UGC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eboracum, Feudalism
15 Jan 2016
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Charlemagne"s empire doesn"t last 100 years gone by 900ad. Holy roman empire = central europe will continue as patchwork all the way to the french revolution (c. 1800) So we have many separate and smaller states. In the west -> a growing (particularly in nw europe) form a social and economic control. This is the feudal system feudal system begins with belief. King claims all land, saying god gave me this . Then he portions it out to powerful followers who, in turn, parcel it out to their followers. King everybody is obliged nobles to king, king to nobles. Meanwhile islam is spreading across south side of the mediterranean gradually controlling land from egypt to morocco (now) then 711ad move into southern. Spain bert blocked against northward expansion by merovingians/carolingians. Who build a march (militarized no man"s land) south of pyrenees to separate the islamic world from the north. Meanwhile, the people"s of scandinavia are expanding beyond their coastlines.
