of Russia both had satisfied Machiavelli’s condition of a good ruler by being both firm and sly policies against the peasants/serfs‚ foreign countries‚ and religions. 1. Paragraph 1 TP: Elizabeth I had used merciful and tolerant policies against the peasants in order to avoid the revolts‚ while Catherine the Great had used force to crush the revolts and suppressed the serfs a. Elizabeth I i. Caring‚ Merciful‚ Cautious ii. *(1) The Poor Law – distributed the poor in the order of neediness iii
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social rankings of today and show how similar they are. We can also take the highest level of both social rankings and show how they have the same ideas‚ and standards. Feudalistic governments had social classes that consisted of nobility‚ fiefs‚ serfs and the peasantry. Nobility compares to our national government. These two classes are the highest‚ most powerful and most responsible class for everyone underneath them. The national government is like nobility in the way that they give rules to the
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lives. Document 3 stresses how important Catholic Church was‚ for example‚ “It touched everyone’s life… everyone in Europe was a Christian…From the moment of its baptism”. Everyone was attached to the Roman Catholic Church‚ from Kings all the way to Serfs. Furthermore‚ the economic side of Medieval Europe was not as important. People did not depend on money as much as they used to. They depended on what they made themselves‚ and the protection from Knights. As stated
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the support of the nobles to stay in power and maintain her lavished life. To get their support she gave them tax exemptions. Because of this‚ she would need to get more money from the serfs. To make sure the serfs’ tax money was collected‚ she also gave the nobles more status and complete control over their serfs and local governments. This strengthened serfdom and gave nobles more power over their areas. Although she condemned serfdom in theory‚ it was strengthened in her reign. She was enlightened
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Before the Plague‚ there was an endless supply of serfs controlled by lords with absolute power. During the Early Middle Ages‚ the serfs were legally bound to the land and if they attempted to leave they were hunted and killed. However‚ as the Plague spread‚ lords were too scared to chase after serfs when they left because they feared contracting the Plague. As many serfs left‚ the few who stayed were in high demand‚ and“[The laborers] would not listen to the
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Abby Gormley January 25‚ 2013 Honors History period 6/7 Midterm Exam Essays Essay 1: During the Medieval period‚ European society was divided into three estates. The first estate included the Holy church‚ and it made up about 5-10% of the population. The second estate was the nobles‚ knights‚ and warrior‚ and they also made up 5-10% of the population. The majority of the population was made up of the commons‚ the third estate. The only form if government the medieval times
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huge country with millions of extremely poor farming peasants called serfs. They believed that the Tsar was second only to god in power‚ and that tsar had control over everyone. Serfs lived horrible lives and by the 1890’s many were starting to wonder why the tsar had all the wealth and they had none. Some more educated serfs began to think that maybe they should demand that the tsar give them more rights. In 1905 thousands of serfs marched to the palace‚ believing that the tsar would help them have
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manors. The manors were inhabited mostly by serfs‚ and were becoming vastly overpopulated. The manor owners were often cruel to the serfs thinking that it was a God given right to care over them as they saw fit‚ but when the capitalists took over they opened up the south for the serfs. The new Law of the Free City was put into effect and it said that if a serf could escape their manor and make it to the Free City and live on their own for one year then that serf and all of his descendents were free.
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Mediterranean to invade. The Roman Empire declined from "a kingdom of gold into one of iron dust." To deal with the invasions‚ the size of the Roman army was increased. Serfs‚ one of the largest segments of the population‚ were not allowed to serve in the army. From the excerpt from the textbook‚ The Course of Civilization‚ the serfs were "bound to the soil and excluded from political responsibilities." Therefore‚ many foreigners‚ especially Germans‚ took part in the army. With outlanders coming in
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the king he could take it back off of them. On the left is a picture of Richard Fitzgilbert‚ one of William’s most important barons. William gave him most of Kent‚ and Richard built the castle of Tonbridge‚ which you can still see today. BARONS AND SERFS In return for getting this land‚ the barons promised to give their king a certain amount of military service. That is‚ they would go into battle with him in a foreign war‚ or they would protect a place in England for him for a certain amount of time
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