POLC70H3 Lecture : polb70 lecture notes
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Polb70: classic texts in political theory i: professor lee. Political thought in the middle ages some general comments. Some background: the word, medieval," is actually constructed of two words, media (middle, center) and. But nobody in the middle ages" actually used this word it was retrospectively applied in the renaissance by scholars who tried to give a name to the period when the. Roman empire collapsed and the period of the revival of learning and arts in the c. 14. The governing structure of the empire was replaced by the. Germanic successor kingdoms" who brought in their tribal customs that became the basis for feudalism. Much of the classical learning that had been accumulated fell into disuse and decay in the west much intellectual activity had migrated to scholars in the byzantine empire, but especially in the middle east. The only institution that brought some semblance of unity was the church.
