History 2149A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Makemo, Terp, Ney
3 Mar 2017
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Lecture 4 - the life of the knight in historical context. Division of kingdoms into smaller and smaller pieces as they are passed down to each child. Political reason for emergence of night: vikings - merciless raids which has economic and social consequences, also holding of muslims and magyars from middle east (8 and 9th centuries) Decentralization of government, political system, military system based on bonds of loyalty between a lord and his vassal - purpose of lord was go give military aid from vassal and he got land for lord. Growth in important in cavalry - dramatically raised price of fighting because soldier needed more equipment - tools became more advanced such as saddles and. The changing status of knights between 10th and 12th centuries. Why status of nights changes - mounted soldiers in combat combated to ext. Sent to place to learn military, maybe where father was vassal, sent when age of.
