France middle ages

• Capetians- the dynasty that emerged.
• The capetians brought France from out of the medieval ages into the Monarchy type era of france
• the Capetians gained power by supporting the church
• they helped the church by building abbeys and monasteries, which is where learning started because that is where all the writing was
• they wrote on animal hide, called manuscripts
• 1095= Pope orders first crusade
• Jerusalem (then center of the world) was occupied by Muslims. Pope wanted them out so he sent out the crusades, and many of the soldiers did not make it to Jerusalem and those who did were wiped out by the superior Muslim forces. The crusades were bloody and useless, except that along the trade routes that the crusades created, political and financial power was spread.
• Romanesque period
• they were very anxious for final judgement. The churches were built like fortresses in case your town was attacked you would go to the cathedrals or churches.
• Gothic Period
• stained glass, a lot of glass. Let a lot of light in, that is a major difference in theology. In Romanesque it is about the end of the world, in Gothic it is about the light of the world and hope.