The main events, information and facts on the theme “The birth of the medieval world, the features of its development” in the tables


Historical sources:

    Written Real Ethnographic

The Frankish Kingdom:

481-486 years. – the unification of the Salic Franks by Clovis from the Merovingian dynasty; mazhordomas and “lazy kings”;

486 – the Battle of Soissons;

About 498 AD – the baptism of Clovis;

768-814 years. – Charlemagne;

843 – Verdun Treaty – the collapse of the empire of Charlemagne.

The basic duties of peasants:

    Barshchina – all work for the feudal lord; Natural dues – a certain amount of food from their own farm or products of handicraft production, which the peasants handed over to the feudal lord; Monetary rent; Public Works.

Medieval cities

Causes of occurrence:

    Branch of craft from agriculture; Development of crafts and agriculture; Development of trade; Formation of Christian centers.

Craft of a medieval city:

    The workshop is a union of artisans of one specialty; Workshop of the artisan using manual labor, making the product from beginning to end, work – master, apprentice, pupils.

Trade: markets, fairs, money changers, pawnshop, bank, Hansa.

City government: city-commune. “Urban air makes a person free.”


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The main events, information and facts on the theme “The birth of the medieval world, the features of its development” in the tables