Middle Ages Dbq

Question 1
The collapse of the Roman Empire marked the beginning of the Middle Ages that lasted from the 5 th Century to around the 15 th Century.

Question 2
Charlemagne, also called Charles the Great, was an emperor in the Middle Ages who ruled Western European region from 768 to 814. Charlemagne ruled the Franks from 768, the
Lombards from 774 and the Romans from 800 and succeeded in uniting much of Europe in the
Middle Ages. Charlemagne lived from 2 nd April 742 to 28 th January 814 and was referred to as patrician before 800CE and after 800CE he was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo IIIat St. Peter’s
Basilica in Rome.

Question 3
The intellectual and artistic leaders of the middle ages were the Normans that invaded
Ireland and worked for the

Secondly, the use of horses instead of oxen as working animals made it easier to plow the land as horses had more endurance and could be controlled by voice commands. Thirdly, the use of crop rotation would store more nutrients in the soil to make it more fertile.

Question 5
The Feudal system was a social system whereby the King owned all the land, a quarter was for his own personal use, some was given to the church was the reaming piece was leased out in exchange for work. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the people of Western Europe needed protection from invaders and so the Kings invented the Feudal system to allow the citizens to have whatever they needed with a considerable servitude to whoever granted them their possessions. This enabled cooperation and security from the lower class to defend the upper class. Feudal system benefited King William since he got knights from the barons to protect him.
The Feudal system benefited the upper class more as they had more powers and could tell the peasants what to do.

MIDDLE

The first Crusaders traveled to Byzantium in August 1096 and the main goal was the
Christian re-capture of the holy city of Jerusalem to free the Christians from the Islamic rule. The first Crusaders succeeded in recapturing Jerusalem and ended the Islamic rule. The Fourth
Crusade was an armed expedition called by Pope Innocent 3 that intended to re-capture
Jerusalem through Egypt but instead ended up looting Constantinople City. Boniface of
Montferrat, the leader of the crusading army organized by Pope Innocent III sent envoys to
Venice, Genoa and other cities to negotiate contracts for transport to Egypt. The Fourth Crusade was not successful but looted Constantinople. The Crusaders brought new cultures to Europe such as the study of stars, food spices, and mathematics among others.

Question 8
The patronage system is a mutual system whereby a political party after being successful in an election, would give the government civil service jobs to its supporters, relatives, and family as compensation for efforts they put towards the political party’s victory.

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