Northern Europe because of barbarians * Feudal system/manorialism vs. Urbanization * Issues: Barbarians & Bubonic Plague & Little Ice Age * Viking raids tapered off safe & reliable travel trade increased towns increased increased agricultural production (technology + warmer temperatures) population increase greater available labor urban growth * Patterns of Settlement * Barbarian Invasions Manorialism vs. Feudalism * Urbanization * Technology
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and beliefs were strictly based off of superstitions. It was a period of faith‚ disease‚ terror‚ feudalism‚ and advancements in art and architecture. For the most part‚ the Middle Ages were composed of and relied on three main systems; feudalism‚ manorialism‚ and the Roman Catholic Church. All three of the systems were pretty reliable until a time period between 1000 CE and 1600 CE. During this short but crucial time period‚ disaster struck Western Europe. All three of these systems were altered dramatically
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Document 1: a. A lord granted land (a fief) to his vassals. In exchange for the fief‚ the vassal would provide military service to the lord. The obligations and relations between lord‚ vassal and fief form the basis of feudalism. Document 2: a. The Manorial System is the political‚ economic‚ and social system by which peasants of medieval Europe were made dependent on their land and on their lord derived from the word ’manor.’ Feudalism is a hierarchical system in which a lord or king gives
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continuities that dealt with social stratification and oppression of women‚ political changes like the development of feudalism and the rise of the church‚ and economic continuities and changes such as the importance of agriculture and a turn to manorialism. Rome fell due to a plethora of reasons such as economic instability and succession issues. However‚ a major factor that contributed to the fall of Rome was the invasion of the Germanic tribes. The Germanic tribes were outside invaders who attacked
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fiefs) to vassals (knights) in exchange for military service. The vassal‚ or lord of the manor‚ would then divide up his fief further and allow peasants to live on it in exchange for their labor. This relationship formed the basic principles of manorialism‚ a
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World Ch. 10 Review 12/15/12 WHAP: Chp 10 Medieval Europe 1. What characteristics defined medieval west Europe? 2. How did manorialism affect the legal‚ social and economic position of the serfs? 3. How did feudal monarchs organize power? How was their power limited? 4. What problems did the medieval church face and how did it solve them? 5. What changes occurred in agriculture
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In the period 476 C.E. to 1450 C.E‚ Western Europe changed from feudalism and manorialism to urban centers and cities‚ and decentralization of government to the formation of centralized government and nations‚ while the role of the Catholic Church remained the same. In 476 C.E‚ the Western Roman Empire came to an end when German troops invaded the area. Romulus Augustus‚ the last Roman Emperor‚ lost his position‚ but German leaders had truly been controlling the area for a while before the official
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In the same way‚ the Renaissance Era introduced the formation of banks‚ thus a new economic system‚ and the beginning of an urban movement. In the Medieval Ages some people used to exchange goods instead of using money to buy them. However as trade increased and city-states like Venice took place on the trade routes‚ people began to use money to buy their goods‚ which created a monetary economy. Exchangers arose because people needed to change from one currency to another. Craftsmen‚ merchants‚ and
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gained more power over the peasantry. As a vassal to the Golden Horde‚ Russia payed tribute to the Mongols in order to retain their original political structure. The tribute payment required placed a heavy burden on the peasants‚ causing a system of manorialism to develop‚ increasing the power of the boyars over the peasantry. With the Russian Empire under Catherine the Great‚ the common structure of the government was autocratic. Catherine the Great further increased the power of the boyars over the peasantry
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on marriage” provided incentive to keep workers from leaving the workforce. As if the life of a tenant was not hard enough‚ after death his lord could take back military equipment or his finest horse as another form of tribute. As feudalism and manorialism were both economic and political systems‚ two things were for sure in medieval Europe: hierarchy and
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