HIST 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Joan Of Arc, Manorialism, Sputum
19 Apr 2016
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Centralization of kingly power and the idea of nationhood and nobility. English and french kings could not increase their powers without reducing the power of the church. Understood they needed to harvest the skills of the ordinary people as well > increase wealth, fight wars. Kings need to build a national identity if they were going to get people to shift their loyalty from local. Transition from feudal society to nation-states rulers to kings. Small chunk of land in the middle of the country. French kings tried to centralize their authority. Death of charlemagne, geographic area controlled by nobles with castles and armies of their own. Had to constantly fight with nobles, tugging away his authority. No system of royal courts, remained local. Kings consolidated the lands of france under their rule > seizing land, marriages with other nobles. Lands made them rich, could resist the efforts of local nobles. Kings could claim religious right to be superior.
