All throughout the middle ages there have been countless experiences and events that have taken place‚ all of which somehow involve one of the five SPICE factors: Social‚ Political‚ Interaction‚ Cultural‚ and Economical. A few examples that will be mentioned include Feudalism and what that looked like for the different social classes‚ the role of the Church‚ and others. During the course of these events‚ several ideas came along with them. Ideas that included beliefs‚ opinions‚ reasons‚ schemes‚
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life for the people‚ activities during that era‚ the start of humanism and the two people that led the way‚ Desiderius Eramus and Niccolo Machiavelli. Let me begin with the women and men of the 1400’s and what their lives were like. Males above the serf class were expected to become knights. They served as the medieval army‚ protecting their lords‚ and the king’s interests. Women had pretty much no power since they did not serve as soldiers. A woman’s place in medieval society was determined by her
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expanded‚ serfs were being sent to work in the factories. At first‚ this seemed to be a good thing. Afterall‚ the serfs were being given the opportunity to work apart from the land of their masters. However‚ the serfs were able to keep very little of the money they obtained from working in the factories. Much‚ if not all of their pay was given to their master. Russian serfs‚ who made up the majority of factory workers‚ were forced to continue living in poverty. It wasn’t until later on that serfs were
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of the books and made handwritten copies of the Bible. Illiteracy was wide spread because there weren’t many schools and more than 85% of the population were peasant farmers‚ called serfs. Serfs also worked for a lord and his estate. In the 1300s‚ improved farming methods helped peasants to become for independent. Serfs no longer relied on their lords and started to gain more freedom.
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Gosepath‚ S‚ 2007. “Equality”‚ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Kurzweil‚ R‚ 2005. The Singularity is Near‚ Penguin: Speers‚ B‚ 2007 Van Suntum‚ U‚ 2005. The Invisible Hand‚ Springer. Wetzel‚ T‚ 2003. “Participatory Economics and the Self-emancipation of the Working Class”‚ Young‚ CC‚ 2005
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Julia Cavanagh 2-27-17/SS/Pd. 7 Q3 Project Mrs. Kelly The Black Death‚ or as most people know it today as The Plague‚ killed more than 20 million people in Europe and Asia in the Late Middle Ages. This horrific disease affected all aspects of life during the time. The population
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period. Most of the peasants during the middle Ages were serfs. Serfs were generally farmers who were tied to the land. They were not slaves because they could not be bought or sold‚ but they could not readily leave the manor either. Serfs were given land to farm in exchange for service to their lord. This service usually involved working the lord’s fields‚ maintaining roads and the manor‚ and providing military service in times of war. Serfs paid taxes to their lord in the form of crops. This
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Gatsby for example works as a serf with boot legging and corrupt money making business; even though he was poor back then‚ Gatsby was able to make himself almost as great as the millionaire who hired him as an assistant years ago. Americans chose to be serfs than peasantry so that they’ll be able to change their rank and salary. Even though they can be serfs‚ they don’t care whether they’re making money by illegality or legality. When they
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Political turmoil and constant warfare led to the rise of the European feudalism‚ a political and economic system based on land ownership and personal loyalty. During the Middle Ages invaders raised havoc all over Europe‚ and as a result people looked at local leaders for protection‚ causing kings to lose political power. A new social order was set up as well as a different economic system. Feudalism changed the economic‚ social‚ and political systems severely‚ and made the way we know the Middle
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serfdom‚ and the question of whether Turgenev was obsolete or not. The articles on the Russian economy explained the state of transition the Russian economy was in during the mid-1850s. Prior to this period‚ there were members of the society called serfs. These were essentially slaves who worked on the fields of rich peasants‚ or the upper class. However‚ at this time Russia began to move away from serfdom. After this discussion‚ it would appear Turgenev places great importance on the time‚ place‚
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