and the economic life of Europe. Feudalism was ended in Europe because of the help of the Crusade‚ and helped to create create the Renaissance. Many feudal lords went to go fight in the crusades‚ and ended up dying‚ leaving their serfs free. With fewer lords‚ kings gained more power and started to grow stronger. The monarchs gained strength once the knights left to go fight in the Middle East. With more power of the monarch they were able to help end feudalism. The Crusaders brought back many goods
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The medieval empires of the West and the Byzantium shared a common history that can be traced back to Rome. They were hubs for the growth of culture and Christianity. It is through the practice of Christianity that the Reliquary Casket was made to house relics in 13th century France. The recipe box sized Reliquary was made from copper‚ enamel‚ and wood (Reliquary Label). The Censer with Military Saints was also created during the 13th century to hold incense‚ which also aids Christian worship. The
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advantage of the labor power of the proletariat‚ creating profit and fueling the expansion necessary to keep profit margins at acceptable levels. Marx argues that this economic system‚ in which capital is the basis of wealth‚ sprung from the fall of feudalism when the means of production made obsolete the feudalistic relations of production‚ in which ownership of land was the basis of wealth. His claim‚ therefore‚ that capitalistic societies are exploitative class societies is true when one considers
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became questionable whether the pope or the king was the higher authority. After the fall of the Roman Empire‚ Europe was decentralized with the development of feudalism‚ and this allowed the only unifying establishment‚ the Church‚ to become more powerful. Though the Pope and medieval kings originally held separate roles‚ with the rise of feudalism the popes gained greater political power despite challenges from kings and lay investiture. Early medieval popes and kings held separate‚ mutually beneficial
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conquer Korea and China‚ he died in 1598. c) Tokugawa Ieyasu: Tokugawa Ieyasu was a general who defeated all rivals after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi to found the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603. Under his rule‚ their government was centralized feudalism‚ because the outward appearance of a feudal society was kept‚ but imposed central government control. A unified‚ controlled society was created‚ daimyos were controlled‚ and stricter laws on the social order were put in
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The Holy Roman Empire was an endeavor by the Catholic Church and Christian kings to restore in their own image the crumbled remains of the secular achievements of the ancient pagan Roman Empire. Define feudalism and describe the characteristics of its organization. Feudalism was also a social and economics organization based on a series of reciprocal relationships. The king in theory owned the land which he granted to lords who in return would give service‚ usually in the form of military
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of the system of feudalism‚ so the system and practice ended up dying out. The aftermath of the disease also impacted the Church‚ as many clergymen died as a result of the disease. This caused a need for new clergy‚ and many of the new willing people were illiterate or could not understand what they were reading. The lack of good wages and the situation with the Church greatly affected the medieval systems of nobles and peasants‚ wealthy and poor‚ along with the system of feudalism and other things
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The End of Feudalism Many factors led to the gradual disintegration of the feudal system. However‚ I believe that two of the main aspects that contributed to the dissolution of medieval feudalism were urbanization as well as the increase in power and wealth of the merchant class. In the agricultural industries‚ the replacement of the two-field system with the three-field system of crop rotation‚ in which the amount of crops under cultivation could be increased by as much as 50 percent‚
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The Roman Catholic Church Of the High Middle Ages The middle ages are dated to be around the 5th to 15th century. This time was characterized by hierarchies‚ chivalry‚ church rule‚ trade‚ manorialism and feudalism. This society was highly ordered with a sense of duty. One of the major components of the High Middle Ages was the rise of the church as a secular power which is dated to be around 11th -14th century (Perry 227). The church became a power that dominated the lives every person whether they
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The qualities of a dark age- Any civilization’s history is filled with it’s ups and downs‚ the qualities that dictate whether the past is looked on with dread or nostalgia‚ usually being the former. There can be good reason for this‚ as the past is undoubtedly filled with tragedy and hardships. The evidence for this is found throughout history‚ from the middle ages‚ to the warfare of the Chinese Kingdoms‚ and even the slow decline of the Roman Empire to name a few. Entire societies would become
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