Social 8 Middle Ages Notepackage

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Middle Ages Notes Package

What is the middle ages?
The middle ages is the period in
European history between the
___________________
_____________ and the
______________. Despite the fact
that the middle ages lasted for over
____ years it is often considered of
______ importance compared to the
periods that came before and after it.
Other names that can be used for
middle ages include ___________ and ____________. This time was
called the ______________ as there are considerably less __________
accounts of this period of history. The middle ages, largely due to length,
can be broken into three sub ages; _______, ________, _______. Due
to the lack of written accounts of the age and general academic ________
it is often ___________.
The Fall of the Roman Empire

The __________________ is widely considered by many to be one of
the _________________________ empires in all of human history.
The Roman Empire existed for over _________________ from ______
to _______ before splitting into two different empires _____________
_________________ and ______________________ also called
______________________. While the _________________
__________________ would survive this fragmentation and survived
for another __________ years, the
____________________________
never was able to fully recover and would
eventually be _____________ in
____. The collapse of the
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____________________ is what is considered the Fall of the Roman
Empire.
The Roman Empire lost the strengths that had allowed it to exercise
effective control over its Western provinces; modern historians posit factors
including the _______________ and ________of the army, the
________ and ______________ of the Roman population, the strength
of the ____________, the competence of the __________, the ______
________ for power, the ___________ changes of the period, and the
efficiency of the _____________________. Increasing pressure from
____________________________outside Roman culture also
contributed greatly to the collapse. The reasons for the collapse are major
subjects of the historiography of the ancient world and they inform much
modern discourse on ___________________.
The Early Middle Ages Introduction
_____________________,
__________________, the collapse
of ____________________,
__________, and mass
___________ of tribes, which had
begun with the decline of the Roman
Empire, continued into the Early
Middle Ages. This migratory period
resulted in the formation of a number
of different ___________. Meanwhile
the Eastern Roman Empire or the
_____________________
remained a major power despite increasing __________ and
___________ from the neighboring ________________________.
The __________________ began to spread rapidly during this period
and brought with it __________ and greatly reduced ____________.
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During the later ____ century and early ____ century the ______
established the ______________ Empire. The Carolingian Empire
spanned most of western Europe and part of their dynasty remains to this
day with the __________ Dynasty. The
Capetians, also known as the House of _______
who ruled in France uninterrupted for over
______ years. The individual that really
established the Carolngian dynasty as one the
most powerful families in Europe was
_____________. He was the eldest son of
Pepin the Short, King of the Franks who was the
first of the Carolingians to become a king. While
initially a co-ruler alongside his brother
____________, he became the sole ruler after
his brother's conveniently well timed passing.
Charlemagne would come to establish the
______________________, which would
exist, albeit barely at times, until ______ and at its peak covered most of
western Europe. The instability of the Holy Roman Empire is historically
infamous as it was constantly suffering through ____________, as well
as outside invasions.
The High Middle Ages Introduction
During the ______Middle Ages, which is considered to have began after

1000, the population of Europe increased greatly as _____________ and
____________ innovations, or in some cases rediscoveries, allowed trade
to flourish The Mediaeval ________________ climate change allowed
crop yields to increase leading towards _______________, the
organisation of peasants into villages that owed rent and labour services to
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the nobles, and _________________, the political structure whereby
knights and lower-status nobles owed ______________________ to
their overlords in return for the right to _________ from lands and
manors, were two of the ways society was organised in the High Middle
Ages. This period also saw the
formal division of the
____________ and
______________ churches, with
the East–West Schism of 1054. The
_____________, which began in
1095, were military attempts by
Western European Christians to
regain control of the
______________ from
_________, and also contributed
to the expansion of Latin
Christendom in the Baltic region
and the Iberian Peninsula. Kings
became the heads of
____________________________, reducing crime and violence but
making the ideal of a unified Christendom more distant. In the West,
intellectual life was marked by ________________, a philosophy that
emphasised joining faith to reason, and by the founding of
____________. The theology of ______________, the paintings of
Giotto, the poetry of Dante and Chaucer, the travels of Marco Polo, and the
Gothic architecture of cathedrals such as Chartres mark the end of this
period.
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The Late Middle Ages Introduction
The _______ Middle Ages was marked by _____________ and

________ including ___________, ___________, and ______,
which significantly diminished the
_____________ of Europe; between
1347 and 1350, the
___________________ killed about a
_________ of Europeans. Controversy,
heresy, and the _________________
within the Catholic Church
______________ the interstate conflict,
civil strife, and peasant revolts that
occurred in the kingdoms. ___________
and _________________ developments
transformed European society, concluding
the Late Middle Ages and beginning the
early modern period or the
__________________.

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Early Middle Ages Introduction

The High Middle Ages Introduction

During the ______Middle Ages, which is considered to have began after

The Late Middle Ages Introduction

The _ Middle Ages was marked by _______ and

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