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    of the people of medieval Europe? In the feudal system Knights provided protection and military service to the nobles and to the rest of the kingdom Document 2: A: How was manorialism different from feudalism? The manor was a largely self-sufficient system in which the lord’s land was farmed by his serfs. The manor included not just farmers but also artisans who provided for the needs of the manor. B: Hoe did medieval farmers deal with the problem of soil exhaustion? The medieval farmers had multiple

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    In medieval Europe, it was divided into 4 divisions. The four most common division were monarchs, nobles, knights, and peasants. The feudal system, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labor. or Small communities were formed around the local lord and the manor. The lord owned the land and everything in it. The lord, in return, would provide the king with soldiers or taxes. In a monarchy, a king or queen is Head of State

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    Medieval times were very similar to current times. There were the rich and the poor. The poor families (families not related to the lord) would live in the village and work on the farms. The farming land was split into three different fields and then split among the different families in the village. Many of the families owned one ox but that was not enough to pull the plow, so the different families had different jobs for each month of the year. When the farmers came home from long days in the fields

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    Parable of the Talents Beginning in the 12th century, in the middle of the Medieval Ages, just centuries after the fall of the greatest empire of classical history, the Roman Empire. There was an invasion of religious frustration that swept across much of Europe, they were the inquisitions. These various inquisitions caused a quake of fear for anyone that was suspected of betraying the Catholic Church or the Vatican. Though it was not just religious heresy and other religious groups, it was also

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    During the medieval era and the Renaissance era people had different perspectives on how they viewed their world. The people during the medieval ages were very religious and relied on the church, which held a lot of power. As well as, the development of feudalism created a divided society with a fixed social hierarchy, with the lord at the top and peasants at the bottom. In the Renaissance they had more individualistic views and separated their views from the church. They believed they could achieve

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    The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was a disease that devastated Medieval Europe, between 1346 and 1352 it killed 45 million people, wiping out a third of Europe's population. Today, we know that there were many causes of the Black Death. Medieval towns had no system of drains, sewers or trash collections. In such slovenly conditions, germs could grow, and diseased rats could call these medieval towns their homes and infect the people who lived there. Many historians believed the

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    their time period. The shipmates that brought the disease to Europe were all extremely sick and could transmit the disease to anyone who came in contact with them. Not only did it cause death by a human but it affected the economy and social life in Medieval Europe also. The Black Death was a very fatal disease, not only was it fatal but it was slow and painful. If you were contaminated with this disease some of the symptoms you would have would

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    In Medieval Europe a contaminating plague spread over the countries of Europe, Germany, France, Italy, England the eventually Russia got effected known as the Black Death; in the 1347 – 1350’s. The effects of the Black Death conflicted people as they were seriously injured mentally, socially, and physically. The black death had no hope of being cured and death was the only option. The Black Death effected society to a huge extent. “The plague was caused by a complex series of bacterial strains called

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    In the medieval period of 1200, England was organised under the feudal system. At the bottom, were peasants and they rented land from the Knights who were given some land from the Barons for being their knights and committing to death. The barons were wealthy as they declared their loyalty to the King. Therefore, the Barons were given land and money as a reward. At the top was the King who was able to do anything, including forcing the people to pay taxes. Henry the Plantagenet (John’s and Richard’s

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    The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe The Black Death by Robert S. Gottfried, tells the story of the deadly plague and the following second plague pandemic that swept across Europe in the mid fourteenth century killing about half of the population. The book explains how the many factors lead to the plague becoming very enormous throughout Europe such as the environment and the great empire of the Mongols. The history of medieval Europe from the book gives the reader a dramatic

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