HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kfc, Barter, Manorialism
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According to the course outline, the class begins at 1350. take complex ideas and dilute them into an easily manageable system. It"s necessary to have a schematic introduction to the middle ages. We"re going to about elements of change, we"ll be able to do that knowing what came before. judicial structure of the middle ages feudalism. I want to being by discussion of the most fundamental political, economic and manorial economy. Feudalism had its roots in the roman imperial system in which patrons accepted as clients people for whom they could do favours and provide jobs and provide protection, and the clients in turn did favours for the patron. What we see with feudalism, we see that this is a response to a chaotic situation. As europe became ever more divided and dangerous, these personal arrangements took on ever more significance. There was no more central authority, no roman empire.
