"THE FEUDAL SYSTEM" CLU 3M1 Canadian Law February 23‚2014 CONTENTS About the Feudal System.................................................................................................................3 The Feudal System ’s Significance to the Canadian Legal System..................................................4 Bibliography...........................................................................................................................
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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 manor was a place where all feudal levels lived and worked‚ making it self-sustaining. The manor had certain key parts which manorialism could not function without. The Manor was made up of multiple villages. All Medieval villages followed the same structure (Gies and Gies 90). The landowner would have a villa‚ hall and a manor which is known as the ‘big house”. And the serfs would have their own separate places to work; A kitchen‚ bakery‚ brew house‚ forge‚ small workshops‚ stables and barns
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The word feudalism comes from the Latin word ‘feudum‚’ meaning fief. Feudalism is a system in which nobles or lords are granted use of lands that legally belong to the king‚ in exchange for their loyalty‚ military service. The one of the king’s obligations is to protect his vassals. Although feudalism in Europe had started earlier‚ the feudal systems of Japan and Europe are somewhat alike. Both feudal systems were developed as a response to the need for security and stability. In Europe‚ the eastern
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To start off‚ Medieval Europe’s feudalism was based on Roman Laws alongside with Germanic traditions & customs. The code of chivalry showed the qualities such as bravery and honor. This code influenced the good behaviors of others. The kings & queens were the highest rank‚ while the peasants & serfs were the lowest. The manorial system was the relationship between the knight and his peasants. Serfs had lack of freedom. For an example‚ if they wanted to marry‚ they had to get the Lord’s approval
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The medieval castle The Pyramid of power The whole system of a medieval castle was totally based on the Pyramid of Power . It goes from the top "the lord" to the "the knights‚ squires and pages" to the "servants" . Being the Lord at the top of the Pyramid was obviously very comfortable . The lower you are at‚ the less comfortable your life is. the differences were extreme between each status. Actually we can imagine that the medieval castle was a very busy and noisy place . There might be hundreds
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Feudalism is defined as a system of government and landownership. Feudalism arose because of a disagreement between Rollo‚ the head of a Viking army‚ and Charles the Simple‚ the king of France. Rollo had been looting a river valley for years‚ and Charles the Simple‚ with little power‚ did little about it. One day‚ Charles the Simple decided to make a deal with Rollo. The deal was Charles would give Rollo a piece of land in exchange for peace from his Viking army. More and more of these agreements
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manner of a contemporary industrial state. During the victorious march of the troops across Europe‚ many of the Decembrists became acquainted with ideas of Enlightenment as well as a lifestyle devoid of autocratic repression and the institution of serfdom. Upon their return‚
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by increasing serfdom? Catherine the Great: I increased serfdom to try to expand my empire. Your empire wasn’t increasing at all because you didn’t use serfdom in your economy. Frederick II: And you also increased serfdom to try to please the nobility. I’d rather not use serfdom to help my economy because I want to treat
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would need to get more money from the serfs. To make sure the serfs’ tax money was collected‚ she also gave the nobles more status and complete control over their serfs and local governments. This strengthened serfdom and gave nobles more power over their areas. Although she condemned serfdom in theory‚ it was strengthened in her reign. She was enlightened in her own life since she wrote plays read Voltaire and Boyle. She continued to support and bring in Western culture‚ literature‚ and arts. Catherine
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