By Liam Robbie and Kristen Political Factors Instability Kings lost power Charlemagne crowned king by Pope Church is more powerful than state If this wasnt accepted it would be considered an insult ID: 269640
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Chaos and Disunity of the Middle Ages
By Liam, Robbie, and KristenSlide2
Political Factors - Instability
Kings lost power
Charlemagne crowned king by Pope
Church is more powerful than state
If this wasn’t accepted it would be considered an insult
Church has more power over monarchs. Slide3
Political Factors - Stability
Lords and knights gained power
Eventually Merchants took over
Merchants would become rich and own large sized houses
Land is powerSlide4
Economic Factors - Instability
Vassals fought each other- very expensive
Vassals needed Knights underneath them that could be counted for
Knights- turn on each other sometimesSlide5
Economic Factors - Stability
Artisans formed guilds to eliminate competition
This forced towns people to bring business to these guildsSlide6
Social Factors – Instability
Merchants more powerful than Nobles
Bought their freedom (charter)
Nobles fail to grasp concept of inflation
Fall of Feudalism
Travel opened new trading options
Charters were beginning to be grantedSlide7
Social Factors - Stability
Merchants run the towns
Guilds are formed
Leaders of towns are chosen from Merchant class by lotterySlide8
Final Agreement or Disagreement
We agree because although there were times of peacefulness and order these periods were separated by large periods
of instability