SOCD44H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Analog Science Fiction And Fact, Middle Ages, Sam Cook
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Romans built up their arms on tight disciplines. Romans were able to establish an empire from the middle east to england because they were highly disciplined. People as a whole were expected to lead a life that was controlled and sober, no spontaneous fancying etc. They wanted to live a life of discipline. Festivity has been seen as a threat to control and social order, they see it as under cutting for social control. The period in which was interesting was after roman times which was in the middle ages, this was a time of feudalism, control by a king and feudal lords and catholic church. These were feudal times people lived in feudal estates, the catholic church was an important institution in people lives and in part because the people in that age believed in gods and religions just like the.
