The merchant had to contend for respect and honor with the nobility and the knighthood. The 13th...
Feudalism
Feudalism is the most distinctive and significant factor of the early and central middle ages. What Was...
As the Western Roman Empire collapsed, landholders gradually transitioned from outright slavery to serfdom. What Is Feudalism?...
Exploring the key events that contributed to the decline of feudalism in Europe from the 12th through...
Exploring the political and economic system that developed in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Introduction Historians...
Medieval robber barons most often imposed high or unauthorized tolls on rivers or roads passing through their...
Family arms and honor were put on the line, ladies were wooed, and even national pride was...
Feudalism (hoken seido) began to be widespread in Japan from the beginning of the Kamakura Period (1185-1333...
Serfs increased their political power by acting collectively in village communities which began to hold their own...
A new realization of the value of their labor and an unwillingness to be exploited lay behind...
The idea of people of different social levels living together on a single estate for mutual benefit...