Political Science 2237E Study Guide - Final Guide: Feudalism, Individualism, Oligarchy
12 Dec 2017
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Background: new political institution: sovereign territorial state, go to year 1000, europe was very different politically, europe was pretty backward. Principle #1: shared idea of unity, europe is one place, roman empire, and the golden age, shared elite language + peace, this is a political ideal. Institutions that facilitates peace/unity: catholic church manifests unity, the holy roman empire (christian, there was a lot of fragmentation and disunity though, hundreds and hundreds of political units, maybe 1000. Feudal lords: personal allegiance, could be small, decentralized, not a strong attachment to the land for the king (can be given away) Rcc: europe-wide institution, no geographical limits to authority, sometimes does aspire to be political, usually ascribes to the two swords theory: not trying to be political, separate but equal, secular arm of the church = the emperor. Merchants vs. feudal lord: example: modern day eu, less borders the better for merchants, toronto vs. 20 different political units.
