1. High Middle Ages:
Coming Out of the
Dark
1100-1300 CE

2. Peace and Prosperity Factors
Revitalization of the Church (Crusades)
Agricultural revolution and rise of feudalism
Revival of trade and the urban revolution
Rise of national monarchies
Development of universities
Architecture: cathedrals
and castles
Flying King John
Buttress of England

3. The Crusades 1095-1291 CE
Effects
 Reduced internal warring in Europe
 Papacy gains prestige as defender of Christendom
 Rise of trade in Italy (transporting men, supplies)
Contact with Muslims
 New foods, bathing, fine Asian goods
 Scientific and cultural knowledge
 Islamic learning schools established in France and Spain

4. Agricultural Revolution
Three-field rotation
Heavy plough and horse collar
Windmills and water power
Led to population growth and urban renewal

5. Agricultural Revolution

6. Trade and Urbanization
Increased
Trade
Rise of
Guilds
M d ie va l
e
Stre e t
Walled City
of
Carcassone,
France

7. Universities
12th century Renaissance
Greek and Roman
classics rediscovered
Universities established
in Bologne, Paris, Oxford
Trivium (grammar, logic,
rhetoric) and
Quadrivium (math,
geometry, music,
astronomy)

8. Architecture
Romanesque to Gothic
San Flying
Pantaleo Buttress
Italy
Chartres
Last Cathedral
Judgement at , France
Conques,
France

9. Castles
Stone Castles
Motte & Bailey
Castle
Bamburgh
Castle, England

10. Credits
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