HIST 10800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Gabelle Of Salt, Louis Xi Of France, England National Football C Team
Document Summary
New monarchs ruled in western europe: new monarchs replaced feudal kings. Medieval kings needed help from vassals to fight wars and govern their kingdoms. 1450-1500: rulers of this time did not base their power on feudalism. The new monarchs had three important new sources of power. Feudal kings received most of their income from their own estates and from the feudal aids of their vassals. New monarchs demanded aids too, but also received money from every class (tax). Medieval rulers had an army of vassals, who owed military service to the king for land. New monarchs hired soldiers from any class, so fighting was no long only for nobility, although nobles commanded most armies. New monarchs surrounded themselves with advisers and officials, some were nobles, but many were middle-class. Middle-class: natural allies to the kings against the nobles: crafty kings strengthened france. 1453- charles vii driven english out of france, except for calais (city).
