World Civilization

During the medieval times Kings had absolute power and the Catholic Church made sure God help the King retain this power. During this time feudalism was the structure that shaped society. In the feudalism structure the people that work the land the poor got cero power and live at the mercy of the barons. Barons where the owners of the land that people where let to work and make really low amounts of money while the baron sells and exchange the goods produced by the land and makes a fortune. At the end of the day the land belongs to the king and the king taxes the barons and collects money from all the land making him very, very wealthy and powerful.

The change in the feudal system was one of the political consequences of the Bubonic plague. When the population decreased the feudal system began to fail due to the lack of serfs and the working class. So the system was changed and made more fair for everyone. Serfs were allowed more land and better working conditions. It also had religious aspects.

After the Roman Empire fell, the sense of stability and safety fell with it, protection disappeared. In the "Overview for the Middle Ages" from World History Context, "...absence of imperial protection. Regional warlords could offer the protection of arms and fortifications...in turn supply the warlord and his men with food and goods...roots of medieval feudalism were set down in the chaotic years after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire". When protection was lost, regional warlords offered security and barricade in exchange for food, goods, and services. It remained a system for centuries, which eventually became ingrained in European society.

Feudalism was one of the reasons why Rome fell. It was because this type of implementation was not handled properly. Workers were handed over to the lands of their owners. Some landowners even became slaves because slaves didn't have to pay taxes.

Why did the feudal order of Medieval society fall apart? The feudal order of the Middle Ages was a system of local rule, where powerful lords gave land and protection in exchange for loyalty and military service from lesser lords. Tradition dictated that this exchange would be held in place by the feudal contract, consisting of multiple pledges. This resulted in small communities consisting of one powerful lord, peasants, and serfs who worked for the lord. These people gave their loyalty locally, and had no sense of nationalism. This type of society was predominant in the Early Middle Ages, but soon started to fall apart during the Late Middle Ages. One major event that contributed to the fall of the feudal society was the Hundred Years’ War. This war was fought between England and France, lasting for a total of 116 years. During the war, peasant uprisings became frequent, as the inordinate cost of military campaigns resulted in heavier taxes. Events such as these were caused by the Hundred Years’ War and further contributed to the decline of feudalistic society. The Hundred Years’ War was the most important cause of the fall of the feudal order, acting as a turning point in Medieval society by marking the transition from feudal knights to the masses of common foot soldiers, changing the balance of power within Medieval social hierarchies, and strengthening nationalism while creating a more modern militaristic society.

Why did the feudal order of Medieval society fall apart? The feudal order of the Middle Ages was a system of local rule, where powerful lords gave land and protection in exchange for loyalty and military service from lesser lords. Tradition dictated that this exchange would be held in place by the feudal contract, consisting of multiple pledges. This resulted in small communities consisting of one powerful lord, peasants, and serfs who worked for the lord. These people gave their loyalty locally, and had no sense of nationalism at all. This type of society was predominant in the Early Middle Ages, but soon started to fall apart during the Late Middle Ages. One major event that contributed to the fall of the feudal society was the Hundred Years’ War. This war was fought between England and France, lasting for a total of 116 years. During the war, peasant uprisings became frequent, as the inordinate cost of military campaigns resulted in heavier taxes. Events such as these were caused by the Hundred Years’ War and further contributed to the decline of feudalistic society. The Hundred Years’ War was a turning point in Medieval feudal society, by marking the transition from feudal armies to the masses of mercenary soldiers, changing the balance of power within Medieval social hierarchies, and strengthening nationalism while creating a more modern militaristic society. The greatest cause of the fall of feudalism in the late Middle Ages

Feudalism was the system used in Europe during the late middle ages. The economic part of feudalism was centered on the lord's estate or manor. A lord's manor consisted of a peasant village, a church, farm land, a mill and the lord's castle. Feudalism was split in society levels. Kings would be on top with the most power, then upper lords followed by lesser lords, underneath the lesser lords were the knights, and then the serfs being the lowest social class.

