Europeans settled and what they did.
 * The Franks, Angles, and Saxons of Western Europe built new societies and defended them against Muslims, Magyars, and Vikings.
 * The Catholic Church spread Christianity through Western Europe.
 * Feudalism developed in Europe in the Middle Ages.  It was based on landowning, loyalty, and the power of armored knights on horseback.
 * Knights followed a code of chivalry and lived in castles, while peasants lived in simple houses and worked hard all year long.
 * Increased trade led to the growth of towns and cities and the rise of guilds and city governments.
 * England developed a system in which the king's power was shared with Parliament.
 * French kings called the Capetians conquered lands held by English in western France and set up Frane's first parliament.
 * After the Mongols destroyed the Kievan state, the rulers of Moscow built a new Russian State.
 * Crusaders from Europe captured Jerusalem but were later driven out by the Muslims.
 * The Catholic Church played an important role in medieval Europe and used its power to uphold its teachings.
 * Church and government leaders supported learning and the arts in medieval Europe.
 * A terrible plague, known as the Black Death, swept through Europe in the 1300s, killing millions.
 * Western Europe was devastated by war in 1300s and 1400s, as England and France fought each other and Spain and Portugal fought against the Muslim.