defined‚ and most socially responsible aristocracy resided in Great Britain.”2. The French nobility were known as “one of the sword” and “of the sword”.3 When it came to peasants it is told that most French peasants owned some land‚ but there were few serfs in eastern France. Also that nearly all French peasants were subject to certain feudal dues‚ they included the required use for payment of the lord’s mill to grind grain and his oven to bake bread.4 This basically means that many peasants in this time
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During the nineteenth century‚ Karl Marx and Max Weber were two of the most influential sociologist. Both their views on the rise of capitalism have various similarities and differences. They believe that capitalism is relatively new to the modern world. Their views differ on the rise of capitalism. Regardless of Marx and Weber ’s differences‚ both theorists agree that capitalism is a system of highly impersonal relations. Karl Marx was born on May 5‚ 1818 to the father of a Jewish lawyer. As a
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Impact of the Crusades DBQ The crusades are a series of nine Holy wars that lasted about 200 years. In 1096‚ serfs‚ knights‚ lords‚ and the pope were a part of the crusades. Later ended in 115 years making the year 1291. The crusades were a fight for Holy Land between the Christians in Europe and the Muslims in the Middle East. The Christians were trying to gain power of the City of Jeruselum and North Africa. There are five documents that happen to be a social impact. There is also three
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Andrey Shevchuk Fa14 CLASS HIST24 09/29/14 Catherine’s Nakaz “Catherine the Great” and a New Code of Laws also known as the Nakaz. The document is the primary source‚ which is that there are a lot of detailed information‚ and it is the original source about the topic. I think that the document that Catherine the Great wrote to the commissioners for composing a new code of laws‚ is remarkable because she sought to strengthen laws. She had Enlightenment concepts of natural law‚ freedom‚ and‚
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owned all the land in the political and social system. The king offered portions of land to the Nobels that swore their allegiance to him. The other ninty percent of population was the peasents and serfs. Peasents were free men that worked the land in exchange for protection by the Lord‚ and the serfs were slaves. There are many strengths and weaknesses to Feudalism. The advantages are the peasents were protected by the strong force and didn’t have to worry about being attacked. The sense of certanity
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History 107 Medieval Feudalism The feudal system was medieval Europe’s prevailing form of political organization. It was based on a hierarchical series of relationships. A noble lord would grant land (called a fief) to a free man‚ and then the man would swear fealty to his lord. The man then became a vassal‚ and agreed to provide military service‚ as well as other obligations‚ to his lord. This is feudalism in a short‚ highly generalized nutshell; but to truly understand this or any other system
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The Plague’s Effect on Society During the 14th Century During the fourteenth century‚ European society was highly influenced by religion especially by the Catholic Church. The Plague‚ or the Black Death‚ struck Europe over the course of the first three-quarters of the 14th century‚ marked a significant change‚ not only for the Catholic Church but also for society as a whole. It resulted in the death of half to two thirds of the population. It caused a widespread labor shortage‚ the Catholic Church’s
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loyalty. Peasants in the kingdom were treated unfairly. Most peasants were serfs and had to stay and work for the lord of the land under strict rules. “Serfs were people who could not lawfully leave the place where they were born.” Whatever work that they did belonged to the lord that owns the land that they were born on. They could not build stuff for themselves or their family and could not leave that land. Although serfs were given housing and farmland from the
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the serfs and focused on the nobility‚ who didn’t try to overthrow her. She was still against serfdom‚ but realized that a multitude of other changes‚ including educating the nation‚ had to be made before Russia was prepared. Although her decision to ignore Pugachev in the early stages allowed for the rebellion to turn into the disaster it was‚ she redeemed herself in the choices she made after his arrest. She stuck with her ideals against torture and encouraged the nobles to treat their serfs and
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place and there was a pyramid of hierarchy which was the setting stone for feudalism. The Pyramid of hierarchy was a chart that listed who was powerful and who had less power. It went from least power to most power‚ serfs/peasants‚ knight‚ nobles‚ and kings. For example‚ the Serfs or peasants did a lot for everyone else‚ and since the Black Death killed many people their class was hit the hardest‚ simply because there was no one left to provide or cater for everyone else. Each part of the so
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