The first civilizations, the foundations for future empires, were all founded and created between 3500 B.C.E. and 500 B.C.E. by groups of nomadic peoples who decided to settle in an area for certain group specific reasons. Some of the main states of the first civilization were Mesopotamia, Norte Chico, Egypt, Indus Valley, China, and Olmec. The second wave civilizations, built between 500 B.C.E. and 500 C.E., included the Persians, the Greeks, Romans, Chinese (Qin and Han), and India (Mauryan and Gupta). The first wave civilizations were sparked by the agricultural movement that led to the settlement of large groups of people in areas that became the cities and states that formed these first civilizations. The rise of civilization led to

After Rome fell, there was no strong, centralized government or state. What Roman citizens had once looked to, like the Roman government for protection and justice, for example, were now the responsibility of the local lord. Therefore, the peasants who live on a lord's lands owed him rent, labor, or some combination of the two. For the peasants, the lord of the manor had nearly absolute power over them. The lord owed his allegiance to the king in whose realm in which he resided, but this shifted most power to nobles.

Western Europe suffered numerous hardships through the ninth and tenth centuries and this was the ultimate reason they established a new political organization which was known as feudalism. By providing honor, protection, and a sense of control, this new social system revived peace and order in Western Europe after the fall of the Carolingian Empire. Feudalism was a necessary ingredient to yield stability in during these times of calamity.

Western Civilization from 1589 to 1914 had many specific changes that contributed to the structure of the western world before World War I. In the absolutism state sovereignty is embodied in the person of the ruler. Kings were absolute kings and were resposible to no none except god. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries absolute rulers had to respect the fundamental laws of their land. They had to control competing jurisdictions, institutions or groups that were interested in their territory. They regulated religious sects. France of Louis was the classic model of absolutism. Louis XIV, " the sun king," was a devoted Catholic who believed that god had estalblished kings as rulers on the earth. The French language and culture became

\The main reason for feudalism was for the king to be able to be able to gather an army using his vassals. A king would have to call an army when invaders came to take his land, since there was not roman legion to protect them (Richardson, Robert 1). The king would summon his vassal to gather an army to fight for him. The king’s vassals would prepare for war and, gather their vassals who swore an oath to serve them and, the men who lived on their estates. Then the men would join the king's army. The soldiers would have weapons and armor to join the king's army (Richardson, Robert 28). There were specific roles in the army, the elite and foot soldiers. Their would be 2 categories of soldiers. The knights who were the elite soldiers of the army

Mainly focusing on the interchange of power and support between the King and Vassal. In a Feudal society everything started with the king and his choice of who to grant his land too. The King has the choice to grant his land to a vassal. The kings would divide their kingdoms into 50-60 fiefs which were granted to vassals (Biel 9). The fiefs are the piece of land which will then become home to the peasants and vassals that pledge loyalty to the lord. Once the King grants some of his land to a vassal he will need something in return. The lords were expected to supply the kings with an army of knights sometimes a few hundred (Biel 10). The Vassal was a knight who pledged allegiance to a lord and promised him certain things for a place on the land. In order for a knight to become a vassal The knight would have to promise to give his lord regular military service in return for Armor, horses, fine clothing a home at the castle and sometimes produce from a small piece of land (Biel 15). As well as swear loyalty to his lord and the vassal was given a fief as long as he served the lord faithfully (Biel 9). Also they would have to make two oaths to their lord, The vassal would have to recognize the superiority and power of the feudal lord (Smith 2). If a knight lived and continued to serve the lord he will be able to rule all people who live on the land and take what he wants from the land. (Biel 9) In general Knights would rise from soldiers to wealthy members of the ruling class if they continued to serve their lord (Biel 8).

The more complex feudalism became the more assets the kings used to govern effectively. Feudalism caused intricate connections to develop between the monarch, townspeople, and church; which helped solidify support for the monarch. In order to establish

The rise of Feudalism was a direct result of insecurity that caused by several significant historical factors. At first, the collapse of Roman Empire that led to prolonged unrest and power struggles was essentially a reason for why Europe was divided into many small states. The frequent fights among those states made people suffered from violence and insecurity. Even though Charlemagne united those states and Europe lasted for a period time of peace, Holy Roman Empire