Western+Europe

=﻿WESTERN EUROPE=

Map of Western Europe 1. Notes on Worldology starting at 490-600 (The Early Dark Ages) ending at 1240-1350 (Europe's Darkest Days) media type="scribd" key="42103929" ARG0="key-4r5nbdrv9whprc19zdh" height="600" width="800"

Manoralism - Manorialism was the system of economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers. The system originated in the later Roman Empire and strengthened by the decline of trade and lack of organized political structures. Most people who lived in manors were serfs who resided on land sufficent agricultural estates. There were many obligations from the serfs in the manorial system, like paying part of their crops to the lord. Life was hard in the manorial system because the many obligations. Fuedalism - Fuedalism linked military elites. They were landlords who could afford horses and iron weaponry neccesary to fight. Fuedalism was prpomoted by the structures established in more unstable times. From the 6th century onward, Europe plunged into a system called fuedalism. Fuedalism was very local after Rome's fall. Fuedal relatiosnhips was made to cover larger areas and even whole kingdoms, like Charlemagne's would prove. Kings could use fuedalism to build on their power. The system grew strong through relationships within the noble and upper high class.

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