‘William I changed little in the government and administration of England’. How far do you agree? When William‚ duke of Normandy‚ conquered England he had a new problem of how to control his new‚ and very different country. No drastic changes are evident‚ as it would appear that William was able to use the basis of the pre-existing Anglo-Saxon government. S. B Chrimes opinion of William’s changes to government agrees with this‚ saying that the early Norman government was an "elaboration rather
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Feudalism was not a very effective response to the crisis of the early medieval era. Peasants in the kingdom were treated unfairly. Women were held back from doing things that men could. Knights… Feudalism is a political and economic system based on land ownership and personal 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
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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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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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Knights were a huge part of the military‚ as they were the military‚ and feudalism gives and gets the required resources in order for it to work efficiently. If the kingdom called upon an army of a manor the lord would have to give him troops because it is part of his feudal oath. lords would give massive amounts of knights to the king (could be up to hundreds of them) (Biel 9). This worked efficiently because the king’s needs were met as were the lords (Biel 9). Knights would also have to
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angered some of the other nobles who felt they were being ignored. It is certain that they had too much power at the time‚ and that this was a contributing cause for the outbreak of the conflicts‚ however it was catalysed by things like bastard feudalism These sources show various views linked to the statement that “the problem of an over-mighty nobility was the main cause of the outbreak of the wars of the roses”. In this essay‚ I will put the sources in context using my own knowledge and see how
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Society has developed through three overlapping stages -- physical‚ vital‚ and mental. Over the course of tens of thousands of years humanity has evolved from a society mainly concerned with the physical realities‚ such as our survival‚ a life of fear and threat from without‚ and the need for complete deference to authority; to a stage in which our individual vital needs and wants‚ including our desire to interact with others and expand and trade‚ come into their own; to the present emerging mental stage
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situated at the head of the table with his most valued lords at his side. Seated at tables on lower levels are the various retainers of the lords. This hierarchical representation of status from King to Lord to Retainer is the defining feature of Feudalism. The author ’s acceptance of this hierarchy further strengthens the role of medieval culture in shaping the work. When Gawain takes the challenge for his lord‚ nobody in the court is surprised‚ and in fact‚ it is seen as the redeeming moment for
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ideas like natural laws and freedom of speech were introduced‚ which is why there are more revolutions now than there were in the past. While the word ‘feudalism’ is typically linked with the middle ages‚ the word has no real meaning. It can be used differently depending on the person who is using it. When talking about the middle ages‚ feudalism refers to the class system in society and the relationship between these classes. People often
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feudal society to capitalism in England and ultimately the genesis of the industrial revolution. Hobsbawm argues that it was the crisis of the 17th century‚ particularly the Puritan Revolution‚ which enabled capitalism to escape the confines of feudalism and flourish as the dominant ism’ in England. While it is true that the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism did occur soon after the 17th century‚ it is not as clear as to what role the crisis of the 17th century had in their developments
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