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Turn your paper in to your TA You will get your papers back next Friday, February 5, in section Rewrites will be due in lecture on Tuesday, February 9
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Read Rosenwein, p. 155-170 for lecture on Thursday Read Tierney, Crisis of Church and State, pp. 7-95 (focus on pp. 45-95) for section this Friday
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The End of the Invasions Conversions: -Harald Bluetooth of Denmark (r. 958-987) -Olaf Tryggvason of Norway (r. 995-1000) -Stephen of Hungary (r. 1000-1038) Civil war in the Caliphate of Cordoba, 976 Baptism of Harald Bluetooth
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Carolingian Empire
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Europe, c. 1100
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Italy, 11 th century
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England after 886, Wessex and the Danelaw
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Feudalism (political system) feudum (fee or fief) seigneur (lord) Seissin (possession) Vassal (a noble fief holder; never a peasant) Idealized version of feudal system Manorialism 98% Feudalism (lords and vassals) Top 2%
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homage (ceremony, aka commendation) - homme (Fr., man) fealty (oath of loyalty) Vassal performing homage to his lord
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Feudal Aids: -Knighting of eldest son -Marriage of eldest daughter -Ransom -Crusade Feudal Incidents: -Relief -Wardship -Marriage subinfeudation The messy reality of feudal relationships
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12 th century adjustments to feudalism liege lordship liege homage Scutage (shield tax) allod / allodial land (land free of obligation) Landless knights
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Manorialism (economic system) Village (natural unit of economic production) Manor (artificial unit of judicial and economic exploitation) Demesne (the lord’s land) Serfs (semi-free peasants)
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Motte (raised earthwork) Bailey (enclosed courtyard) Castellan (a noble with a castle) Motte and bailey castle
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Seigneurie Banale seigneurie = lordship ban (bannus) = legitimate military and judicial authority Corvée (forced labor) Taille (protection tax) 12 th century water mill
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11 th Century Economic Revolution Carruca (heavy plow) Harrow 3 field rotation Mills Peasants Farming from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, c. 1412
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Results of 11 th century Economic Revolution 1. Expansion (demographic and geographic) 2. Cash economy 3. Rise of Middle Class 4. Growth of Towns 5. Disappearance of slavery Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel, France
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