Like most periods in history‚ the era of knights evolved gradually In the chaos and danger of post-Roman Western Europe‚ Soon‚ grants of land were made so the young soldiers could receive an income from those lands and afford the high cost of outfitting themselves with the accoutrements of war‚ such as horses‚ armor‚ and weapons. The era of the medieval knight had begun. knights began to treat their land grants as hereditary rights (usually transferring ownership to the eldest son upon death)
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The decline of medieval societies was caused by a number of people and events. With the decline of the medieval frontier because of the bubonic plague or “Black Death” as it’s know‚ led to many civilians spreading out to a rural style of living. The more populated cities and state’s were more vulnerable to infection because of so many living so close together many who survived took there chance leaving the cities and the more rural areas had less infected. No longer being able to obtain all the necessities
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→ Rome‚ sacked by Visigoths in 410/ the deposition of the last Roman Emperor in the West in 476/ in the East in 1453 8th – 15th / 16th century→ Dominance of feudal structures; and the Papacy 14th – 16th century→ Decline of the Church and of feudalism; polity of Estates Around 15th -18th →The rise absolutism 18th -19th centuries →The emergence of the modern state B. A Typology of The States (in European History) a. Empires: Ideal Type: Roman Empire Requirement: Accumulation and concentration
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Feudalism ran deep in parts of Western Europe and went as far as Japan. These places differed greatly. Society‚ religion and art demonstrated how different they really are. Their economies‚ however‚ illustrates how similar these two countries can be. The religion in the two feudal periods differed in many ways. Feudal Europeans showed devotion to the Catholic Church. Their devotion ran very deep and grew greatly over time. While future Feudal Japanese peoples’ cooperation between monastatic orders
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d agricultural production; Donated for cultivation -Setting up schools for church officials -Established scriptoriums -Serving as a source of education -Spread of Christianity Scriptorium: Where the monks copied classical texts‚ philosophies‚ and scriptures Women -Women did not have the same equality as men -Women could not be a vassal -If a woman owned land the vassal would marry her off and take it -Sometimes women peasants lived a more comfortable life than higher queens etc. because
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Catholic Church had extreme power over peasants life‚ influenced their culture‚ and kept them at the bottom of society. Serfs went through multiple events that kept them low in society. At this time there was a type of government called feudalism taking place. Feudalism has three different organizations; the social‚ political‚ and economical organizations. The social organization separated each class from kings down to serfs. The kings were the high and mighty ones while the knights‚ cardinals‚
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cooperation‚ but by strong compulsion. Down to the period of Meiji‚ and even for some time afterward‚ it was liable to split and fall asunder at any moment that the central coercive power showed signs of weakness. We may call it a feudalism; but it resembled European feudalism only as a
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Nicolas Fiol Mr. Wilock Western Civ 5/14/13 Effect on the three Social Classes The French Revolution signifies the end of an era - absolutism - and a consequential shift of balance of power as known during feudalism (S10) . As a consequence the old regime -clergy and nobility - comes to an end‚ the bourgeoisie rises among other reasons because to the money it had accumulated through commerce and industry and the peasants‚ that initially joined the bourgeoisie to propose liberty‚ equality and
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Social‚ economic‚ and political were three major values in Medieval Europe lives. The social aspect of life in Europe in Europe in the middle ages was based around the Catholic Church. The people of who followed Church‚ you had to follow it‚ were very religious on most of their 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
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because what they needed was not protection but defenses to protect their land. The same situations applied to the monarchs of the country therefore in exchange for a lord’s loyalty and services to a monarch‚ lords were given land. Middle age feudalism was based on the interchange of service for land. Therefore vassals were give land because of their aid of conquest. Paying Homage and taking the oath of fealty were important parts of the manor’s protection because if there was no loyalty between
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