HIST 226- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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312 conversion of emperor constantine: christianity the o ceal religion of the empire. 476 last western roman emperor romulus augsutus deposed, no replacement appointed. 632 death of the prophet muhammed; arab conquests begin. 800 coronation of charlemagne as holy roman emperor. Demographic growth: starting c. 800, increasing c. 950, up to c. 1300. Agricultural developments: three eld system, forest clearance ( assarting ) Small scale forest clearance to increase land under cultivation: horse collar, heavy plough. Around the year 1000, aristocratic power becomes increasingly fragmented and localized. The results of this development are: the elevation of a new group of people knights into the rans of the aristocracy, the reduction of public governmental power to a set of private rights and relationships. Aristocrats dependant on the king for land and o ce. Aristocracy (10th/11th c: dukes and counts have less local power bases, pass o o ces and lands to there sons; kings cannot control them.
