POG 235 Lecture 6: Lecture Six - Feb 23rd, 2015
4 Apr 2016
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Dependence, subordination, hierarchy, the man of another man . Homage = the count was the man of the king as the serf was the man of the manorial lord (pledging submission to one"s superior) Service = serfdom = labour or in kind . Manorial law determines rents and service (individual landlords) Fragmented sovereignty = fusion of economic and political powers (king has power over the entire land, but economic and political powers are controlled by the lords) Power of catholic church: massive landowner of ecclesiastical properties . Catholicism = state religion in western europe. Worldview reinforced interests of landed classes in general. Crisis of the 14th cen: black death (1348-1350) = reduction in population = greater power of peasantry. Peasant rebellion: english peasants revolt (1381) against statute of labourers, rising prices and poll tax. Two paths of development: rise of absolutist states (continental europe) Re-centralization of power upwards = absolutist monarchy: agrarian capitalism (england) (wage labour)
