What do you know about The Middle Ages?

Middle Ages, period in Western European history that followed the disintegration of the West
Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th cent. and lasted into the 15th cent., i.e., into the period of the
Renaissance. The ideas and institutions of western civilization derive largely from the turbulent
events of the Early Middle Ages and the rebirth of culture in the later years.

The Middle Ages is a period of history characterized by

Farming, Feudalism, Social inequality, Fragmentation of power, Very bounded cultural activity, theocentrism, Building
castles-fortresses.

Look at the art gallery and identify the artists ideas about The Middle Ages. Are
your ideas similar or different? why?

My ideas are simmilar to the artists because they reflect the social order of that
epoch, with the punctual characteristics that were differentiating it, describing to the
detail each of his your aspects

The original name of the picture is Feudal Pyramid of Power.

What is this picture about?
This picture is about Peasants were giving food and services to the knights, who
were giving protection and military service to the nobles, who equally were giving
Money and Knights to the king, who was giving land to the nobles, who were giving
land to the knights,

What could be another good title for the picture? Explain your answers.
A good tittle for the picture is The inequity for convenience because
There is demonstrated the slightly democratic and slightly ethical
behavior of this social order
WRITING 30 %
Part 1:

1. How many paragraphs does the text The Medieval Economy have?

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2. Write in order the main idea for each paragraph.

Example:

Paragraph Main idea

# 1:

The economic system was based on agriculture, the land was

the royalty, the nobility and the clergy, when those who really
deserved the credit were peasants, who were 80%.

# 2:

The land was the basis of the economic system. The aspects are:
a better marketing of the products and a greater demand for the
products, due to the increase of the market , because they had
more people.
# 3:

The livestock market also grew. It was great for the economy. The
livestock was interesting for the owner and to the Crown. Became a tax
to the livestock, for the sale of their products and services, applied to
the merchants within and outside the country. There was collecting taxs
to the clergy and the military.

# 4:

By the marketing of wool and leather, appeared the guilds.

These organizations had political and economic including
purposes: supply of materials and price adjustment.

# 5:

In the case of goods, are sold in the market. The markets grew,
equal to the urban centers. Urban markets were permanent,
while the provincials were only on the weekends. Its appearance
also helped the development of roads, trading money
contributed to the establishment of the monetary and trading
systems.

Part 2:

According to the text "Medieval Economy" write 4 common activities

people did to improve their economy.

The activities that made to improve its economy , were:

Agriculture,
Livestock,
Establish taxs,
Marketing of wool and leather, as well as make guilds or
associations.